Burhop's Seafood

Burhop's Seafood is a privately owned seafood retailer and one-time wholesaler and full-service restaurant founded in 1926 by Albert E. Burhop in Chicago, Illinois. The company is best known for having partnered with Clarence Birdseye in the 1920s to transport refrigerated seafood into the Midwest for the first time. As a result of this partnership, Burhop's became the largest supplier of seafood to fine restaurants, hotels, and private clubs in Chicago for much of the twentieth century. Per the Chicago Tribune, by 1988 Burhop's was the largest group of retail seafood stores in the United States.

Burhop's Seafood

Burhop's Seafood is a privately owned seafood retailer and one-time wholesaler and full-service restaurant founded in 1926 by Albert E. Burhop in Chicago, Illinois. The company is best known for having partnered with Clarence Birdseye in the 1920s to transport refrigerated seafood into the Midwest for the first time. As a result of this partnership, Burhop's became the largest supplier of seafood to fine restaurants, hotels, and private clubs in Chicago for much of the twentieth century. Per the Chicago Tribune, by 1988 Burhop's was the largest group of retail seafood stores in the United States.