One of my favorite places to take visitors to Boston is Belle Isle Seafood in Winthrop. It’s “off the boat” fresh seafood, and unless you don’t like seafood, it’s really good stuff.
I was standing at the counter this afternoon, waiting to order. I could see into the kitchen from my vantage point, and what I saw horrified me. I watched a guy open a bag of frozen shrimp, put it into a strainer, run it under some water, drain it, and then put it into a container in the display case as if it was fresh.
BIS never claims that all of their stuff is off the boat fresh, but I just assumed it had been caught recently. After all, they’re on a little shack on the water. Wouldn’t you assume it was caught fresh as well?