OK so the way I see it there are only 3 choices in where to get fish under hashgacha in Chicago currently, and each has its own issues.
1. Jewel: The issue at Jewel is that the if you come in the afternoon or evening, they never have a fish monger manning the kosher fish counter. Usually someone will come over from the non-kosher meat counter to help you, but the usually they have no clue what they are doing and end up making a complete mess of the butchering, leaving both scales and bones on the fish. Now I do have to say the guy there in the morning named Forest is the man. He always gets me the freshest stuff and does a good job butchering it.
2.Hungarian: A few years ago Hungarian closed their full service fish counter and now has limited amount of fresh pre-cut fish. It is usually cut OK but the selection is limited and you are stuck with it in the weights they cut it.
3.Roberts: This place is on Devon. I went in there for the first time in years. The place seemed smelly and dirty to me. Everything was literally buried in ice so you could not see it. The selection seemed small for a place dedicated to fish. They only had farmed salmon, and they only have tuna by special order.
My suggestion is get to Jewel at about 8 AM or talk to local competent halachic authority about the correct way to buy kosher fish from a place that does not only sell kosher.
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