Travel video guide
Where to Eat in Manhattan, New York: American Lobster
This guide turns How Steven Wong Moves 80,000 Pounds of Lobster a Week — Vendors from Eater into a practical travel map with 1 saved spot around Manhattan. The mapped places include a grocery store. Use it to understand the places, food notes, and trip context before saving the map in Varedelo.
What the creator captured
Eater profiles Steven from Aqua Best, a seafood expert who meticulously sources and processes millions of pounds of lobster for top restaurants. Steven demonstrates the technical skill required to grade lobsters by region and season, emphasizing that a lobster's quality is as variable as a diamond's. The video highlights the intense logistics of the family-run business, from midnight market runs to the precise art of fish butchery.
What this map is good for
- Planning a grocery store stop or short itinerary in Manhattan.
- Seeing where the mapped places sit together before choosing what to visit first.
- Saving 1 mapped spot into Varedelo so the list stays usable on the ground.
- Using the original video as context, then turning it into a clean place-by-place map.
Featured spots on this map
- Space Market
Grocery Store in 524 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024, USA, Manhattan, New York, United States
Hours: Hours available
Food notes from the video
- American lobster
- New Brunswick lobster
- PEI lobster
- Nova Scotia lobster
- Maine lobster
- Massachusetts lobster
- Salmon
- Greek branzino
Experiences captured
- Sourced seafood for chefs and restaurateurs
- Butterfly cut a Greek branzino
- Inspected lobster quality and shell hardness
- Visited the Fulton Fish Market at night
- Maintained lobster tanks at 36-38 degrees
- Identified differences between male and female lobsters
- Delivered fresh Maine lobsters to a restaurant
- Handled millions of pounds of seafood annually
Official tourism resource
The official destination marketing organization and visitor guide for the five boroughs of New York City, including Manhattan.
Planning questions
What are the best spots in Manhattan, New York from this video?
This guide maps all 1 spot featured in the video, with names, addresses, and neighborhoods, so you can plan your trip to Manhattan, New York.
What are the must-try foods in Manhattan, New York?
Creator picks from the video include American lobster, New Brunswick lobster, PEI lobster, Nova Scotia lobster. Open the map in Varedelo to see which spot each one is at.
Can I save these spots to use on my trip?
Yes. Open the map in Varedelo to save every spot, get directions, and revisit the guide from your phone while you travel.
Use it on your trip
Save this travel map before you go
Keep the mapped spots, creator context, food notes, and planning details together. Varedelo turns the page into a phone-friendly map you can revisit when you are choosing where to go.