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Clearwater Fine Foods
Category: Food Specialty Food Seafood Markets Seafood Markets [Edit]
757 Bedford HwyHalifax, NS B4A 3Z7
(902) 443-0550
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 9 am - 7 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Clearwater Fine Foods
5 reviews in English
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Review from Bethany J.
Halifax, NS
3/25/2010
Clearwater is essential to Maritime life. Unless you know the fishermen and can get their catch fresh from the wharf, you need to frequent Clearwater Fine Foods. Grocery stores can't rotate their stock quickly enough to suit me - my ex-husband came from a fishing family and that spoiled me for mainstream seafood. There's just something about the tenderness of a fresh caught haddock or the size of a newly harvested lobster.
Clearwater's offers a great variety of seafood: lobsters, clams, scallops, mussels, haddock, crab, oysters, shrimp, salmon - it's all right there, waiting for you to walk through the door and make your selection. The staff are knowledgeable and more than willing to help you come to an informed decision, including cooking techniques and storage guidelines.
Clearwater's has a shop located in the Robert L. Stanfield International Airport for travelers from "away" who want to take lobster home with them. Their website will also help you make online purchases, which are shipped immediately to your doorstep - including, if you wish, custom lobster and crab utensils. There's a pretty nifty votive candle butter dish that will keep your clarified butter warm all through your meal, and don't forget the lobster forks so you can dig out every last morsel.
I've shopped at Clearwater's dozens of times and I've never been unhappy with the quality of my purchases. In fact, mussels sound pretty good for this weekend! See you at Clearwater's! -
Review from Ruth D.
Halifax, NS
12/21/2009 1 photo
Unless you actually know a lobster man, there's no place you can get fresher lobster than at Clearwater. They certainly are the premier lobster distributor in Eastern Canada, sending their lobsters and other fish and seafood around the world, but let's focus on local, shall we?
Walk into the Bedford Highway head office and retail location and you'll first and foremost be impressed by the huge lobster pools that are the centerpiece. Lobsters are separated by size and weight and no matter which you choose and they all are lively....critical especially when you want to cook your own and want that "right from the ocean" flavor. We chose two pound lobsters that were so sweet, so delicious, so tender, that I'm still dreaming about them.
If you're not into lobster...although...seriously, how could you not be?...there are cases and cases of fishes right off the fishing boats that pull up to their pier as soon as they return to port.
Oh...back to you non lobster lovers...my husband actually likes the flavour, just not the "work" (his words) and now you can buy fresh lobster meat already packaged...no fuss, no muss, just great taste. -
Review from cheryl d.
Halifax, NS
3/28/2010 3 photos
Not being a lover of fish unless coated in batter I was on a mission for a gift for my parents. Long time ago we got them some King Crab legs and I was told that Clearwater had some of the best.
Located half way out on the Bed ford Highway you will see the big lobster so you wont be able to miss it. You think growing up in the Maritimes I would live fish especially when my Dad used to take me out in his fishing boat sorry I guess the smell brought back some memories.
Anyway there they were some of the largest King Crab legs I think I have ever seen. If I am not mistaken a box was 24.99. The staff there are very good offering cooking suggestions so that we do not overdue them. As well great on hand sauces as well as neat little utensils.
Not only do they have King Crab legs they of course have lobster as well as every kind of fish that you can imagine. -
Review from Lindsay K.
Halifax, NS
2/6/2010
What's the point of living on Canada's East Coast if you aren't going to take advantage of all the fresh seafood in the area?
Clearwater is quite an interesting place since you can actually pick your own lobster right from the tank. This isn't necessarily my favourite part of the experience, since I prefer my food to be dead when I get it, but it's interesting all the same. They've got such a huge selection of different, fresh seafood to choose from you're sure to find what you're looking for.
All the fisherman (?) in this place are extremely nice and oh so East Coast. The place smells like fish the second you walk in and I'm sure these guys smell of it all the time. It's such a refreshing natural smell that you can't help but love it,
The prices here are fair since it's definitely freshly caught food and ready for you to take home. It'll definitely be worth it when you taste how delicious this stuff is. -
Review from Shawna D.
Chester, NS
12/29/2009 3 photos
Clearwater is located on the Bedford Hwy. We have gone here on numerous occasions for lobster. Go in an pick your feast.
They run specials a lot on fish as well. Sometimes they have a taste tester there for you. When we were there they were sampling a battered fish. Which was great, so much we bought it.
They will box for you as well for shipping.
