We love the sea and it shows. Just a quick look at our immaculate store in Kerrytown reveals display cases stocked with the freshest, finest catch. As for service, knowledgeable fishmongers are at the ready to prepare customized orders on the spot or to suggest a five-star recipe. While you’re here, have a seat at our raw bar and have some lunch or savor a cup of our award-winning chowder.

Since 1979, Monahan’s goal has been a simple one: to serve our customers. Whether that means seeking out the finest vendors for specialty items, grinding fish for the holidays, prepping papillote and microwave-ready dinners, or preparing exquisite seasonal platters. Sure, it demands an extra effort, but on the whole we think you’re worth it. That’s no fish story.

Monahan’s uses only the freshest, richest, and tastiest Atlantic salmon for the most savory cold poached fish imaginable. Whole fish or fillets beautifully garnished with dill and cucumbers. Served with both mustard dill and cucumber yogurt sauces.

Extraordinary platters of smoked fish selected from the finest smoke houses in the country. Alaskan alderwood smoked salmon strips, pepper smoked salmon, herbed mackerel, Mackinaw City smoked whitefish sausage. A sumptuous array of smoked bluefish, sable, mussels, scallops, Scottish smoked salmon, Nova and more. Whatever choices you make, our platters come with finely chopped purple onion, capers, and garnish.

The possibilities are endless. Maine Lobster Salad, Cajun Shrimp Salad, Octopus Salad, Smoked Fish Patés and a lot of seasonal surprises such as Sardine Escabeche, Seviche, Tuna Poké and more.

We are one of the few markets in the country still cleaning and cooking shrimp fresh onsite—unlike others who use pre-cleaned or pre-cooked shrimp (tsk, tsk). We use only wild (as opposed to farm-raised) shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico. In our opinion, the finest. Firm and sweet and full of flavor. Come in for a sample. You won’t find a plumper or more succulent shrimp anywhere! Beautifully garnished and served with our homemade cocktail sauce—a feast for the eye as well as the palate. We suggest large (3-6 per person) or jumbo (3-5). 5lbs. per platter maximum. Boiled fresh daily.

We serve a wide variety of Atlantic & Pacific oysters: Menemsha, Glidden Point, Wellfleet, Canadian Malpeque, Pacific Kumamoto, Pearl Bay and more. Just ask us for our recommendation or a tasting. We shuck and pack them up for you. Don’t worry, we save the shells and the juice so you can assemble them prior to serving. Our trays come with plenty of ice, sauce, and garnish.

Add spice and ease to your life with our oven- or microwave-ready dinners, made to order papillotes, soul-satisfying chowders, and a full compliment of marinades, sauces, salsas and rubs.