Shore Seafood

This stall was always busy whenever I passed by but one day I decided to invest some time in it and it paid off. Their steamed menu is great. I loved the salmon and veggies with just a dab of butter and old bay. Well you get the butter on the side in a cup so you are in control of how much you put on your food. The box contained two reasonably sized fillets and steamed broccoli and cauliflower. It was more expensive than the fried options but worth it. My stomach felt full but light all day. Their fish tacos are good too and huge in size. For fries, they have the average wavy fries. Tacos and fries were $ 7 plus change and enough for two fulfilling meals. Their crab-​cake wrap is good too, spicier than other crab cakes I’ve had. It looks small but is quite fulfilling. I got it with a plain tortilla. The staff is efficient and was initially friendly but lately has been very cold. I generally smile a lot and usually people smile back but they give me an ice cold face. They have a good ordering system though where they assign and call numbers. Although not a fan of the location, I would say this is the best seafood place in the market in terms of food quality and options.

Awesome catfish sub, fish tacos, and sides. Also tried out their raw bar and I’d say the oysters were decent. Best of all, it’s a great deal and they give you a large portion. The crab cakes are good there, but definitely on the smaller side and a bit over-​priced.

(09/​05/​2013) One of the longtime and popular stalwarts of the Northeast Market. Great for a stop by the raw bar, traditional Maryland and Cream of Crab soups and seafood pretty much any way you want it. If you need some fresh local seafood to take home, they’ve got you covered. Don’t be put off by the gruff guys, they know their fish.

Shore Seafood is a stall in the Northeast Market. Shore sells seafood both ways — raw and cooked. Whatever you get, though, it will be fresh.
Shore is probably my single favorite destination for seafood in Baltimore. I love the Northeast Market in the first place, because of the mix of prepared and unprepared foods they offer. Most people go there to get lunch from Hopkins or the neighborhood, but like the area (Hopkins aside) the food is not upscale.
Shore, for example, offers fresh fish dishes fried or steamed. Many of the fish they use in these dishes are taken straight off the ice from the retail corner of the stall, filleted, and cooked. I’ve had the rockfish this way several times, steamed with a mix of broccoli and cauliflower and served with drawn butter. Very simple but incredibly good because the fish is fresh! I haven’t tried the soups or the fried fish.
On the retail side, Shore offers lots of fish you can’t get elsewhere, certainly not in the grocery. In addition to rockfish mentioned above, I’ve seen porgies, Spanish mackeral, bluegills, steakfish, lake trout, oyster trout, white perch, and salmon… as well as mussels and clams, and there are others that I know I have forgotten. They’re great at describing the fish and how you might cook them, and they’ll fillet them for you at the stall. I think that they often have oysters, too, and crab meat, but I’m not sure about whole crabs.
And the prices on the seafood are very reasonable! There may be other seafood markets like this in Baltimore, but I really like the combination of freshness and salt-​of-​the-​earth ambiance at Shore Seafood.