re: My fish buying experience at my neighborhood grocery store

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Albertsons

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Ahh..the sweet smell of ammonia

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James River into the Chesepeake
Mississsippi River into the GOM
Sacramento River into the Pacific
Santee River into the Atlantic

Those are what I came up with.

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The Los Angeles River into the harbor at Long Beach.

Ralph's? good god man, that's as bad as Albertson's or Von's for fresh fish.

Here are places i have tried and really liked:

Downtown:
LA Fish Company

I know a lot of the sushi places shop here.


Santa Monica and Costa Mesa:

Santa Monica Seafood - place is badass

Any of the 4 or 5 Mitsuwa market places around town. Now, they might not know english, but you can find some great fish values.

The fish market in the huge year round farmer's market at 3rd and Fairfax.

Also, Whole Foods, Bristol Farms, and even Gelson's have better seafood than Ralph's. Hell, the prepackaged salmon at Trader Joe's is much better.

There are tons more places, but i just don't know about them yet. It's the second biggest city in America, near the ocean, and full of fruit loops that won't eat meat and tons of fish crazy asians. Of course there are tons of good sources for fish.

it really is amazing....but, heaven isn't cheap. At least you are getting quality, but i wouldn't call it a value place.

I get better stuff on the side of the road in St. Bernard parish.

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I get better stuff on the side of the road in St. Bernard parish

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thanks TA.

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I have noticed an massive uptick in the milf population of lakeview in the past ~12 months, which spills over into my seafood markets of choice

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it is important to keep tabs on these trends.

I'm gfamiliar with both LA Fish Company and Santa Monica Seafood. Both are way too far from my house to be a permanent solution to my problem.

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Whole Foods, Bristol Farms

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I have a Bristol Farms real close to where I live (10-15 minutes). Also, a Whole Foods is pretty close as well (35-45 minutes in normal traffic). I'm going to give them a try.

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have better seafood than Ralph's. Hell, the prepackaged salmon at Trader Joe's is much better.

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You guys are missing the point of my thread. I was not touting Ralphs as a good place to buy fish. I was just riffing about the lack of training and knowledge of the guy behind the counter in the meat/fish market.

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Of course there are tons of good sources for fish.

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Of course there are. They just aren't on my side of town.

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where do you live? i named places from the coast to downtown.

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Behind the grandstands at the racetrack in Fontana.