STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Go, fish! Peter Domazetovski announced the inaugural day of his new fish store. After a year of remodeling and installing refrigeration, The Cove will open at 6272 Amboy Rd., Pleasant Plains on Friday, Oct. 29.
The Cove will open in Pleasant Plains this week. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
The Domazetovski family has operated the Fisherman’s Cove outpost at Met Foods in Grasmere for over 18 years.
Fillet of a variety of salmon will be among the inventory at The Cove, soon to open in Pleasant Plains. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
“It flew by. We established a great reputation from that store. We value our partnership with them. We heard from the longest time that we should open a South Shore location,” said Peter.
“The need on the South Shore is long awaited. We stumbled upon this stand-alone storefront at the bottom of Bloomingdale Road. We gave it an overhaul. We gave it a full-service kitchen,” said the fishmonger. He added that a huge demand over the years has merited more cooked seafood selections and prepared eats in the store — seafood salads and oven-ready dishes. Now patrons additionally can pick from a menu of house-made soups like New England clam chowder and lobster bisque.
Oysters can be fresh shucked for customers of The Cove. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
With a parking lot next to the building, The Cove will be a full-service market specializing in fresh hand-cut fillet, custom cut steak-fish and imported caviar. It will offer whole fish, lobsters, fresh clams, mussels, oysters, and a variety of gulf-white shrimp.
“People thought I was crazy, too, opening in a pandemic. I’m sure any good entrepreneur would say the same thing — you just go forward,” said Peter.
He admitted the biggest challenge in establishing this new spot has been hiring. He said, “The food industry generally, is not an attractive industry because its very labor intensive. So it’s important for retailers how you make it more attractive for the employee. What benefits and perks can we offer to hire and retain them also? That’s something we’re looking at.”
Flashback to spring of 2017: Peter Domazetovski sets up a fish display in the Fisherman's Cove seafood selling area at Met Foods supermarket, Grasmere. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
Peter noted, “That’s why it took us so long. It’s all about getting good help.”
Hours of operation at The Cove will be 9 a.m. to 7 pm.. daily and, for the inaugural weekend, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Going forward the shop will close each Sunday and keep the 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. format. The phone number is 718-210-0143 and the soon-live website is Cove2Table.com.
Domazetovski said, “We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyon for their countless and tireless hours of support and diligence in helping us arrive at this amazing milestone. Each of you have in some way, contributed to getting us one step closer to this day, and for this, we are eternally grateful.”
Pamela Silvestri is Advance Food Editor. She can be reached at silvestri@siadvance.com.
Fillet of flounder is ready to cook from Fisherman's Cove, soon coming to Pleasant Plains at The Cove. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
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