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[menton1]

I don't buy a lot of fish (Jason doesn't like most fish), but when I do, it's usually at Han Ah Reum. The fish at the Englewood ShopRite is mostly pre-wrapped, they do have kosher fish (wrapped) at the fresh fish counter.

For the best fresh fish in the county, Maywood Seafood gourmet is worth a special trip. The very freshest fish ever, with some beautiful wild salmon (no coloring) really fresh clams, mussels, and lobsters and a variety of other market offerings. Don't be fooled by its hole-in-the-wall appearance.

Maywood Seafood Gourmet
103 West Pleasant Avenue
Maywood, NJ 07607
201-843-8558

[Rachel Perlow]

Did Maywood ever expand their seating area? I know he was talking about adding a dining room a couple years ago.

[BryanZ]

How fitting that this thread was resurrected. Today I bought a 6 lb. lobster from Shop Rite. Generally speaking, I hate that store and haven't been inside one for years. But I had the yearning for a lobster the size of a lap dog, so tonight was lobsterfest. Did a Lobster Mac and Cheese adapted from Thomas Keller. Topped the bisque, orzo, marscapone creation with medallions of lobser tail cooked in beurre monte. Then served that with smoked chanterelles and a composition of morels and sping peas in a balsamic, demi glace and truffle reduction. Mmmm, Shop Rite, you did me good.

edit: In no way shape or form were the mushrooms, demi glace, and truffles sourced from Shop Rite. That must be made explicitly clear. We can thank real grocers, like Wegmans and Whole Foods for that.

Edited by BryanZ, 16 June 2005 - 09:04 PM.

[menton1]

  Generally speaking, I hate that store and haven't been inside one for years. 

Please be aware that the ShopRites are not a homogeneous operation. They are a Cooperative, with many different companies operating their own group of ShopRites. And there are huge differences among them. Up in Bergen, we have Glass Group and an Inserra Group. They are very very different stores. I prefer Glass. I've heard that the Singer stores in Hudson county are mediocre, but the best ShopRites are down in Monmouth area and the name of the group escapes me now.

[Randi]

I bought a 3+ pounder this morning and had him for lunch! I did have them steam him for me - I am not thrilled with the idea of killing things - even when I want to eat them. Don't get me wrong - I am not squeamish about him *being* killed - I just don't want to be the one to do it.

P.S. It was delish! I love that there is so much meat in the body and little legs of these big'uns.

[ghostrider]

  Generally speaking, I hate that store and haven't been inside one for years. 

Please be aware that the ShopRites are not a homogeneous operation. They are a Cooperative, with many different companies operating their own group of ShopRites. And there are huge differences among them. Up in Bergen, we have Glass Group and an Inserra Group. They are very very different stores. I prefer Glass. I've heard that the Singer stores in Hudson county are mediocre, but the best ShopRites are down in Monmouth area and the name of the group escapes me now.

I ran across an obit for Ray Inserra earlier this week. (I think that was the first name. Anyway, 72, apparently the Patriarch of the Inserra Group.)

I wonder if this bodes changes in the operation.

Sorry, that was a bit off topic. To get back to the important stuff, my local SR is having a great 1/2-price sale on those Ferrero hazelnut chocolates. Not sure if this is just a one-off or chain wide. Anyway my chocolate closet is almost full now.

Edited by ghostrider, 17 June 2005 - 06:11 PM.

[Rachel Perlow]

Must be an in store special. Not on sale on the online shopping list. (which is your local store?)

[ghostrider]

Must be an in store special. Not on sale on the online shopping list. (which is your local store?)

Rutherford - possibly the worst ShopRite in the state. It's a real time warp. Sometimes I think it has funky charm, others it just ticks me off. Decent meats but a borderline regrigeration system, you really gotta watch yourself.

Generally nice folks who work there though, I give 'em points for customer relations.

[Rachel Perlow]

If you are having a 4th of July Celebration and want to serve Deviled Eggs, ShopRite is having a sale on medium sized eggs, 3 dozen for $1. I like using smaller eggs for Deviled Eggs, they are a less filling hors d'oevres that way.

For more about hard cooked eggs, click here for the eGCI course.

[Allura]

Last week was extremely crazy, so I took the opportunity (read: excuse) to try out Shoprite in Clark's "Shop at Home" service. It worked out better then I expected, honestly. I paid an additional $10, but it was worth it to have someone else do the shopping, and help load it in my car. They picked out similiar quality to what I would have chosen, and I didn't have any dissapointments. Oh, and they through in a few samples, one of their pudding cakes, a bottle of a new organic green tea, and some new mini candies. Later I was sent a followup email that said every 5th use of the service would have a free service charge. I'd probably use it again.

[Randi]

Last week was extremely crazy, so I took the opportunity (read: excuse) to try out Shoprite in Clark's "Shop at Home" service.

Do you happen to know what their delivery area is? I am 5 miles from there, and it is VERY tempting!

[SueWho321]

Last week was extremely crazy, so I took the opportunity (read: excuse) to try out Shoprite in Clark's "Shop at Home" service.

Do you happen to know what their delivery area is? I am 5 miles from there, and it is VERY tempting!

ShopRite's Shop at Home service DOES NOT DELIVER. You have to go to the store and pick up the groceries that you ordered online. But they do have special pick up parking spots, and someone does load everything into your car. For delivery, you'd have to check if PeaPod (www.peapod.com ) services your town. I know they just expanded a bit, but they still don't cover me here in West Orange.

[Allura]

Actually, they do deliver, but it's an additional $5.95 on top of the initial $10 charge. They use scripting on the site, so I can't link directly to it, so here's the list of town's the Clark Shoprite delivers to, and the zip codes:
07001 Avenel
07016 Cranford
07023 Fanwood
07027 Garwood
07033 Kenilworth
07036 Linden
07060 Plainfield
07065 Rahway
07066 Clark
07067 Colonia
07076 Scotch Plains
07083 Union
07090 Westfield
07091 Westfield
07092 Mountanside
07095 Woodbridge
07203 Roselle
07204 Roselle Park
08820 Edison
08830 Iselin

Also, there's multiple Shoprite's that have this program. The link is here.

[suzilightning]

just got back from the wharton shoprite and was surprised to see that there is a small d'artagnan section now. i found both wild boar and duck bacon at 4.99/ 8 oz. there were other things such as pate, duck confit and ... sorry, i can't remember. (this menopause thingy is a pain on my brain). used the duck bacon to do some red cabbage and it's wonderful

[jon777]

just got back from the wharton shoprite and was surprised to see that there is a small d'artagnan section now.  i found both wild boar and duck bacon at 4.99/ 8 oz.  there were other things such as pate, duck confit and ... sorry, i can't remember. (this menopause thingy is a pain on my brain).  used the duck bacon to do some red cabbage and it's wonderful

The Hoboken Shop Rite has a pretty good D'Artagnan selection. Always get the Andouille whenever I'm making Jumbalaya. Got the individually packaged Duck Breast ($11.99 / lb) the other day -- turned out to be tough -- very dissapointing. (At this point, I'm still believing it was the meat and not the chef -- scored it, seared it to render the fat for 5 mins and into the oven for 7 -- was med rare, but tough). Wonder if it had been frozen and thawed...