Dec. 16—ENFIELD — Over the course of the pandemic, individuals like Petros Mirisis misplaced their companies as a result of shutdown in 2020. Mirisis, who ran a breakfast restaurant in Chicopee, Massachusetts, was capable of flip his luck round and discover a new place, shopping for Steve’s Boston Seafood on Enfield Road.
“Once I first began, I began with pizza. I opened a pick-up place for 5 years,” Mirisis mentioned. “I bought married and had a household and I opened up a breakfast restaurant.”
The pandemic was an enormous problem, he mentioned. “I had a breakfast place for eight years, however the pandemic shut down the place utterly. No person got here for breakfast throughout the pandemic.”
In search of a brand new enterprise, whereas talking with Steve Nikolis, the namesake of Steve’s Boston Seafood, Nikolis advised Mirisis that he was retiring. Mirisis took this as a chance to begin anew.
Steve’s Boston Seafood
The place: 57 Enfield St., Enfield.
Menu: Lobster roll, fried fish, fried clams, soups, salads, and sides.
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. to eight p.m.
Miscellaneous: Supply and on-line ordering obtainable.
Contact: 860-741-5961; facebook.com/stevesbostonseafood
“It was a troublesome yr,” he mentioned of his first yr behind the counter at Steve’s Boston Seafood “It is not solely the pandemic we’ve to cope with.”
Provide and staffing shortages have made operating the enterprise tougher than anticipated, the worst being the skyrocketing costs of product.
“I have been right here for a yr and from six months in the past to now, some issues have doubled or tripled,” he mentioned.
For instance, he mentioned, the king crab legs doubled in value from about $24 to $48 a pound.
“You possibly can’t promote prospects that top a value, they don’t seem to be going to purchase it,” he mentioned.
Mirisis mentioned he has needed to eat up a lot of the beforehand anticipated earnings to outlive.
“I take a lot of the losses and provides the remaining to the shoppers,” he mentioned.
The seafood place is cut up in what it gives. It has recent fish on the market on ice, and freshly made dishes in its kitchen for takeout. Steve’s additionally sells conventional Greek dry items.
“Every part’s recent that individuals can take residence,” Mirisis mentioned of the fish.
The primary greatest vendor, he mentioned, is the fish and chips. Different huge sellers embody fried fish buckets, the gyro, fried or grilled halibut, natural salmon, and swordfish.
“The swordfish steak has an important value, and also you get a large amount of swordfish,” he mentioned.
Recent fish is introduced in thrice every week to Steve’s. Twice every week, Mirisis personally drives to Boston to get a recent order, rotating the fish relying on the availability.
Within the show case, on ice, are quite a lot of catches, some ready filets, some complete fish, and a few ready for make-at-home dinners, together with haddock, salmon, lobster, or shrimp filled with spinach, or lobster crab meat.
“We put lemon, butter, and wine on it so it is prepared for the oven so the client does not must do it,” Mirisis mentioned. “We give them directions on easy methods to cook dinner it.”
Different recent fish obtainable are haddock, salmon, and halibut filets, and complete pink snapper, blue fish, and branzini.
“Lots of people just like the heads on it,” Mirisis mentioned. “Folks admire that.”
Steve’s Boston Seafood not solely has fish to supply prospects, however companies too.
“We provide native eating places within the space,” he mentioned. “Small eating places. We attempt to help one another.”
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