Palamós · since 1920
Four generations behind the counter. We choose the catch ourselves at the auction every day, we have known it all our lives, and we leave it ready to take to the table.
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Since 1920 · PalamósOur story
It all began around 1920, when Josep Arxe fished and sold his catch. After he married our grandmother Corona, the selling grew until it became a business of its own.
In those days the fish was sold in La Bisbal d'Empordà, and not many years later Pilar, Corona's daughter, took the stall on. Our grandmother stepped back to make way for her, and today the face of Peixos Pilar is Montse.
Alongside her you will always find Rosa, a friend and workmate since she was sixteen. We care about how fish is handled and we love our trade: that is why, as ever, our customers and friends hold us in such affection.
1920
Josep Arxe
He fishes and sells his catch. After he marries our grandmother Corona, the selling turns into a business.
Grandmother Corona
La Bisbal d'Empordà
The fish is sold in La Bisbal. These are the years when the family name becomes known among customers.
Pilar
The name above the stall
Corona's daughter takes over the business and gives it the name the sign still carries.
Today
Montse and Rosa
Behind the counter at the Market in the morning and at the auction in the afternoon, with the same craft as always.
The counter
What is on the counter changes every day with whatever comes up from the auction. This is what we usually have and what we can prepare for you.
The star
The jewel of this coast. You will know it by its bright red shell, its full head and its firm body. The size, the quantity and the price change every day with the auction: ask us what today's prawns are like and which ones suit the way you want to cook them.
Palamós prawn
From the auction
Whatever came in that morning or that afternoon: rockfish for a suquet, oily fish, fish sold by the slice. We will scale it, clean it and cut it exactly as you need it.
For the rice
Cuttlefish, squid, langoustines, clams, mussels: everything from the sea for a rice dish, a fideuà or the griddle. If you need a particular amount, order it and we will set it aside for you.
For the aperitif
The old classics to open a meal with: salt-cured fish and fish roe, to slice wafer-thin and eat with bread and a drizzle of oil.
What we do
We do not just sell fish: we help you choose it, we prepare it for you and we explain how to cook it.
The stallFresh fish from the Palamós auction, chosen every day. If you like, we will scale it, clean it and cut it ready for the pan.
Palamós prawns, cuttlefish, squid and shellfish, according to the season and to what the boats have landed that day.
Tell us what you need and when, by phone or on WhatsApp, and we will have it ready for you to collect. The earlier you let us know, the easier it is for us to find it.
More than a hundred years behind the counter: we will tell you what is good today, which piece suits the number of you there are and how to spot a properly fresh fish.
Our family recipes to make the most of it: suquet, soupy rice, cuttlefish with peas or prawns on the griddle done properly.
Where to buy
In Palamós the fish goes to auction in the afternoon, when the boats come back in. That is why you will find us in two places at two different times: at the Market, with the catch already picked out, and at the auction, just as it arrives.
Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 1pm
Everything already picked out and ready to take away. This is where you will find the widest choice of fish sold by the slice, and where we will clean and cut whatever you buy.
Palamós Municipal Market · Avinguda Catalunya, 6-8 · 17230 Palamós (Girona)
Monday to Friday, 4.30pm to 8pm
Right beside the auction floor, when the fish has only just come out of the crates. This is prawn time, and the time for the day's catch, still wet with seawater.
Palamós Fish Auction Hall · Carrer Club Nàutic · 17230 Palamós (Girona)
Palamós Fish Auction HallFrom our kitchen
Four ways to cook what you take home from the counter. If you are unsure about the fish or the amounts, just ask us when you come in.
50 min · 4 people
Suquet, the Catalan fishermen's stew: rockfish, cracked potatoes and a picada to bind it all together.
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10 min · 2-4 people
The most honest way to eat them: a very hot griddle, salt and nothing else. Five minutes.
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55 min · 4 people
Soupy, not creamy: the stock made from prawn heads and mantis shrimp does all the work. A Sunday dish.
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50 min · 4 people
Sea and garden, the way it has always been done. Long, gentle cooking and the cuttlefish turns as tender as butter.
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Questions
We have two stalls in Palamós: one at Palamós Municipal Market, Avinguda Catalunya, 6-8, and one at Palamós Fish Auction Hall, on Carrer Club Nàutic.
At the Market, Tuesday to Saturday from 8am to 1pm. At the auction, Monday to Friday from 4.30pm to 8pm.
Yes. Call us or send us a WhatsApp telling us what you need and when, and we will have it ready for you. The earlier you let us know, the easier it is for us to find it.
Whenever the boats land them at the auction, and both the quantity and the price change from one day to the next. The only sure way to know is to ask us on the day.
Yes. We will scale it, clean it and cut it however you need it: whole, in steaks, filleted or in chunks for a suquet.
Because in Palamós the fish auction is held in the afternoon, when the boats come back into port. That is why you will find us at the auction from 4.30pm to 8pm, just as the catch comes off the auction floor.
It is the part we enjoy most. Tell us how many of you there are, what you fancy cooking and what budget you have in mind, and we will tell you what is good that day.
We are at Palamós Municipal Market, Avinguda Catalunya, 6-8, 17230 Palamós. The map shows the exact spot so you can find your way there.
Let's talk
Call us, send us a WhatsApp or come by the counter. For orders, the phone or WhatsApp is always the quickest.
Our stall at Palamós Municipal Market, Avinguda Catalunya, 6-8.
Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 1pm
Palamós Municipal Market · Avinguda Catalunya, 6-8 · 17230 Palamós (Girona)
Our stall at Palamós Fish Auction Hall, Carrer Club Nàutic.
Monday to Friday, 4.30pm to 8pm
Palamós Fish Auction Hall · Carrer Club Nàutic · 17230 Palamós (Girona)
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