Mission Market Fish & Poultry
Categories: Meat Shops, Seafood Markets [Edit]
Neighborhood: Mission2590 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 282-3331
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. - Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
18 Reviews for Mission Market Fish & Poultry
One of Mission Market Fish & Poultry's Favorite Reviews
I needed chicken, without the skin. Appauled by the high prices and low quality of Safeway (which incidently is in chambles, on Market) I struck out to find a viable alternative. Having had so much luck in the neighborhood with finding good vegetables at even better prices it was time to move on to the protein. Well, I have found my go to place. The chicken was really amazing, which is amazing in itself since most chicken from the grocery store (i.e. Safeway) doesn't taste like anything. This chicken tasted like chicken....brilliant. And it was a fraction of the price charged at Safeway. Did I mention I hate Safeway?
I went here for my first time last weekend. It was a bit out of my usual area, but well worth the trip. I wanted an entire side of salmon and the butcher cut it for me and it cost me less than half it would have at the supermarket. While he was preparing my salmon I got to take a look around and they have a phenomenal selection of meats and seafood. Also, the butchers are extremely knowledgeable and friendly. I cooked my salmon on Sunday and I have to say it was the best piece of salmon I have ever bought - period. This is a great place to get really high quality meat and you can't beat the service or the prices.
This place if fantastic. Since my husband and I live not too far way in Noe, this is a weekly destination for us. The prices are great, the staff is helpful, and the quality of the fish and poultry is awesome.
I love Mission Fish & Poultry. I can walk out with a high quality, fresh. sushi-grade piece of fish for a couple of bucks. This is one of the best places to buy fresh Seafood in San Francisco.
The butchers who work here are real, traditional butchers who know about the meat they're cutting. They are just so warm and friendly, with great suggestions for preparation and interesting recipe ideas.
I like to wander in here, see what's fresh, chat with the guys behind the counter, and plan my meal accordingly. What a nice alternative to Safeway.
Let me reiterate that they only sell sushi-grade fish here. Nothing is frozen or has been sitting out on ice all day. The place is immaculately clean and the selection is fantastic. Beats the hell out of Safeway!
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Absolutely one of the best places to buy meats and fish in San Francisco. The long counters house a delectable assortment of meats: plump little hens, rabbits, turkey legs, organic chickens, duck and on the other side of the room you get your new york cuts, filets, ribeyes, oh my. This fish is also beautiful.
The presentation is exsquisitely clean. The prices are very very reasonable. The butchers are helpful and knowledgeable. So combine these qualities with the sheer variety and quick turnover and you have a no brainer here.
I come here to drool and think about what I will make for dinner.
If you live near here-- there is absolutely no reason to go anywhere else! especially don't go to Whole Foods for ridiculous premiums on meats that come with an overly marketed, snobby ass ambiance. Do it right at Mission Market.
Other nearby options? Try El Gallinita for carne asada cuts. El Chico has nice house made chorizo.
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dEfintely the best place to buy meat in the area. There's a great selection, it's cheaper than safeway and whole foods, and it's not nearly as sketchy as some of the other Mission Street hole-in-the-wall meat markets.
really, no reason to go anywhere else. Only problem is I'm not sure about organics and all around quality of the meat and the hours are lame- it closes by 6pm daily.
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This place is a gem!!!! I will always come back for the fresh cracked crab among other things. Bob, the owner of the Seafood counter is so friendly & knowledgeable. As a matter of fact everyone behind the counter is great! The prices are very very reasonable, never overpriced & everything is always fresh! I would never shop anywhere else in the city for the best in fish, meat & poultry!
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I like the fresh fish here A LOT!
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During my tenure as a Program Intern, I was informed that I would have to purchase chicken. Boneless, skinless, organic, free-range chicken for a coconut curry. As usual, I did a quick scan of all the places I knew...and came up with Costco. I racked my brain, and even contemplated flying in my own chickens from a farm in Wisconsin. However, after Yelping a few times, I stumbled upon MIssion Market.
