Fresh Seafood in Harlem — Daily Fish, Shellfish & Shrimp

Most fish counters in NYC restock once or twice a week. We restock every morning, six days a week, from the same Hunts Point and Fulton-network distributors that supply the city's best seafood restaurants. If a piece of fish has been on ice longer than a day, it doesn't go in the case — it goes in the fryer or steamer for that day's hot menu.

When you walk into our market on 116th Street you'll see clear-eyed whole fish, bright-red gills, firm fillets that don't smell, and shellfish on a true ice bed — never sitting in melt-water. That's the standard for fresh seafood in Harlem and we don't compromise on it.

Our daily case typically includes whole red snapper, branzino, whiting, porgies, tilapia and salmon fillets, plus rotating seasonal options like grouper, cod, mackerel and bluefish. Shellfish is always stocked: jumbo Gulf shrimp, sea scallops, snow crab clusters, lobster tails, mussels, clams and oysters.

If you're shopping to cook at home and don't see what you want, ask. We'll often have it the next morning, and we can clean, scale, fillet, butterfly or portion anything in the case for free while you wait.

Half our customers buy raw fish to cook at home. The other half pick a piece from the case and have us fry, steam, or grill it on the spot. Both options come from the same case at the same daily-fresh prices — you're not paying a restaurant markup just because we cooked it.

Popular prepared options include fried whiting with fries and a soda for $9.99, the 10-piece shrimp special, steamed snow crab clusters with butter and Old Bay, and our honey-garlic glazed salmon over rice.

Golden Catch Fish Market is at 173 East 116th Street between Lexington and Third Avenue, in East Harlem ("El Barrio"). We're a five-minute walk from the 6 train at 116th St, two blocks from the M15 Select Bus, and a quick drive from Central Harlem, the Upper East Side, Yorkville, and the South Bronx via the Willis Avenue Bridge.

Open Monday through Saturday 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM and Sunday 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM. Walk-ins always welcome; call (646) 449-8457 to reserve large or special orders.