Atlantic Seafood Retail Market — Local services in Surf City

Went there to pick up shrimp for fishing... A young curly haired kid waited on me... After deciding on which shrimp I wanted he proceeded to throw shrimp and ice in the bag as he was weighing my shrimp... Not only that, before I could even see the weight on the scale he ripped it off the scale and asked for money... I never saw the weight... Yo meet that's bad practice... I e been to several seafood markets and every single one ask you if it's ok to be either just under or just over. Never have I bought seafood and not shown the true weight... I don't agree with this practice and I will never use this place again... Doing things in a shifty way makes the whole place look bad just because one kid tried to be...

I buy oysters by the gallon from Atlantic seafood. And shrimp. As well as crablegs. We've never been disappointed!!

My prep for eating steamed oysters when purchased by the gallon. - I drain the liquid into a pot, add an equal amount of water and some salt. I heat that while i put the oysters in a crockpot with the minimal amount of liquid they have retained from draining. Turn crockpot setting on low. Before the liquid in the pot boils, I remove it from the heat, skim off any foam. I gently pour over the oysters in the crockpot. I stir gently. Wait 10 minutes and serve. Afterwards if there are leftover oysters, I put them in a freezer carton and top off with the liquid. Freeze until your ready for...

Called ahead to see if they had crawfish, and they did! Picked up two sacks and the associates were very friendly and helpful. They helped us load the crawfish into our coolers and iced them down. The sales associate who rang me up was very nice, and offered a military discount which was much appreciated. The crawfish were very fresh from Louisiana, great size, and there were hardly any dead ones in the sacks. Very pleased with both the service and the product! Will definitely be...