There's A New Fish Market/Restaurant In Town

Around April 15, a new fish market and restaurant opened in Carlsbad.  It's called Top Choice Seafood Market and Restaurant.  We stopped by for dinner one night, and was very impressed.  The menu is extensive, the food is good, and the market is so clean.  The only problem is, there are only a few seats for dining.  I assume most of their business is local takeout and catering.  I think there are 5 tables for dining.  Not exactly a dining experience.  Other than that, Top Choice is great.

Everything on the menu is under $10.  This includes an 8 ounce piece of poached salmon ( I ordered this) with hollandaise sauce, salad and rice.  Ron had the Po'Boy Sandwich with delicious french fries.  Other options were several kinds of fish tacos, fish burgers, several types of herring appetizers ($3.98 each), clam chowder, boullaibaise and fish chowder, in small, medium or large sizes, fish and chips, and just about any type of fish you can think of, all fresh, either fried, grilled or sauteed.  They even have bagels, cream cheese and lox with all the fixin's.

If you live in the Carlsbad area near Tip Top Meat Market, it's a great place for takeout.  Remember the little fruit and vegetable market adjacent to Tip Top?  Well, they turned that into Top Choice Seafood.  It's very good, but not good if you're looking for an evening out.  It's similar to Pellys in Carlsbad, with a more extensive menu, but not as much seating.  We really liked the food, but in the future, will go there for take out only.

I was just informed by Carlsbad resident and friend Louise, that the food bought in the fish market can be taken into the regular TipTop restaurant for dining.  That way, if one person wants fish and the other wants meat, they can order in two different places, then eat together.  Great idea.