This fine seafood shop has the only live-shellfish tanks in the Market, with loads of live crabs, clams, lobsters, and oysters. They smoke their own salmon, run a walk-up oyster bar, and have great fish 'n' chips and clam chowder. Consistently the most highly regarded fish purveyor in town, Mutual Fish is where many of the city's best restaurants buy their seafood, and it's easy to see why. Top quality and a dazzling selection are the result of the undivided attention of the Yoshimura family. Fresh tanks are full of several types of local oysters and crabs, and the seafood cases present the best from the West and East Coasts.
Prices are good, and they'll pack for air freight or carry-home.
Although this show is highly entertaining, you can also secure a salmon that hasn't taken a flyer over the cheering crowd. Pike Place Fish will pack and ship for the traveler. It's hard to miss this stand - it's usually surrounded by an ogling, cheering crowd of onlookers. Located in the Main Arcade, next to the bronze pig. People flock here for wild Alaskan seafood that's been smoked to satiny perfection.