L & F Fish Market

I come here mostly for one thing, and one thing only; OYSTERS! They have very fresh ones from «The Sea of Cortez» in Baja California. Yum! Slurp! Aaaaaah! They also have a good selection of wines. This a family owned business and they are very friendly and helpful. I hope they stay around for a long long long time to come.

First time here and I think I will be back more often. Got myself a salmon filet and it was fresh & firm. Bruno was very helpful and honest. Thumbs up for the local fish market!

LOVE this Place! Support the little guys!
Let me share a tiny ‘grocery’ secret — at the big stores like Safeway, Nob Hill, Lucky, Whole Foods, Lunardi’s, Gene’s, Ranch 99, Marina Market, etc., all «fresh» means, is that what you are looking at in the fish case has not been frozen or thrown out yet… because one of two things happens to everything that goes into the case marked «fresh»: someone buys it or they throw it away when they can ‘smell’ it is bad… ick.
L &F are also one of the top wholesalers in the bay area as well as operators of this little gem of fish shop… If you are not buying your fish here you aren’t getting the best there is in the valley (unless you caught it yourself).
Besides, if you don’t come here you’ll never get a chance to try their fabulous little Portuguese rolls ;-) This is also the only place I know of where you can get some very inexpensive Portuguese wines outside of Portugal.
Oh ya, the staff is very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful too.
Wish I found this place years ago!

Horrible selection of fresh fish. How is this place considered a fish market? I’ve seen way more section in an average supermarket. Don’t waste your time.

Family owned business doing it old world Portugal style. Bruno, owner’s son was a great help… Super fresh fish, home made tastes of Portugal (lupine beans, pepper paste, taro). I was also able to buy Guarana soda (that’s the stuff the Brazilian steakhouses charge you 3 – 5 bucks a can), lots of imported goods from Portugal and Brazil. Smaller businesses like this are rare today, definitely worth supporting! Oh, and didn’t smell at all!

I loved this place for steak cut fresh wild salmon during summer time. The only place which sells wild salmon which is so juicy and fresh.

This place is fishy peee yewww, wide selection of fish, smells very fish and I believe has mixture of somoan, Portuguese, Hawaiian delicate… but other then that peeee yewww this place is fishy filled with gish yhat stink like fishyness pew yeww fishy… but I love seafood!!!

good selection on fish, if you dont see what you like out on display just ask the dude behind the counter and he will get it for you in the back. great tuna (canned) from the acores islands. the cheese from the acores is great, sao jorge (topo) is my favorite. the price is rite for me i got a 6 pack of beer, pound of shrimp, cheese from the islands, candies, slab of back fat pork, canned tuna, some soda, only 45 $. i recommend this place if you dont want to drive out to berryessa or east san jose just to get some fresh fish at the oriental markets because there is no lines or weird smells like the other stores.

L and F is a straight-​up cozy and cool independent brutha-​owned Portuguese fish market.
It’s like stepping into some sorta hidden underground fish dungeon to replenish your health and hunger (think Legend of Zelda/RPG’s where you walk into a village searching for a food/​health). i instantly felt transported back in time into Old world Portugal.
They have loads of sweet pastry type Portuguese breads, treats, coconut tarts, and cookies.
some of the bakeries are all over the Bay Area so you can get them here under one roof. (ie: Acoreana bakery papos secos).
The list of goodies goes on with a nice selection of seafoods:
From freshie fishies albacore tuna, red snapper filets, salmon, to salted fish congro. They have canned stuff and frozen stuff: local sardines, frozen shrimp, pre-​soaked codfish, anchovies, shrimp cakes and codfish cakes. I have yet to try those.
I also picked up some Portuguese Sausage and Bacon w/​the rhind. I cooked some at home and it was very smokey and salty tasting which is characteristic of authentic Portuguese style sausage.
Other meat items include:
Linguica, Portuguese sausage, smoked sausages blood sausage, pork belly bacon w/​rhind in tact. They also have a Small selection of wines, Portuguese beeers. amazing selection all in one spot.
This place is like a secret shortcut to the old world Portuguese culture, definitely a cool spot to check out as it’s downright cozy. Will be back to stock up on P-​goods. awesome stuff.

Yup, the Portuguese like their fish fragrant and with those glossy eyes staring at you. This place has the stuff that fishy tales are brothed with. Good people — father and son. Red snapper, mackarel and various freshies wait for the olive oil.
Fresh breads and hard cookies from local bakeries are available to explore.
Good selection of Portuguese goods including olive oil, fine corn flour, piri piri, canned fish, and then coolers with sausages, cheese and that salted cod.
Take a trip across Alum Rock instead of the Atlantic Ocean. A trip to the Old World of flavors and honesty smells like home to many.

Family owned and I have been coming here since I was a kid. You want the traditional seafood from Portugal, this is the spot. They also have a variety of market foods.

Good selection of bacalao and fish. They have frozen whole mackerel and sardines from portugal and a wall of dry and baked goods.

I went there for the first time yesterday because I was searching for bacalhau (salted cod fish). I found good bacalhau fair priced.
Because there aren’t many options of Portuguese restaurants in Bay Area, despite the fairly big Portuguese community, it’s very comforting to know about such place, where I can find the ingredients to prepare Portuguese food at home.

I was so disapointed to go in here.
I psyched myself up to expect this sweet little clean fish market with lots of fresh fillet selections and… well…it’s not that at all.
Another review talked of salted fish. and boy did they have a lot of that! I could barely stay in there because of the overwhelming fish smell… and I’ve always been told that that means stuff is not fresh. Anyway, maybe I’m too white and girly to fully appreciate this place, but I just wanted some good fillets to grill up that night, but there were more groceries than fish in that place.
Also, the outside is very white and crisp looking, but the inside seemed dark and dingy.

Located in San Jose’s Little Portugal, L and F has the best selection of salted. fish.
There’s a dozen of varieties of house-​made salted fish, from huge slabs to tiny fish buried in diamond-​like crystals of salt.
Some varieties: Duorado, Garopa, Tremoco, Azemona Pretas, Cavecas e Chicharros, Noruega and Carras de Bachalua.
There is also fresh fish like red rock cod, white perch, catfish and buffalo fish. They had a whole tray of fish heads for sale.
L & F also sells baby goat.
There are Portuguese breads, groceries, wines, beer, hot sauces (piri piri — hot, extra hot, fiery) and dairy products. They have Azorean cheese, butter and chocolates. Cooked taro is available.
The also have baked goods from all the five Bay Area Portuguese bakeries.
As to the negative review, anyone who won’t walk into a Mexican market or a similar small store should not stop here. It is not Whole Foods or Monterery Fish. It is a good, clean, reliable source of Portufuese fish and products