Will any Manhattan fish markets grind fish to order?

[small h]

I'm idly considering making gefilte fish. I do not have a food processor or anything else that will grind fish, just a hand blender and a coffee grinder and a nice collection of knives. Obviously, I should buy live carp in Chinatown and then take them home and kill/scale/gut/filet/grind them myself, but that might be more appropriate for my second try at gefilte fish, not my first. Ideas?

[Veggo]

sh, for your mornings' pleasures, I hope you find a solution that does not involve your coffee grinder!

[small h]

Me too, even thought I mostly use the coffee grinder for bread crumbs these days (works good), 'cause I've gone cold brew and have my coffee ground in the store.

[pbjluver]

Ask at Citarella's - they might be able to help you
as they make their own gefilte fish

New York City - 212.874.0383

Upper Westside: 2135 Broadway at 75th Street
Store hours: Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 11 pm
and Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm. (EST).

Upper Eastside: 1313 Third Avenue at 75th Street
Store hours: Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 11 pm
and Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm. (EST).

Greenwich Village: 424 Avenue of the Americas at 9th Street
Store hours: Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 11 pm
and Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm. (EST).

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Citarella
1313 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10021

Citarella
2135 Broadway, New York, NY 10023

Citarella
424 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011

[small h]

Thanks! I know Citarella well (since way back in the late '80s, when it was a storefront best known creating fish tableaux in its windows), but it's so fancy now it didn't occur to me to ask there. But I will!