SUSTAINABILITY OPEN HOUSE!
Don’t forget about our Sustainability Open House next Monday, August 30, from 1 to 4:30 PM. Please join us as we celebrate our sustainability milestones and unveil a new rooftop solar array – one of the largest privately owned arrays in Denver! We will have plant tours highlighting our sustainability practices, music from Marty Jones and the Great Unknowns, New Belgium beers on tap, and food provided by the Steuben’s Truck (the most sustainably operated food truck in the state!).
SALMON / TROUT
Wild kings, sockeyes, and cohos are running strong right now. Prices and supplies should be good for the next couple of weeks, at least. This week, we have some beautiful sockeyes out of Juneau, AK, and cohos out of Cook Inlet. We also have some very nice wild troll kings available this week (LARGE fish!). Columbia River kings should be available in the next week.
Ask your rep about our new Scottish salmon program! We have recently transitioned most of our farm-raised whole salmon from Canadian fish to Scottish. They are available in whole-fish or fillet form. These fish have a very good fat content and color and are competitively priced! Along with our whole Scottish fish, we also have the Loch Duart Scottish salmon, Clare Island organic Irish salmon, and New Zealand farm-raised kings!
SHELLFISH
Oyster availability is very limited right now, and prices have climbed. This is the result of high temperatures up and down the East and West coasts, as well as additional pressure being put on the market due to the oil spill in the Gulf. High temperatures have caused closures of oyster beds in British Columbia and Washington, including areas of Hood Canal and Totten Inlet. Don’t worry, though; we still have a nice selection to choose from, both East and West Coast. Island Creek oysters are getting back on track, and availability should get better going forward. Availability on the rest should start to open up once temperatures cool off a bit.
Small and extra-small shucked oysters will also be in short supply over the next month or so. A lot of the production for these comes out of the Gulf, and due to the oil spill and closures of many oyster beds, production has come to a halt in the South. This, coupled with high temperatures on the West Coast, has put tremendous pressure on shucked oysters. Larger sizes will be in better supply, but smaller, newer production will be scarce.
Good availability on hard-shell clams and mussels this week. Please remember to ice your shellfish very well this time of year!
Live Maine lobsters are still priced very low! Take advantage now before the inevitable holiday price spike!
EAST COAST
Haddock is still a great bargain! We should have plenty available all week. Along with haddock, we have market cod fillets, monkfish, Arctic char, dab fillets, and some very well-priced EC wild striped bass!
WEST COAST
Halibut prices are still pretty firm. It looks as though these prices may hold through the end of the season.
Grouper, petrale sole, fresh Dungeness meat, rockfish, black cod, yellowtail, and corvina are in house for the week.
Pacific cod will be tight this week. Availability should open up by the weekend.
GULF
Tuna was difficult to source over the weekend. We should have a shipment of Gulf yellowfins arriving tonight. However, product will be tight this week, and we will be bringing in some Hawaiian bigeyes and imported yellowfins to supplement.
Silk snapper fillets, escolar, whole yellowtail snappers, grouper, mahi mahi, and American red snappers will be available this week.
Swordfish will be tight this week.
GREAT LAKES
The elusive walleyes have returned to shallower waters! We should have good supply this week. If you are interested in any other freshwater fish out of the Great Lakes (perch, bluegills, buffalo, whitefish, etc.), please let your rep know.
HAWAII
We have seen good availability on the Hawaiian auction lately. Choices will be somewhat limited for the first part of the week, as things are pretty slow with all the kids going back to school, but look to the weekend, when we’ll add some good options! Swordfish, albacore, opah, and ono (wahoo) are available now. Look for some marlin, snappers, and maybe some monchong for the weekend!
SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS
Ask your rep about our long list of sustainable items, including Fresh Farm-Raised Icelandic Arctic Char, CCI All-Natural Colorado Trout, Loch Duart Salmon, Gigha Island Halibut, Peruvian Blue Tilapia, Norwegian Ocean Trout, New Zealand Abalone, Fisherman’s Daughter Shrimp, MSC-Certified Chilean Sea Bass, Colorado Hybrid Striped Bass, and more. If you are looking to make any menu changes and have questions about sustainability, ask the experts. We would be happy to help you put together a menu that will help highlight these items.
Speaking of menu planning, check out our Seasonality Guide on our website to see what’s coming into season, and what’s going out. This is an extremely useful tool when planning upcoming menus or special events!
