Coastal Seafoods

What Coastal Seafoods does

Coastal Seafoods is a single-location retail seafood market and café operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 1981 by Suzanne Weinstein as a wholesale fish business and expanded into retail in 1985. The company sells fresh and frozen fish, shellfish, and prepared seafood products to individual consumers, with a curated selection that includes an Oyster Library featuring 25+ East and West Coast varieties. In 2016, Chicago-based Fortune Fish & Gourmet acquired the company, operating the wholesale side that supplies 200+ restaurants and co-ops across a 5-state Midwest region through facilities in Bensenville, IL and Minneapolis. The retail business itself runs a single storefront at 2007 East 24th St. in Minneapolis after closing the St. Paul location on April 11, 2026, and offers daily 20% discount programs targeting distinct customer segments (seniors, veterans, educators, healthcare workers).

The business model combines direct-to-consumer retail with a small café serving prepared dishes, supported by online ordering through the Mercato marketplace and DoorDash for café delivery. Pricing follows a pay-as-you-go model with weekly rotating specials; the company holds MSC, ASC, and BAP sustainability certifications. Marketing relies on a content engine comprising a recipe blog, the Oyster Library, and a Constant Contact email newsletter. Coastal Seafoods is privately held under Fortune Fish & Gourmet, with the parent company providing wholesale distribution infrastructure, refrigerated trucking, and access to 8,000+ specialty food SKUs across the Midwest. The business is small (1-10 employees at the retail level) and operates with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, standard third-party e-commerce and delivery integrations, and a sustainability-focused brand positioning.

Name

Coastal Seafoods

Legal name

Coastal Seafoods

Website

https://coastalseafoods.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coastal Seafoods is a Minneapolis-based retail seafood market and café, founded 1981, selling fresh and frozen seafood, shellfish, and prepared dishes to individual consumers. Owned by Fortune Fish & Gourmet, it operates a single store post-St. Paul closure in April 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Seafood Market

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Retailers (445250), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seafood Wholesale (Fresh & Frozen) (AFAIADAD)

Keywords

• Retail seafood
• Fresh seafood market
• Oyster varieties
• Wholesale seafood distribution
• Sustainable seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retail Sales: Direct retail sales of seafood to individual consumers through physical storefronts in Minneapolis. The company also operates a café serving prepared foods and seafood dishes.
2. Online Ordering: Sales through third-party marketplace Mercato and DoorDash for café orders.
3. Wholesale Distribution: Wholesale seafood and specialty food distribution to hundreds of restaurants and food service providers throughout the Midwest region via parent company Fortune Fish & Gourmet.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coastal Seafoods operates a physical retail seafood market in Minneapolis (with the St. Paul location closing April 11, 2026) selling fresh and frozen fish, shellfish, and a curated oyster library featuring over 25 East and West Coast varieties. The store houses an in-house café serving prepared seafood dishes, accepts online orders through the Mercato marketplace for in-store pickup, and fulfills café orders for delivery via DoorDash. Wholesale seafood supply to over 200 restaurants and food service providers across the 5-state Midwest region is operated by parent company Fortune Fish & Gourmet.

Product overview

Coastal Seafoods is a retail seafood company operating a single store in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the closure of its St. Paul location in April 2026. The company offers fresh and frozen seafood products including a curated oyster library featuring both East Coast and West Coast varieties, whole fish, and shellfish. The business operates an in-store café and provides online ordering through Mercato and delivery through DoorDash. The company is owned by Fortune Fish & Gourmet, a Midwest seafood and specialty food distributor founded in 2001. Coastal Seafoods also provides recipe content through its blog featuring fish, shellfish, and sauce recipes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coastal Seafoods Minneapolis Retail Store Physical retail storefront in Minneapolis selling fresh and frozen fish, shellfish, and a curated oyster library (25+ East and West Coast varieties) to retail customers and chefs, with daily discount specials.
• The Café at Coastal Seafoods In-store café at the Minneapolis retail location serving prepared seafood dishes to walk-in customers and DoorDash delivery customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides seafood to over 200 restaurants and co-ops in 5-state area
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fortune Fish & GourmetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Fortune Fish & Gourmet, the Midwest's premier fresh and frozen seafood processor and specialty food distributor, purchased Coastal Seafoods in 2016. Fortune operates the wholesale side of the company servicing hundreds of restaurants and food service providers throughout the region, while the two Coastal Seafoods retail locations remain operational offering quality and sustainable seafood options.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Whole Foods Market: National premium grocer with strong sustainable seafood programs, prepared foods, and in-store dining; competes with Coastal for the same sustainability-minded and chef-quality-seeking consumer.
• Wegmans Food Markets: Large regional grocery chain with an extensive in-store seafood counter, MSC-certified sustainable sourcing, and prepared foods; comparable as a competitor for premium seafood retail spend in the same Upper Midwest geographies.

Direct peers

• Fulton Fish Market: Iconic NYC retail and wholesale fish market operating a physical marketplace and direct-to-consumer e-commerce for fresh and prepared seafood; directly comparable as a specialty seafood retailer with both in-store and online ordering serving premium consumers and chefs.
• Browne Trading Company: Maine-based retailer and wholesaler of premium fresh, frozen, and smoked seafood with national shipping and a strong chef/customer following; comparable as a specialty seafood purveyor emphasizing quality, sustainability, and expert curation.
• Citarella: NYC-based specialty seafood market and gourmet retailer with multiple storefronts, café components, and a strong wholesale-to-restaurant business; directly comparable on multi-channel retail, prepared foods, and chef/wholesale customer mix.
• Pike Place Fish Market: Seattle-based retail fish market with national shipping, content marketing, and a strong experiential/customer-service brand; comparable to Coastal as a high-touch specialty seafood retailer with deep local roots and direct-to-consumer shipping.
• The Lobster Place: Chelsea Market (NYC) retail seafood counter and wholesale supplier to restaurants, with prepared foods and online ordering; closely comparable on the retail-plus-wholesale-plus-prepared-foods model.

Emerging players

• True Fin & Scale: Smaller emerging direct-to-consumer and chef-facing sustainable seafood purveyor with curated offerings; comparable as a niche operator emphasizing sustainability and provenance against larger grocers and traditional fish markets.
• Sea to Table: Direct-to-consumer wild-caught American seafood brand with subscription and retail distribution; comparable as a sustainable-seafood-focused operator competing for the same premium-conscious consumer and chef segments.

Others

• Fortune Fish & Gourmet: Parent company of Coastal Seafoods and Midwest seafood processor/distributor serving restaurants and food service; not a peer in the retail sense but the most directly linked entity in the corporate structure and a useful benchmark for wholesale scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CoastalSeafoods
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoastalSeafoodsMN
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coastal-seafoods

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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