Edmonton’s Best Selection of Tinned Fish
Conservas (tinned fish) are exactly what they sound like, but so much more interesting than their name lets on. Think bright Portuguese sardines in lemon and olive oil, plump Galician mussels in a spicy escabeche, smoked trout from Denmark, fork-tender squid in ragout, and rich spreadable pâtés. Most of it is line-caught, packed by hand, and made by families who have been doing it for generations.
Pair your conservas with good bread, a few pickles, and you have something worth sitting down for.
Eat it here
Pull up a stool and order any of the tinned fish from our shelves. We’ll serve it to you with toast, pickles, and pour you something cold to go with it. Enjoy a low-key way to taste a few you have never tried, with no commitment beyond the next half hour.
It pairs with just about anything we have on tap or by the glass, and it is great to share as an appetizer or enjoy as a light lunch.
Take it home
Everything on the shelf is yours to buy. Grab one tin for a quiet night, or a stack for a dinner where you barely cook. They make a genuinely good gift too, for the person who has tried everything.
No fridge, no fuss, no expiry date you need to worry about this year.
We stock the tins we actually want to eat, and we taste everything before it earns a spot. The selection is often rotating with the seasons, but you can usually count on seeing a few of these:
Small sardines marinated and packed in a spicy oil
Rich spicy sardine pâté or delicate codfish pâté with parsley
Mussels in escabeche
Small mackerels smoked, or marinated in a yellow curry sauce
Smoked trout and salmon from northern Europe
Calamari and scallops in delectable tomato sauces