cheap fresh seafood in Manhattan?

[ssainani]

just wondering if there is a fishermans wharf equivilant in the area?

super fresh

edit -- this is for eating on the spot

i guess super cheap is not a requirement
i just don't want to pay sit down prices if i'm eatting on the street

[Miss Needle]

Didn't you post something earlier looking for a place within a 10-minute radius of Penn? Well, the restaurant I recommended (Artisanal) has a great seafood platter -- clams, oysters, shrimp, etc. Kind of large for one, but if that's all you have (maybe with something like fries), I think you can finish it.

[pikawicca]

I don't think the words "super cheap" and super fresh" will ever pertain to seafood again. When I was a kid, we'd go down to Fisherman's Wharf in SF when the fishing boats came in and buy our fish. That was SCSF fish. Those days are long gone.

[ssainani]

i should add -- i need to be able to eat it on the spot

like raw oysters or freshly steamed crabs

i have 3 hours to kill near pennstation

[thew]

oh. that's a very different question

[small h]

Well, there's Tracks, right IN Penn Station. The oysters are very fine there. It's a bar, though, so you'll pay sit-down prices, but pretty good sit-down prices. Bears no resemblance to Fisherman's Wharf, however.

[KTinNYC]

Chinatown, I like the place on Grand btwn Bowery and Eldridge.

[thew]

chinatown