Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Something Totally Different: Cavier Prices

BROWNE TRADING COMPANY Portland, Me., (207) 775-7560 or (800) 944-7848; brownetrading.com. Tsar Nicoulai, $76 for 28 grams; German, $64 for 20 grams; Italian, $71 for 28 grams; and Bulgarian, $102 for 20 grams.

CAVIAR RUSSE 538 Madison Avenue (54th Street), (212) 980-5908 or (800) 692-2842; caviarrusse.com. French, German and Italian, $55 to $75 for 28 grams.

FAIRWAY Four locations around New York City, fairwaymarket.com. Sterling and Italian, $49 an ounce.

PARAMOUNT CAVIAR 38-15 24th Street, Long Island City, Queens; (718) 786-7747 or (800) 992-2842; paramountcaviar.com. French and Italian, $62.50 an ounce; Bulgarian, $80 an ounce.

PETROSSIAN 911 Seventh Avenue (58th Street); (212) 245-2217 or (800) 828-9241; petrossian.com. Sterling, $63 to $133 for 30 grams; Bulgarian, $214 to $233 for 30 grams.

RUSS & DAUGHTERS 179 East Houston Street (Allen Street); (212) 475-4880 or (800) 787-7229; russanddaughters.com. Sterling and Tsar Nicoulai, $109 for 50 grams; Uruguayan, $125 for 50 grams.

STERLING CAVIAR (800) 525-0333; sterlingcaviar.com. Sterling, $63 to $80 for 30 grams.

ZABAR’S 2245 Broadway (80th Street); (212) 787-2000 or (800) 697-6301 (outside New York City); zabars.com. Sterling, $90 for 50 grams; Italian, $90 for 50 grams; German, $95 to $125 for 50 grams.

Source: NYT


P.S.

Is caviar kosher?

No, caviar is not kosher.

Real caviar is the roe (eggs) of the sturgeon fish, which has no scales.

There is kosher "caviar" made from salmon roe. (and see here and here)

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