Fresh Fish, Cured Meats, Farmstead Cheeses, Wine and Artisanal Chocolates
Made-to-Order Deli and Grilled Sandwiches
1715 W Kirby Ave
Champaign, IL 61821
ph: 217-615-8531
fax: 270-778-8472
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Our fish list goes out to subscribers in the morning three days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Reply to fish@crackercheese.com with your order. We confirm it or follow up with questions by 8pm.
Our distributor in Chicago works with suppliers and fishermen to deliver the freshest fish right to our door the next day. We only order product that meets our high standards of quality, sustainability, and freshness.
Unlike other fish retailers, our fish never sits in a secondary warehouse or gets trucked to distribution centers -- we get it the day it comes off the plane from the source. Taste the difference.
Your specific order arrives the next day, where we prepare it in house. At Cheese & Crackers, we hand-cut and portion your fillets and prepare your order. We have everything ready to go by 2p.m. We can cook your shrimp or lobster, too, for a small additional charge. Come in and pick up, it's that simple!
We carry the following fish on a regular basis:
Fresh Salmon: Quality salmon farmed by producers around the world.
Fresh Trout (raised sustainably)
Rainbow Trout, Whole Fish Only (USA, cleaned and dressed)
Canadian Ruby Red Trout Fillets
Fjord Trout (Norway) -- Great alternative to salmon, fantastic red fleshed fish with a firm texture
Riverence Steelhead Trout
Tuna Selections
Wild Salt Water Fish
Responsibly Farmed Fish -- Aquaculture is a sustainable way to preserve the world's fish populations. It takes pressure off the environment, assures a quality fish product, and sustains fishing communities. We carry only the finest farmed fish.
Fresh Water Fish -- the fishing is very weather dependent in the Great Lakes in wintertime, so these inventories will go up and down
Fish for Stock
Smoked & Cured Fish
Scallops - All of the scallops we get are packed "dry" - without any added water or sodium triphosphate (used as a preservative)
Shrimp -- We can order shrimp in a wide variety of sizes (sized by the number per pound) and can have them dressed to order (tail on or off, shell on or off, deviened or not). Below we have listed the most commonly ordered shrimp.
Clams the sweetest, freshest clams in town.
Tip: Soak your clams covered in cold water and a tablespoon or two cornmeal for 30 minutes prior to cooking, allowing the clam to filter out any sand that may have accumulated.
Live Lobsters
Right off the plane tomorrow morning! Our lobsters are fresh from the North Atlantic; they have not been sitting around in a tank losing body weight for days; resulting in a significantly larger amount of meat with a fresh lobster. Yes, we can get those huge 4+ pound lobsters (Lobsters over six pounds can be pre-ordered, but may need a few days depending upon the harvest).
Fresh Cooked Lobster Meat (not canned, and not pasteurized) Sweet, perfect lobster meat ready for eating on its own or incorporation into your favorite lobster dish.
A 1 1/4 pound whole live lobster yields approximately 4oz of meat; so buying fresh lobster meat is a really great deal - lower cost and no steaming, cleaning and picking out the meat yourself.
Crab
Fresh Crab Meat Not Canned, Not Pasteurized, Not Frozen - (Handpicked Peekytoe Jonah crab). A special order, this one is seasonal.
Alaskan King Crab Legs - These are the big boys - you can buy the small Alaskan King crab legs that contain a thin pencil of crab anywhere in town - but my crab legs are the huge ones. Thick, sweet crab - just warm and serve. We suggest steaming them for a few minutes. Crab legs are graded by the number per 10 lbs - our legs are 6-8 legs per 10 lbs which are the largest size. More meat per lb, good value for the money.
Mussels
Oysters
Fresh oysters are notoriously fickle in availability. Please see our current email fish list for varieties that are being shipped now.
Caviar
We can order a large selection of both domestic and imported caviar. Please inquire if you have a specific request, we can certainly get it for you.
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1715 W Kirby Ave
Champaign, IL 61821
ph: 217-615-8531
fax: 270-778-8472
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