Once you have fresh caught crab you may be done ordering crab at your favorite restaurants. There is something about fresh caught seafood that is incomparable. The sweetness, the texture, the ease of cracking the shell, an education that will serve you well should you dare to order crab at a restaurant. You will know when it's fresh. We drove from Napa to Bodega Bay to get our crabs and it was well worth the journey. The guys at Paisano are friendly and the price is great. We purchased 2 crabs (5 lbs total) for $60. They take cash & credit. We used a cooler with a blue ice block to transport back home. The guys at Paisano told me that the crabs will stay alive in the cooler from 5 to 6 hours so all good. My wonderful wife turned these babies into a wonderful salt & pepper crab over garlic noodles dish that was to die for. I recommend calling ahead to ensure they are open and have crab. read more

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Service was amazing. Everyone there were so nice. Would buy fresh crabs again from Paisano Bros. read more

Paisano Bros - Live dungenous crabs - Seafood Markets Near Me - Bodega Bay, California

Hello , Ihave been buying dungis of the boat forever , I used to live in Bodega Bay and fished for my Dad out of the tides restaurant anyway we docked our Boat the Eagle there we delivered to Point St George fisheries We moved there in 1976 and delivered to Meridith fish co , I know the commercial fishing is dangerous work and Hard work at that . we try to make it out there or pillar Pt to buy fish or crab we enjoy the atmosphere and the people we meet but we bought from Paisano bros. for the first time today the crabs are Excellent and good 10$ pound price is good to they earn every dollar . thanks so much for the crab read more

Call ahead for catch of the day. Fresh fish and Dungeonous Crab right now. The fishermen will clean and wrap your items just bring an ice chest for cold storage. Have a great visit, remember to Always buy Local! read more

A solid place to have the quintessential authentic Bodega Bay experience picking up my fresh crab at a fair price. Weekly visits when in season. read more

I went here with my family and it's 100% overrated the food is absolutely just okay don't test good at all. The lady taking orders was just absolutely rude as !!!!!. Save your time and money read more

Super fresh seafood and friendly service. Just wish they were closer to our home base, Sacramento. read more

Our primary source for live, local Dungeness crab. Fresh, fair and friendly...and meaty!

Fabulous staff, not crabby at all! Even called at 6:30 am calling re: available crabs. Mmmm we lucked out read more

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Great people always friendly and best deal in town. Crab are always big.I will keep going back year after year

On a very busy weekend we got quick service, good price, and 8 large, lively crabs. Highly recommended. read more

Paisano Bros - Seafood Markets Near Me - Bodega Bay, California

We were looking for a live crab to purchase directly from a fisherman and we drove pass this place. The service was great and quick. People were just in and out of the place. We bought 2 large crab to take home. The guy says it is sweet and it was. The meat is not mushy like some of the other crab that I bought from a store in an aquarium. They're charging $11 per pound, for 2 crabs I paid $56. read more

We picked up 2 large live crabs on 1/10/25. Excellent service! The best crab, so sweet, and no need for melted butter. $50 for the 2, we'll be back! read more

Paisano Bros - Best crab ever! - Seafood Markets Near Me - Bodega Bay, California

This is a bare bones operation with the best live crab at the spud point marina. A couple of older guys, a tank of live crab fresh off the boat, plastic tub to put the crab in to weigh, a scale, a calculator, an empty warehouse, and that's it. only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. read more

Love supporting these guys!! Been coming here for a couple years now. Always friendly

They're open most weekends (Friday-Sunday) during crab season (as of 2024) and their crabs are lively and delicious! Bring a big plastic tub or bucket to bring them home. Drop into a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 13-15 minutes (tops). So good! read more

Large, lively crab, good price. We got 8 for $190. February 25, 2024. Cheaper in past years but The season has been shortened because of whales and only half the usual catch allowed. Great time with old friends at Dillon Beach. read more

Update: So sad, but the last few times we dropped in on Paisano Bros., they were closed. It was a poor crabbing season and a nonexistent salmon season, and the boats weren't bringing much in. Sigh. I don't know the story, but hope they are back when the crabbing season starts in the late fall. Paisano Bros. has agreements with most of the crab boats in Bodega Bay, and as a result, are the most dependable source of great-looking, caught-the-same-day crabs. They also own the market on fresh salmon in the summer. Mark and I took a pleasant drive to the wharf where the friendly proprietor fished out five large live crabs for us to take home. We brought them home and boiled them -- Mark made the sweetest crab pasta ever. Fresh Dungeness crab is soooo the best of the state-- it is one of the reasons we are proud to call ourselves Californians. You will get warm and courteous service, a fair price, and the freshest of the fresh at Paisano. It is worth the drive to take in the scenery, chill with the infamous birds of Bodega, and score a few crabs. read more

