As of the first of the year, the West Side will be home to a very substantial seafood market. Owner Michael Nguyen, along with his wife Chuyen, are in the midst of renovating a 2700 sq.' storefront into what will become a seafood lover's paradise. The market will feature frozen fish, canned fish, bottled fish sauce, packaged fish treats, hot fish meals, wrapped raw fish and will even showcase two flatscreen TVs set to broadcast menu items and specials, as well as seafood preparation tips and techniques. A third flatscreen will be dedicated to the soothing oceanic sights and sounds of a stunning IMAX 'Deep Sea' video. Customers will be able to sit and relax at a cafe-style seating area while waiting for their orders - a seating area that will ultimately become an eat-in restaurant.
Michael and Chuyen are no strangers to the food market world. Michael's father, Huy, opened the first Asian market, called A Chau, on Bailey Avenue back in '92. From there the Nguyens opened a second location, called A'Chau, on Niagara Street five years later. The Niagara Street location, which Michael now manages, became so successful that the next logical decision was to open a third market dedicated solely to seafood. "A Chau seafood sales had climbed so significantly," Michael told me. "There was no room to expand in our storefront. By purchasing a building across the street (also on the corner of Rhode Island), we could expand seafood items in the new shop while freeing up space for additional market items in the old location."
One look around at all of the freezers, hot food cases and the packaged goods aisles, and it is easy to see that there must have been a great need for a dedicated seafood market. Michael told me that he is expecting two enormous fish tanks to arrive today that will add to the ambiance of the business. While those tanks will be purely for show, a third tank will eventually be added so that customers can actually point to live fish that they want for dinner. By opening day, Niagara Seafood will be stocked with fish snacks, nori, frozen cuttlefish, goby, mussels, squid, canned baby clams, sushi products, tilapia (for fish fries) and hundreds of other fish-related foods and products.
The Nguyens would like to invite all BRO readers to their grand opening on January 1st. At 11:30am on that day, four dragon dances will commence and limited time market specials will be offered, including $7.99 a pound live lobsters, 10% off purchases with a mention of Buffalo Rising, and for every $50 spent, the customer will get a free half gallon of Simply Orange Juice. Niagara Seafood will also sell to the restaurant industry, and offer bulk sales to consumers.
Niagara Seafood
837 Niagara Street (corner of Rhode Island)
Buffalo NY
716-240-9680
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Michael and Chuyen are no strangers to the food market world. Michael's father, Huy, opened the first Asian market, called A Chau, on Bailey Avenue back in '92. From there the Nguyens opened a second location, called A'Chau, on Niagara Street five years later. The Niagara Street location, which Michael now manages, became so successful that the next logical decision was to open a third market dedicated solely to seafood. "A Chau seafood sales had climbed so significantly," Michael told me. "There was no room to expand in our storefront. By purchasing a building across the street (also on the corner of Rhode Island), we could expand seafood items in the new shop while freeing up space for additional market items in the old location."
One look around at all of the freezers, hot food cases and the packaged goods aisles, and it is easy to see that there must have been a great need for a dedicated seafood market. Michael told me that he is expecting two enormous fish tanks to arrive today that will add to the ambiance of the business. While those tanks will be purely for show, a third tank will eventually be added so that customers can actually point to live fish that they want for dinner. By opening day, Niagara Seafood will be stocked with fish snacks, nori, frozen cuttlefish, goby, mussels, squid, canned baby clams, sushi products, tilapia (for fish fries) and hundreds of other fish-related foods and products.
The Nguyens would like to invite all BRO readers to their grand opening on January 1st. At 11:30am on that day, four dragon dances will commence and limited time market specials will be offered, including $7.99 a pound live lobsters, 10% off purchases with a mention of Buffalo Rising, and for every $50 spent, the customer will get a free half gallon of Simply Orange Juice. Niagara Seafood will also sell to the restaurant industry, and offer bulk sales to consumers.
Niagara Seafood
837 Niagara Street (corner of Rhode Island)
Buffalo NY
716-240-9680
This place sounds amazing...finally a seafood market near home that is not a supermarket!!! I wish them all the best. I can't wait to stop in and buy some fish!