Fishmonger opens in Poncey-Highland with fresh seafood and a raw bar

Cases will be loaded with fresh fish and seafood including oysters, clams and shrimp, most sourced locally or regionally. A reach-in cooler will offer prepared sides and ready-made salads.

Though daytime offerings are mostly meant to be taken to go, the 800-square-foot space has seating for about 10 inside and a handful of seats outside, with windows that open up onto Highland Avenue and a design that’s “visually bright like 8Arm, but a little less DIY looking,” Engelbrecht said.

From 7-11 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, Fishmonger transforms into a raw bar, with a variety of oysters highlighting Southern varieties, bottarga, crudos and small plates.

The raw bar will offer more interaction with Forsblom and the rest of the staff, with a catering trailer parked outside also serving raw bar items.

Fishmonger is currently BYOB, but when their liquor license is approved, the beverage program will focus on natural wines with wine pairings.

The idea for Fishmonger was born a couple of years ago after Le and Engelbrecht visited a fishery north of the Siesta Key area where he grew up that had an attached market. The pair thought the overall concept would “slay in Atlanta. No one else is really doing this here.”

Engelbrecht said he and Le, who also co-own Octopus Bar in East Atlanta, hope to duplicate Fishmonger in other metro Atlanta locations.

674 North Highland Ave. NE. instagram.com/atlantafishmonger

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