Where is a great butcher and fishmonger in Los Angeles?
I just left LA last year (West LA) and my favorite place for fresh seafood was the Santa Monica Seafood Co: http://www.santamonicaseafood.com/ They’re on Colorado around 12th in Santa Monica. I thought the butcher at my Albertson’s (Palms & Sepulveda) was good, but when I wanted specialty cuts I found myself going to Whole Foods. A good place to ask would be at Sufas in Culver City. If there’s a good butcher in that part of town (and there may be), they’ll know. pfibiger at 5:11PM on 08/15/07 Santa Monica Seafood is OK. Very over priced, all things considered, at least to me (grew up on the Chesapeake Bay), but they do have a great selection (just no blue crabs!). If you do have a specific seafood need out here, it seems that SMS or going down to San Pedro are your best bets. For most seafood, I’ve found that the ‘specialty’ versions of the grocery stores do OK. FWIW, Costco seems to have the cheapest canned crab meat. I j
