[gretel]

I live near C-town on 9th, but I am not sure if that is an ok place to buy fish?
where do you buy your fish?

[Idlewild]

My first choice is Blue Moon at the GAP Farmer's Market. After that it's either Fairway or the Korean's on 7th Ave between 2nd st and 3rd (corner of 3rd).
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[BrooklynJack]

Blue Moon at GAP Greenmarket or Unions Square Greenmarket on Wednesday

Fairway Red Hook

Fish Tales on Court St

[veets]

I have bought fish at C Town on 9th street for years and have had no problem They sell a lot of product and the men behind the counter are constantly cleaning and filleting so assuming that the fish come in there fresh (which is a big assumption in any fish store) and are handled properly once they arrive should be ok to buy there. At least that is how I justify it. It is a convenience to not have to go to another store just to buy fish when I am grocery shopping.

[arock75]

Another good option is either Union Market on 7th Avenue and 12th St or 6th Avenue and Union St. Damian who works behind the fish/meat counter at the 6th and Union store is a real nice guy.
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[TyroneShoelaces]

There's a good Japanese place I think somewhere between third and fifth. It's mid-block and they only take cash.

Anyone ever brave the place next to Timboo's? Anyone ever brave Timboo's?

[doldrums]

union market

[new2hood]

Greenmarket if you can stand the line and don't mind paying somewhat high prices in exchange for unbelievably fresh fish.

Fairway for great prices and quality product.

Japanese place on 7th b/t 4th and 5th (there are two of them, so whichever one is further south and has the stairs up to the fish area...)

[sjknoll]

I usually by at C-Town and if I'm on 7th Ave and feel like fish that night I'll go to the first Japanese place mentioned (not the one with the steps up to the fish area). If I had a car, I would totally go to Fairway, but it's just too much of a schlepp to go down there

[scarlett]

C-town's fish is just ok. It's mostly massively farmed stuff at mediocre quality. If you're ok with the political side of farmed fish, it won't make you sick or anything. Union Market has decent stuff. I haven't been to the Koreans. I need to get there!

[LongTimeSloper]

OK, what if you can't make it to the Greenmarket on Wednesdays and Fairway is too far away for you?

I used to love to buy fish at the place on 7th between 3rd & 4th (the one with the stairs). but, find that their fish is not fresh every day. Certain days it is great, other days it isn't. It must be when they get deliveries, though the man at the store swears they get deliveries every single day, even after I have told him that there were days when the fish was obviously not fresh. so, what to do? Just buy fish and freeze it? I hate doing that.

maybe I need to do Union market?

[new2hood]

Try the other Japanese place, and be flexible with what you buy (i.e., buy what looks good or what's surefire fresh (mussels that are closed, clams that are closed, etc.)

I find that Union Market (the south one, anyway) can have some hit and miss fish.

Also, keep in mind that shrimp and squid are usually delivered frozen no matter where you buy it (except the GM), so you can buy it frozen and thaw when needed. But, don't buy seafood that's been previously frozen and thawed and then refreeze it. Yuck.

[belzjm]

There are two fish markets on 7th Avenue both near each other. One is between 3rd and 4th called Park Slope Fish and then there is Ocean Fish Market at 3rd Street.

They also have a nice fish market inside the Natural Food Store next to American Apparel on Flatbush near the Q train station.

[BrooklynJack]

I've never tried the fish at United Meat Market on PPW and 16th St But the meat there is high quality.

If you care about political correctness check out the Monterrey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch.

Here is the guide for the North Easet

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seaf.....dWatch_NortheastGuide.pdf

[scarlett]

OOoo that's good. Thanks!

[LongTimeSloper]

[new2hood]

I bought some really nice salmon at the United Meat Market, actually.

[Mamacita]

In particular I'd love to find a place that has affordable med-jumbo sized shrimp and catfish fillets.
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[8thandPrez]

We usually do FreshDirect. They have a nice selection and links to the sustainability/mercury information on their fish. They have been out of wild salmon a lot recently, and I ain't eating no farmed fish...

Fairway is also a good, reliable source and a more consistent selection than FreshDirect.

[Mougar]

I loves me my shrimp and grits and pan fried cat fish.

[LongTimeSloper]

the problem with doing FreshDirect or even the greenmarket is you have to plan ahead and then keep the fish sitting in your fridge for days. What if you just want some fish tonight? You would think the 2 fish stores in this neighborhood would be better.

[belzjm]

i agree longtimesloper.

i'm not a freshdirect fan at all.

the packaging alone is obscene.

[littlegal]

I also use the Natural Foods Store on Flatbush that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I think the fish is pretty decent.

I used to order from Fresh Direct all the time, but have stopped because I just can't justify all the excess packaging...nothing tastes as good when I have a guilty conscience about it.

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[8thandPrez]

[scarlett]

Huh. Really? Cuz while I don't use them (I actually like grocery shopping), my roommate does and I am always astounded at huge cardboard boxes with two things in them-- and three boxes per order.

[VoodooNYC]

[Retag]

Any place for fish in South Slope? Union Market is too pricey.

[belzjm]

we get fresh direct at our office, and as recently as this week, the packaging had not changed at all...still ridiculously wasteful.

[BKChickie]

[wally]

If you recycle the cardboard from FD, what's the problem? The boxes themselves are made from recycled material anyway....

[willregistersoon]

I have to say - the fish at C-Town is pretty damn good. I usually get salmon and sometimes its been better than anything from Fresh Direct or Fairway. Not as big a selection as those places but I think it's quite good.

[albertitto]

I wonder why FreshDirect doesn't use re-usable plastic bins. I used to see deliveries from Stop and Shop in Boston (I think it was called Peapod), and they used these plastic bins that they take back and re-use again and again.

I have had mixed experiences with the Union Market fish, same thing with Park Slope Fish, though the latter had been more reliable. These days I pick up my fish from Chinatown. I picked out a live one last week, a decent sized sea bass, and it was soooooo cheap (and of course fresh!)

[Carmen]

[Carnivore]

[KhuntienNang]

i love fish. and cheapest place to get is in chinatown, that includes shrimp etc. price varies depending on the types.

someone told me that the way to tell if the fish is fresh is by looking at the eye. if the eye is red (blood), it's not fresh.

[Idlewild]

If the following is present do not buy the fish:

Cloudy eyes

Soft and/or slimy skin and scales

The fish smells like fish.
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[scarlett]

So I went into both stores on 7th avenue last Monday afternoon and they both said they get deliveries every day but the one with the stairs had fresher looking and smelling fish. Plus they had other staples. The one without the stairs had sushi and a bigger selection of fish, but was pretty smelly.