Truly fresh seafood is hard to find around here. Even Publix (which I love) sells fairly crappy fish, as much of it is farm raised. I have horror stories about Harris Teeter's fish. Corner fish markets can't even tell you where half of their stuff comes from. Catch On blows every Charlotte market out of the water. Factor in the fair pricing for fish you'll never see in a market around here, plus the awesomeness of the 2 guys running the market, and it's easy to see this is the best seafood market for miles. The place on Selwyn is like the Kay jewelers of seafood. The one in Ballantyne is run by super nice people. But Catch On is the same high quality, with more perks, for far less. They have [fish] Taco Tuesday. They let you sample award winning smoked salmon, dips, local homemade crackers & breads with 200 year old starters... they spoil you. And their daily newsletter has me going around preaching about the local lionfish invasion and ecosystems.. it's THAT informative.
I'm from New England so seafood is my thing. I purchased lionfish, red drum (bass), salmon and shrimp so far. It was so fresh it tasted like it just came out of the waters. It tasted like home. I'm going back for cod this week. My only complaint is that they didn't advertise. I could've ended my hunt for good seafood months ago