A Kitsilano Seafood Almanac
The market on West 4th
A family fishmonger, cutting to order since 1966.
7 Seas Fish Market has stood on the same stretch of West 4th since 1966 — long enough that the neighbourhood measures freshness by its counter. This page is an unsolicited draft web design from X9 Lab Media, a refresh concept set as a small almanac of the market. The illustrations are drawn, photos and any prices are placeholders, and the 4.5-star rating and 1966 founding are the market's own.
— the year the counter opened, and what it has kept since.
Fresh fish on ice, cut to order at the counter — a neighbourhood seafood shop in the heart of Kitsilano.
Parents who shopped here bring their kids. The standard at the counter is the reason they keep coming back.
What lands nearby leads the case. Whole fish, filleted to order — clear-eyed, firm, and traceable to the boats.
Half a century on, the rating is the quiet record: a market a neighbourhood trusts with dinner.
Timeline reflects the market's own 1966 founding. Milestone wording is a placeholder we'd confirm with the owner — no dates or names invented.
Point to the fish. They cut it to order.
There is a particular confidence to buying fish whole and on ice. You see the eye, the colour, the firmness of the flesh — and then a fishmonger fillets, skins and trims it the way you'll cook it. Nothing pre-wrapped, nothing guessed at.
That is how it has worked at this counter for more than fifty years. The case changes with the season and the boats; the people behind it will tell you straight what came in fresh today, and what to do with it once you get it home.
Half a century on West 4th, and the rule is still the same — sell only what you'd carry home yourself.
Ask for the smoked black cod that regulars guard like a secret, or the local catch that's only on the case a few weeks a year. The advice is free; the freshness is the whole point.
A short catalogue
Wild salmon & halibut
Pacific staples, whole or cut into steaks and fillets right at the counter.
cut to order · $ / lb ?Shellfish & oysters
Prawns, crab and oysters in season — shucked to go or sold by the dozen.
in season · $ / dz ?Smoked & prepared
House-style smoked cod and prepared seafood for an easy weeknight table.
house style · $ / ea ?Visit the market
Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC