text: Do you like seafood SEE FOOD No but seriously If you love fresh fish but you are not in the mood for trout blue gill and other local freshwater species Seafood Center is where it is at Located in an unassuming strip mall like so many other gems in Madison I was greeted by friendly employees and two display cases bursting with clams salmon wahoo mussels crab shrimp and even some Dabob oysters I nabbed some wild Alaskan halibut for only a poundsometimes this is a steal even in my hometown of SeattlennI perused the togo menu of various fried treats and chatted with the owner Upon hearing that I was new to town he said he wanted to do for me what someone did for him when he first moved to Madison He wrote down a list of a few hidden gemsspecialty food storesthat I should check out Score All in all in the landlocked Midwest Seafood Center reminds me that it is a small world after all and a taste of home is just a plane ride away in a refrigerated case of halibut