Construction Update 1.24.13

Some exciting updates to report, including pouring of the floors on both levels and the delivery of our custom 6000lb ice bin!  Check out the photos below:

First photo shows the freshly poured concrete floor on the ground floor with completed plumbing and electrical hanging out.  After drywall partitions have been set up, floor will get a seemless polymer floor on top.

This pic shows the 6000lb ice house that feeds the entire operations with flaked ice.  Two ice flakers will continuously drop flake ice into this behemoth.

Construction Update 1.18.13

We're now officially nomads as the Chelsea Market office has been closed down for renovations as well.  Demo is now done in the store and floors are being poured as we speak. 

This pic shows the exposed brick wall, which will be part of Cull&Pistol.

See below for the concrete pour in the basement.  If you look at the top of the pic you'll see light coming in from 16th st through the giant hole they cut into the ceiling of the ground floor concourse.

Construction Update 1.10.13

Lot of changes going on in here since we last posted although you would hardly know it from the pics below.  The crew has done most of the demo work as you'll see from the wide open spaces, but have gotten caught up on the floors.  It turns out these old floors are a lot thicker then they anticipated so it's been slow progress so far (Guess they don't build 'em like they used to afterall).  Good news is that we've upped the quanity of jack hammers going at this everynight.  Why take out all the floors you may ask?  Well, part of the renovation is installing brand new stonehard floors throughout the space.  It's a big part of the budget, but will be well worth it for a number of reasons.  If you've ever seen our basement downstairs, it's proof that the current flooring leaks like a Russian Sub.  The new flooring upstairs will ensure that you won't be purchassing fish in a puddle as it will all smoothly glide down towards teh nearest drain.  When you've been planning a renovation for over a year, these things get you excited.  Ok enough talking, check out the pics below....

A wide open store looking out from the chelsea market entrance all the way to the 16th st loading dock. 

Part of the issue with the floor has been the thickness of the concrete.  We orginally thought it would be a thin layer of concrete with insulation below, but it turns out most of the concrete poured goes all the way down.  If you look carefully at this pic, you can see the blue layer of insulation.

Last pic was taken from the upstairs office looking towards the 16th st entrance and what used to be the walkin.  All of this will be converted to retail.  Gives you a sense of the space we're picking up.

Construction Update 1.4.13

It's now been a full 4 days since we've closed down and the store looks completely different.  Demo is about to begin in earnest tonight and full on construction shortly there after.  We're hoping to have a more detailed schedule in place by next week so stay tuned.  In the mean time, take a look at the below pictures:

This is looking down along the finfish displays.  As you can see, lot of "outs."  It's all going OUT!

Looking towards the cashiers

Taken from the entrance.  There's the old specialty sushi display, to be replaced by a much nice sushi experince including an 8 seat sit down sushi bar with beer and sake!

NYE Weekend Specialties 12.27.12

Hard to believe another year has come and gone. We're looking forward to helping you celebrate New Year's Eve as well as seeing you all one last time this weekend/Monday before our expansion begins.  Check out our incoming specialties for NYE weekend below.  If you haven't checked out our hours and ordering policies for this weekend, be sure to click here.     

NYE Weekend Hours

Saturday: 9:30 - 9:00 PM
Sunday:  10:00 AM-8:00PM

Monday: 9:00 AM -8:00 PM

Tuesday:  Closed  for Expansion 

Please keep in touch during our expansion via facebook, twitter or e-mail, we love to hear from you!  Be sure to visit lobsterplace.com/blog/category/expansion for more info and project updates while we're closed from January 1 - mid February.  Progress has been slow so far so we haven't put up many updates (Rest assured we're still on schedule).  Once construction starts in earnest, we'll have much more regular updates. 

Now onto the good stuff...

Arriving Friday December 28th - Monday the 31st  2012  

Blue Crab (Live), Gulf Coast
Blackfish, NY
Dungeness Crab, WA (TBD)
Head on Blue Shrimp, New Caledonia
John Dory, Mid-Atlantic
Kona Kanpachi, HI
Nairagi, HI
Opah, HI
Peconic Bay Scallops, NY
Peconic Bay Scallops (live), NY
Stone Crab Claws, FL
Trigger Fish, NC
Wahoo, HI
Whelks, NY

Oyster Lineup
Taunton Bay, Taunton Bay, ME
Barnstable, Barnsable, MA
Watch Hill, Winnapaug Pond, RI
Hogs Neck, Southold, NY
Widow's Hole, Greenport, NY
Eagle Rock, Totten Inlet, WA
Barron Point, Little Skookum Inlet, WA
Chef's Creek, Baynes Sound, BC

Caviar Lineup
Paddlefish, U.S.
Hackleback, U.S.
Siberian Sturgeon, Italy
Russian Sturgeon, Bulgaria
Sevruga, Korea
Osetra, Bulgaria
Salmon Roe, U.S.
Trout Roe, U.S.
Bottarga, France

We hope you'll stop by this weekend and take advantage!  Stay tuned next Thursday for another addition of specialty items.  Please note that occasionally items listed will not make it to our store due to weather or unforeseen supply issues.

Sincerely,
The Lobster Place