Where Buying Fresh Fish at Lake Como: 6 Fish Shops We Recommend

This is how it works here on Lake Como: at the first ray of spring sunshine that somehow smells of summer, there’s one insanely simple thing that literally explodes. The craving for grilling.

If you love lake fish and are wondering where to go to buy it to add it to your BBQ, in this article we suggest 6 fish shops of Lake Como you definitely must try to buy “lavarello”, “agone”, “trota”, “pesce persico”, “bottatrice”, “missoltino” and many other delicious fishes.

Pescheria Tosi Luigi in Menaggio

This historic fish shop is just 20 meters from our office in Menaggio, and we just love it.

Luigi Tosi, who runs the business, is among the most well known professional fishermen of the whole region, fishermen by trade for at least three generations.

Where: Via Mazzini 13

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A hidden shop… in Dongo!

You really need to be a local to know this place, as it’s hidden in a narrow alley between the Church of Santo Stefano and the beach in Dongo, with just a tiiiiny sign outside showing the number to call to book your fish directly from the fisherman: +39 0344 81587.

Where: Via Cossoni 2 (green house with brown shutters)

Guerci 1934 in Como

This is a gastronomy fish market with a small adjoining dining room, located in the old town of Como.

You can find noteworthy gastronomy: simple dishes (all based on 100% fresh), excellently cooked, with more than satisfactory portions.

Where: Via Francesco Muralto 35, Como

Pescheria Pensotti in Dervio

Everyday you can buy only what the fisherman found in the nets in that morning.

They also fry fresh fish in single-person packets, a good idea to offer fish from the lake and to savor less known but very tasty fish.

Where: Via alla Darsena 9

Rodolfo Carisi’s shop in Argegno

Since 1998 a professional fisherman in Laglio, Rodolfo decided in 2008 to expand the business with a laboratory with an adjoining point of sale in Argegno.

In his lab you’ll find fish caught during the night, both whole and filleted, barbed, smoked or in carpione and other local Larian specialties.