Pop’s Fish Market

Pop’s Fish Market has operated out of 131 West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach for roughly four and a half decades, based on directory listings that put its history at around 46 years in business, which traces its opening back to approximately 1980. That makes it one of the oldest continuously operating seafood businesses in the city, predating most of the restaurants along the beach and the Cove.

Unlike the sit-down restaurants that dominate Deerfield Beach’s seafood scene, Pop’s operates primarily as a fish market, a straightforward retail counter selling fresh fish and prepared seafood rather than running a full dining room. The business sources its inventory through a combination of in-house fishermen and Northern fishing trucks that make deliveries three times a week, a supply chain built for freshness rather than convenience. That arrangement lets Pop’s offer what it describes as a full line of seafood, supplemented by seasonal specials that change based on what’s actually running that week.

The market handles both retail and wholesale customers, and it takes phone orders for anyone who wants to skip the counter line, along with cooking services for customers who want their catch prepared a specific way. According to customer feedback referenced in local directory listings, staff are known for helping with recipes and cooking questions, treating the counter transaction as an extension of old-school fish market service rather than a quick retail exchange. That kind of hands-on guidance is increasingly rare at chain grocery seafood counters, and it’s part of what keeps Pop’s relevant even as larger supermarkets have added their own seafood departments.

Confirmed hours show the market open Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; a full weekday and Saturday schedule wasn’t independently confirmed for this listing, so anyone planning a visit outside of Sunday should call ahead at 954-427-1331 to confirm the day’s hours before heading over. The market’s location on Hillsboro Boulevard puts it in Deerfield Beach’s older commercial corridor, a few blocks inland from the Intracoastal and away from the tourist-oriented oceanfront strip, in a stretch of the city that still has some of its original mid-century commercial character.

For residents who want to cook seafood at home rather than order it in a restaurant, Pop’s fills a role that none of Deerfield Beach’s waterfront restaurants can: a genuine neighborhood fish market with decades of history and a supply chain built around freshness rather than a printed menu. It’s a useful stop for anyone planning a home seafood dinner or simply a resident who wants a relationship with an actual fishmonger rather than a supermarket seafood case.