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Acme Smoked Fish sells its wares to such higher-end purveyors as Zabar’s, Citarella, and Russ and Daughters–and, one morning a week, to us retail-paying civilians. The public can buy top-shelf nova, lox, sable, trout, whitefish and more–at deep discounts–every Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Acme’s plant in Greenpoint. “I’ve gotten some amazing stuff there on Friday mornings,” says billhill. Go early–they tend to run out of the choice stuff.
Other Brooklyn hounds count on Schwartz’s for smoked fish. This old-school appetizing store in Borough Park comes through with great sable, herring, and whitefish or baked salmon salads, among other things, says Alisonleslie.
Fairway in Red Hook, like its sister stores, stocks first-rate lox and other smoked fish, says irvingk, who’s partial to their mild but flavorful Gaspe smoked salmon. gnosh also endorses Fairway’s fish but adds a caveat: Be sure to deal only with the regular fish staff. Early one morning, before the smoked fish man had arrived, the cheese guy cut gnosh’s lox, and the result was “disgusting thick chunks.”
In Midwood, the Orchard–better known for pricey but pristine fruit–also sells very good smoked fish, sliced to order, and house-made whitefish salad, jen kalb reports.
Acme Smoked Fish Corp. [Greenpoint]
30 Gem St., near N. 15th St., Brooklyn
718-383-8585
Locater
Schwartz Appetizing [Borough Park]
4824 16th Ave., at 49th St., Brooklyn
718-851-1011
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Fairway Market [Red Hook]
480 Van Brunt St., at Reed, Brooklyn
718-694-6868
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Fairway Market [Upper West Side]
2127 Broadway, between W. 74th and 75th Sts., Manhattan
212-595-1888
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Fairway Market [Harlem]
2350 12th Ave., between W. 133rd and 134th Sts., Manhattan
212-281-2504
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Fairway Market [Nassau County]
50 Manetto Hill Mall, Plainview, NY
516-937-5402
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The Orchard [Midwood]
1367 Coney Island Ave., between Aves. J and K, Brooklyn
718-377-1799
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or bagel hole on 7th ave in park slope (the tref one...) for another incredible old school unsweetened bagel- best sesame around... and don't forget, R&D is not kosher (they serve liver, fleishick soups, AND dairy products)... though they do consistantly have the best fish in town (and make sure you get one of the experienced slicers at R&D, not one of the new guys- some of those gentlemen have...+READ
or bagel hole on 7th ave in park slope (the tref one...) for another incredible old school unsweetened bagel- best sesame around... and don't forget, R&D is not kosher (they serve liver, fleishick soups, AND dairy products)... though they do consistantly have the best fish in town (and make sure you get one of the experienced slicers at R&D, not one of the new guys- some of those gentlemen have been slicing fish there for 20+ years- that's who you want slicing your fish- it will be perfect). in fact, i'm going to get a bagel at bagel hole right now and eat some of the salty lox and trout roe i picked up yesterday at Russ... acme is great if you are an early bird and can get to greenpoint early on a friday morning (traffic is murda...). i prefer to let an expert like the people at Russ hand select my fish and know it's top notch. enjoy fb-COLLAPSE
I've gotten pickled herring at Acme, and it's quite good. Still, it's not close to what you get at Russ & Daughters, where they slice plain pickled herring fillets and ladle their home-made sour cream and onions over it. Zabar's herring is in a different class, with very thick, obscenely luscious sour cream and numerous additions (bay leaves, black peppercorns, etc.).
I know the R&D owner, who...+READ
I've gotten pickled herring at Acme, and it's quite good. Still, it's not close to what you get at Russ & Daughters, where they slice plain pickled herring fillets and ladle their home-made sour cream and onions over it. Zabar's herring is in a different class, with very thick, obscenely luscious sour cream and numerous additions (bay leaves, black peppercorns, etc.).
I know the R&D owner, who says he picks out whole sides of fish individually. That's why the smoked fish at the specialty places (R&D, Zabar's, Barney Greengrass) is so much better than anything at the ordinary delis.
Howie - The real feinschmecker goes to R&D and samples half a dozen varieties, picking the particular fish that's best that day. Then you order their "block" (solid, unwhipped) cream cheese, which they keep in the back of the store only for the initiates. Then you go to the Kosher Bagel Hole on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue K in Brooklyn for real, unsweetened bagels fresh out of the oven, and then hurry home for the heavenly pleasure.-COLLAPSE
YOU PEOPLE ARE KILLING ME!!!! In California they don't know what good lox is and when you mention a biali you really put them over the edge. Each time I fly east I bring back two pounds of lox and 3 dozen biali....have to fight off the neighbors! Now I know why I want to return! Enjoy, you momsers!