This is a stand to buy live crabs not a place to eat. It looks more like a little shed with a huge tub full of live crabs outside. There was only one guy there when I went, he bagged the crabs up for us and we were on our way. They are located right next to Spud Point Crab Company. The crabs were very fresh and feisty. Its cash only. read more

Paisano Bros - Seafood Markets Near Me - Bodega Bay, California

Freshest of the fresh. Go here! You have to cook it yourself though. Whatever is fresh is here. The man running this is a real, fisherman gentlemen. He's in his "office" watching football with his cohorts after returning from a catch. It's so exciting to peer in at the crabs in the large containers & even on the days when I'm out in this direction and not happening to buy (for shame!) they are so nice to let me stare and photograph. I wish I could give this place extra stars, it's truly the best! YUM!!! read more

Fresh, perfect dungeness crab straight off the boat. Super nice, helpful people helped me pick a couple 2-pounders. Not super cheap ($5/lb) but couldn't have asked for better place to shop for dinner. read more

Paisano Bros - Seafood Markets Near Me - Bodega Bay, California

Thank God for our local fisherman! This place is a gem. Bought a bucket of large crab right on the pier. They gladly carried and loaded it into my car and gave me cooking tips. Fresh cracked crab for dinner, nothing like it. read more

Paisano Bros - a man in a red hat working on a fish - Seafood Markets Near Me - Bodega Bay, California

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Well worth the drive from North Bay to Bodega Bay. I was directed to Paisano Bros by a cafe in Bodega Bay. The men working there are super friendly. One of them pulled two feisty live crabs out of the big tub on the dock. Clearly these guys (the crabs) had just been caught that morning. It cracked me up that the crabs were just thrown into a large black trash bags for me. They were clawing like mad trying to get out of the bag. Of course, they calmed down as soon as I put them in the ice cooler in my car. (Bring a cooler and ice.) We cooked them that evening at home and had perhaps the best crab of our lives. read more

Only place to buy fresh crab! Right off the boat! Friendly... It's fun to pull in and watch the boats pull up and unload delisious fresh crab read more

Had the pleasure today to show up as the Haida Queen was pulling in with fresh crab!!! What an experience! The owner let us stand on the pier and watch the action. Everyone was very friendly, including Captain Joe, from the Haida and even, fed us his homemade sausage that he had grilling on his boat!! When I told him I didn't like the aftertaste, he gave me a beer! Husband loved the sausage, and ate quite a bit of it! Lol! We also loved the owner, as he was verya personable, and witty. Thank you guys for a true memory that will be shared for a lifetime!!! Bought 6 humongous crabs and took them to our campsite to cook. So sweet. No butter needed!!! read more

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For salmon lovers it's as good as i've seen it since the turn of the century today. We arrived just as a boat full of the most beautiful i have ever seen. If you get up there over the next few days and buy some quantity, you MAY be able to score for less than ten dollars a pound. read more

My friend and I were on a quest for live crab. We drove by a couple of areas that we had luck in the past, down near the trailer park along the water from Vira & Robert, and down Westshore Road. The developers mowed the crab shack down Vira & Robert worked out of near the trailer park. There were no signs anywhere that indicated anybody had live crab. I said "excuse me" to a couple of younger fisherman to ask if anyone had a lead on live crab that completely ignored us. By chance a NICE middle aged fisherman told us to "check out Paisano Brothers or The Tides and price and availability depended on their mood." We were about to find out what he meant by that. We pulled into the parking lot of Paisano's, and a very nice man on a small forklift told us we would find live crab at the end of the dock. We thought we wanted 8, but after they were weighed in at over $110 ($13.75 per crab), and were then told they were $6 a pound right off the boat, the eldest of the Paisanos' mood went from curmudgeon to really crabby while removing the largest two from the bag. Then he not only weighed our crab with the bag, but in the bucket as well for $83 ($13.83 per crab). We bought 6 live crab. Next time, we will just hit the market on College Avenue in Santa Rosa for live crab which is less money than at the boat dock. For the time and the price of gas it took to drive out there, and exorbitant price of crab in Bodega Bay, it is not worth paying $2 more per pound than the stores with live and cooked crab. read more

stopped by to pick up a few crabs this weekend. A kid in training sold them to us (presumably his parents were the fisher-people), we cooked them up, and all was well in the world. Absolutely fresh and delicious, worth the trek down the hill from Hwy 1. Thank you, Poseidon, for the fruits of your bounty, and thanks to Paisano Brothers for selling us fresh crab, straight off the pier. read more