Where can I buy wholesale lobster in the Massachusetts area?!
Where can I buy wholesale lobster in the Massachusetts area?
I've been enlisted by my sister as her unofficial wedding planner, so lately I've been contemplating things like seating arrangements, weather contingency plans, and yes, food. It's going to be a waterside wedding, so I thought lobster might be fitting for the dinner menu. Aside from the obvious clubs (Sam's, BJs, Costco, etc) where can I buy lobsters wholesale? Where do restaurants get their seafood? I'm looking for distributers in the Massachusetts/Rhode Island/Connecticut area.
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On volume you can probably work a deal w/ a retailer. Without a business you wont be able to get a true wholesaler to sell to you.You might be able to work an arrangement off the docks,go down and talk to a captain when his boat is on the dock and see what you can arrange. There is a guy in the Berkshires who comes out daily who might be able to help you as well. It's called The Other Brother Daryl's seafood company. The guys name is Darryl Sawin.
http://www.hidden-hills.com/theotherbrot...
These are in Maine
http://www.lobsteranywhere.com/...
http://patriotlobster.com/
Restaurants order by mail direct I understand. That is what sushi restaurants do I have asked them. I also have known of people that have had crabs shipped to them live. Do you have a fish market where you live? If you do you might want to look into purchaning from there. Oriental Markets are often places where you can get good prices and look on line. Depending on how many you are purchasing you may be able to get the best price, but delivery by mail and they will most likely be live. This will not be a fun process. You will have to push a live animal into boiling water and it will be trying to get out. Have you considered another type of sea food that you would not have to kill yourself? Unless you do not mind seeing an animal die before your eyes. It is your choice. Get ready to deal with it. It will be a big deal to deal with all those animals and keep them from spoiling. You do not want to give food poisoning to a huge group of people.
I hope you have a professional doing the cooking if you are doing this on a large scale. This is complex on a large scale.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=wh...
check this out and i'm sure you will find a wholesaler near where you live...good luck