Now social media consultant Katherine Fitzgerald says she's analyzed the food scene and can
confirm that this spot for fresh seafood is definitely worth following.
The market is run by friendly fish mongers who offer you the change to choose your fish,
and they'll prepare it on the spot.
It's in Miami and it's called Fresh Florida Fisheries.
Freshwater Fisheries, what it is is a beautiful fish market.
We have all types of quality of fresh fish we get daily, boats coming
in.
And the cool thing about this location is that you can come in, buy your fresh fish,
just like any other fish market, but also
have it cooked here however you want.
I started this business because of my dad.
My dad is the owner of Casa Blanca.
He's down on the
river.
And this is always something I've wanted to do.
The idea was just to have a fish market, but then I had another idea to reach
out to those clients that don't know how to cook fish at home, and said why not have them
buy the fish like a regular client, and
also have the luxury of having it cooked for them however they want.
Take it home, eat it for dinner with their family, or just eat
it outside.
Fish here clearly works by season since it's fresh, so everything is on and off.
And us being located here in Florida, we
get the famous stone crabs right off of our boats here in Miami, we have the yellowtail
from the Keys, and then we got all these
beautiful Snapper.
This fish market, I would personally say, is very different from other markets, 'cause
I keep a consistent flow of
fresh product.
That's my biggest thing here.
When we cook in the kitchen we don't season too much.
We believe in little bit of salt,
oil, and that's it.
Where you can actually taste the freshness of the fish.
Freshwater Fisheries is the best place to get fresh fish
and have it cooked for you or just take it home raw.
So, tell me a little bit about it, because it is a market and it is a restaurant.
Well I love to cook myself, and I'm always looking for a wonderful fish market, and I
stumbled across Fresh Florida Fisheries and I
remember being there looking for octopus, actually, and looking outside and people were
eating whole fried fish, and usually I only
see that in the Keys, and it was amazing to find a place that will cook their fresh ingredients
and I really love that they do simple
recipes that respect the seafood that you're eating.
So what did you have when you went in?
I had a whole hog fish with two friends of mine that love hog fish as much as I do, and
it is a rarity to find.
We shared it with
three people.
It was such a big fish, and we devoured it.
It was amazing just to be savage over some bones of fish, it's a fun time.
It's fun eating that way and having that experience with friends.
Did they serve anything with it?
I had conk fritters and the lobster croquettes which I had never had lobster croquettes before,
and they were so good.
They were
delicious!
I really did enjoy them.
The conk fritters, I will say, are some of my favorite that I've ever had in Miami.
So filled with conk nut breading.
Exactly.
Usually when I get conk fritters here in Miami it's just breading, and this was so much conk.
I remember seeing that day in
the store that they had fresh conk for sale and thinking, oh, no wonder there's so much
conk in this.
It was amazing.
Wendy.
I loved my experience there.
You know what caught my attention, I will never forget it's a fishery, it's a market,
and it was so
clean.
So clean.
I love that.
So I went and I was going straight to the sandwich, and then when my order was ready,
looking amazing,
and I'm about to eat, I ask the lady, I am so sorry but, was this fried with shellfish
by any chance?
And she said yes, we do that
here in our kitchen.
Which you can see right there, also impeccable.
And I'm like, I am so sorry but I'm allergic and I can not have
that.
So immediately the owner came to me and told me come on, let's go, and can you eat fish?
And I say yes.
I chose a red snapper.
Right there, it can not get any fresher than this, honestly.
He took it and they cook it right there for me, grilled, it was
delicious.
I ate with that white rice and black beans.
So it was just right, perfect.
The service.
That was very nice of them to give you something else.
No attitude, they didn't charge me extra.
I love the way that they cook everything there because it's not over done, it's the most
simple recipes that respect the ingredient
and I really appreciate that about their seafood.
That's what make it good.
That's what makes it my favorite seafood spot.
Timothy.
I had the shrimp ceviche, which, I have to admit, was pretty amazing.
It was really good.
We did also shrimp tostones.
Pretty
amazing, too.
And lobster croquettes.
What I did read on your review was that it was probably the best tostone you've ever
had in your life.
It's true.
It's very true.
Every single thing was amazing.
I might've gone at the wrong time.
I went on a Monday around seven
o'clock, and I think they were trying to close a little early.
Kitchen closes at seven, yes
I would definitely go back.
It's counter service, that's totally fine, it's a little different.
You know, you go in, you order, they
give you a beeper, you come and you get your stuff.
Everything was on point delicious, it's just sort of a different thing.
So they also have a porch right, that you can sit outside?
Yes, it really reminds me of being in the Keys.
It's picnic style tables.
You go there with a large group of people, you wanna share
some fish together and seafood, and it's very casual.
The last times that I've been there I've seen different types of families
there, kids there, dogs there, everyone's out there eating at the tables and it's fun.
That's awesome.
It's good an casual.
How are prices?
They were very reasonable.
Everything about it was very reasonable, specifically the fact that you can see the fish that you're
probably gonna get.
That's really nice and based on the prices, I don't really see that you could get something
like that a lot of
places down here.
So a bang for your buck?
Absolutely.
Nice.
Well Katherine, this was your pick.
Sum it up for us, please.
I absolutely love this place because it does wild caught fish, I can choose my fish, and
have it fried without driving all the way
to the Keys, and it's lovely.
Wendy.
Fresh fish at an impeccable place with wonderful prices.
Timothy.
Great place to go for fresh fish, great prices, maybe bring family, kinda hang out.
It does have a Key West vibe.
I recommend it.
Well for the freshest catch of the day, you can visit Fresh Florida Fisheries, located
at 2238 Southwest 57th Avenue in Miami.
Open
daily for lunch and dinner.
Reservations are not accepted.
And the average price for dinner without drinks is about $40.