Where to Buy Royal Red Shrimp

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

If your local fishmongers don't carry royal reds, ask them to; refer them to the wholesalers listed below. If you order from the Florida companies, be forewarned: Overnight shipping begins at about $100, plus the cost of dry ice and packaging, so the more you order, the better the shipping deal.

Retailers

BlackSalt Fish Market

4883 MacArthur Blvd.

202-342-9101

http://www.blacksaltrestaurant.com

$11.99 a pound for heads-off shrimp.

Joe Patti's Seafood

Pensacola, Fla.

800-500-9929

http://www.joepattis.com

$4.75 a pound for heads-on shrimp, plus shipping.

Safe Harbor Seafood Market

Atlantic Beach, Fla.

800-962-6709

$5.50 a pound for heads-off shrimp, plus shipping, but only in quantities of 50 pounds or more.

Wild Ocean Seafood/Cape Canaveral Shrimp

Titusville, Fla.

866-945-3623

http://www.wildoceanmarket.com

$7 a pound for heads-on shrimp, $10 a pound for heads-off, $11.50 a pound for peeled and deveined, plus shipping.

Wholesalers

Moon's Seafood

Melbourne, Fla.

800-526-5624

http://www.moonseafood.com

Wood's Fisheries Inc.

Port St. Joe, Fla.

800-309-6055

http://www.woodsfisheries.com

Gambardella Wholesale Fish Market

Stonington, Conn.

860-535-0743