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Saturdays 9:00 until 6:00
Sundays 10:00 until 5:00
Happy Valentine's Day!
It's All About A Healthy Heart And Love!
Fish and Seafood are the best aphrodisiacs
Please be sure to place your orders (LOBSTERS) in advance to guaranty that you will get what you need!
This is Dirk and Terry's romantic Valentine's dinner for two:
Oysters on the halfshell topped with caviar, tuna tartar on rice crackers, Caesar salad with Terry's special dressing, Red Hen baguette with truffle butter, Hot lobster dipped in fresh garlic aioli finished off with a couple of decadent chocolate pots. Candles and proseco on the side!
And for you...
Lobsters are for lovers-Be sure to call ahead, we sold out last year!
Caviar is best served on a kiss-we got the caviar if you got the kiss.
Oysters, oysters, oysters
Heart Shaped salmon burgers-while they last.
Our famous tuna tartar-call ahead to get some!
Tuna steaks went fast last year too.
Great gift idea:
A La Card restaurant coupon deck- Good for 52 discounted dinners for you and your sweetie all year long!
Only $30.00.
Valentines Day Special Package
$40.00 for Two
Please order in advance
Appetizer
1/2 pound cooked shrimp and sauce
Entree Choices
2- Heart shaped Salmon Papillote
( parchment paper wrapped salmon with veggies)
ready to bake.
or
2- Salmon Roulades
(spinach, cheese, smoked salmon stuffed fillets
covered with tequila chili marinade)
ready to bake.
Sides
1 pound Terry's veggie rice
or
1 pound of Sesame Seaweed Salad
Dessert
2-Decadent Chocolate pots
or
2- key lime tarts
$40.00 per couple
Please order in advance!
PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO PLACE ALL ORDERS FOR VALENTINES DAY!
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With an eye on your health ...
Only the freshest fish!
Fish and seafood are essential ingredients to a healthy diet. There are so many health attributes (Health Info) for all parts of your body that you would be remiss in not including the recommended 2 serving per week in your diet.
NO MORE FRESH RED KING CRAB LEGS.
The quota has been caught.
We will have fresh frozen red king crab from Dutch Harbor. These were frozen last month and are the next best thing to the fresh!
Direct from Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
FRESH ALASKAN RED KING CRAB!
Incredibly sweet!
The crab in hand is worth two in the sea and
the one on your plate is the best of all!
Crack King Crab
FLORIDA STONE CRAB NOW IN SEASON
Jumbo Claws!
Stone crab are harvested using small pots or traps, With the fishermen using 200 to 300 hundred pots each. The pots are dropped to the bottom and are attached to a buoy floating at the surface. When the pots are brought up to the boat, the biggest claw is snapped off and the live crab is returned to the ocean to re-grow their claws. Female egg-bearing crabs are returned to the water with both of their claws to insure survival of the eggs. There is also a law requiring a minimum size limit for the claw of 2.75" measured from knuckle to claw.
These freshly removed claws are called "green", because they are not cooked yet and do not have the distinctive red color of a cooked claw. Green claws are not refrigerated on the boat, because if they are the meat will stick to the shell after they are cooked. Once all the pots are pulled, the claws are brought to a processing plant on shore to be cooked. The claws must be cooked the same day they are pulled. Unsalted water is brought to a boil and then the claws are added, once the water comes back up to a boil, the claws are cooked for 6 to 8 minutes. The claws are then chilled immediately in an ice bath and brought down to 32 degrees. They are then laid out on a sorting table to be divided into sizes, medium, large, large jumbo, jumbo, and colassol. Florida stone crab is known for its sweet succulence and snowy white meat, stone crab has a delicate texture, rich mouth feel and salty finish.
Video of Florida Stone Crab Harvest
Pass the mustard sauce, please!
Great catch, Steve!
(The hat must have brought him luck!)
The ultimate sustainable fish,
Catch and Release!
SUSTAINABLE FISH ARE FOREVER
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Dirk's Sushi
There is always a great selection of fresh fish and seafood at Dirk's but we do try to run out of product so that we can continually restock our fresh supplies. If you need something special or a quantity of a certain fish, please call us and we will hold or acquire what ever you may need.
New Online Calculator Clears Up Confusion Over Seafood and Health
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The Pasta Puttana - Fresh Organic Pasta
Fresh made and delivered every Saturday
We were extremely honored that the Chicago Reader
choose all of us here at Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop as
"Chicago's Best Fishmongers"!
Reader’s Choice
Dirk’s Fish and Gourmet Shop
The nose knows: a quality retail fish shop should have a light scent of the sea. And stepping into Dirk’s is like taking a sunrise walk on a sandy beach with a firm-fleshed, red-gilled snapper in hand. Dirk Fucik has been mongering fish for 35 years, 5 under his own shingle, and in addition to an ocean’s worth of pristinely fresh seafood he and his knowledgeable staff offer prepared items including sushi,heat and eat fish dishes, salads, spreads, and on-the-spot crab and lobster steaming. Cooking tips, seasonal suggestions, and general goodwill abound, and every summer Saturday from noon to 3 PM Fucik sets up a charcoal grill for an impromptu cooking class and free sample session. 
2070 N. Clybourn, 773-404-3475, dirksfish.com. —Gary Wiviott
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