“We wanted to make it more of an international market.”
Since the late 1990s, Tom’s Seafood, at 767 South Xenon Court, has been a favorite local spot in Lakewood for picking up fresh fish and more. These days, the store is on its third set of owners — Maggie and Apos Kourakis — and has been rebranded asto better fit the couple’s desire to bring more worldly flavors to the shop, which they frequented for years before taking the reins.
Since taking over in the summer of 2020, owners Maggie and Apos Kourakis have added shelves and freezers to the space, creating an international market.But fret not, lovers of the original Tom’s, as the new owners have held on to the original store’s large offering of fresh seafood, with a massive case filled with fish, crabs, mussels and more — much of which is flown in directly from the coasts and is never frozen.
The duo has hopes to expand someday, whether that means adopting the neighboring space and knocking down some walls, or moving into a bigger location altogether.“We have people every day walk by and say, ‘You know, I’ve driven past here for twenty years and never walked in,’” Maggie says. “I would love to be on the main street [Alameda] or something like that. And I’d love to have at least twice the amount of space that we have now.
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