Bob, the purveyor of all things traveling by land and sea (well, feet and fins), is an older fella who takes such pride in making sure my order is always correct. I call him up, he says "The usual? Yes ma'am, we have them here! It will be ready when you come in!" I stop by, am enthralled by his other products (sadly, my pocketbook is shrinking by the day), and am greeted by this 20 something man who blinks his long, long eyelashes. Bob comes by, I whip out my credit card, and in 5 minutes flat, I'm in and out with a cooler full of breasts.
And did I mention he gives free ice?
P.S. - Bob, you're the man!
*Wheelchair accessible from the front of the store. There's a ramp.
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Bob the Butcher, as I told him, is my new best friend. Being a "raw feeder" of my dog, I'm always on the prowl for odd things like chicken feet, organs, interesting cuts of meat that most humans have lost track of. They have it all, and whether the meat is for my family or my pooch, this is full service like I have been searching for.
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First of all, the mission market in general is a neat find in SF. I've been to many mercado-style places like this in LA, and in San Antonio, but didn't expect to find one here.
The meat/fish/poultry counter in the back of the market has an excellent selection, and is not aimed at attracting yuppies, so the prices and service are nice and unpretentious. I recommend combining a trip here with lunch at El Perol, a little Peruvian place just next to it.
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I love these guys, not only are they knowledgable about their products, but they are folks I look forward to chatting with while I wait for someone to butterfly my lovely 5lb. chicken. I always order my organic Thanksgiving Turkey from MIssion Market ( in time to brine it for at least 24 hours) and I have never had that dry dull bird that requires gravy. Don't get me wrong--I love some gravy in my life, but it shouldn't be the cover-up for dry turkey.
Oh, I think I should mention that if you are looking for red meat, stay
away from the opposite counter!
How nice to have a proper meat market run by butchers who can recommend different meat and also cut it up for you. A great selection of everything you could possibly need. I always get my whole chickens here and Thanksgiving turkey. When I asked them about the Rosie's organic, which cost twice as much per lb, they were very honest and said they couldn't taste the difference. Wow! They actually care about the customer instead of trying to upsell me.
They carry all kinds of poultry (whole chicken and partas, turkey parts, quail, cornish hens, duck, etc) and really fresh fish (including fish cuts for chowder), as well as oddballs such as rabbit and sausage.
I get excited about shopping here and figuring out what to cook. Cassoulet? Braised rabbit? Ooh la la!
I only come here once every couple of weeks but the guys know me and always say "hi" and have a chat. I love living in a real neighborhood and supporting my local shops!
Bike Parking: no designated bike racks, you can take your bike inside while you shop or can lock it up to a signpost next to the back door on Bartlett St.
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This is a wonderful meat market. You can get duck leg for your cassoulet, a rabbit for roasting, turkey necks, every kind of cut of pork and beef. Attracts gourmets and day-laborers alike ( perhaps with even some cross-over!)
There's a little produce store inside, which is good for on the go but is otherwise thinly stocked with dusty cans of products from South America.
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This maze-like little mall is as close as you come to Tijuana without leaving San Francisco. Full of independent Mexican, Salvadoran and Vietnamese restaurants, veggie and meat markets, a beauty salon, a flower shop, organized around an indoor courtyard with painted tile floors and walls and ceilings painted everywhere with quirky murals, street scenes, oceans, fields, decorative lights, starscapes. It's noisy, kids are running around, crooner and mariachi versions of popular pop songs spill out of the little stores.
Good times, good times.
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The meat variety at this place is HUGE. Filipinos can get fresh Pig's Blood for dinuguan, rabbit meat, oxtails, and just about every other kind of meat available for human consumption. Take a number, it's really popular with the locals.
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A cavernous market to fulfill your carnivorous needs. They cater to the Latino market so there's little up-marketing of humble ingredients such as oxtail or oysters. Get your olfactory nerves on over-drive and come here.
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Freshest seafood around; very friendly and helpful.
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