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“Crockett’s Fish Fry? Huge FAIL!!!!”

The ReadyWriter

And this place is not all of that!!!!

For some time now, I’ve been told that I had to try Crokett’s Fish Fry, located on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, NJ. According to some of my email sources, family and friends, their fish was simply to die for!!

When I walked into this restaurant and take-out joint on Saturday, the warning signal for me which indicated something was wrong, was the strong smell of fresh bleach. The stench from the bleach overpowered any food aromas necessary to turn on my senses for an appetite.

The smell alone turned me off completely and I opted out of having a meal.

As my people placed their orders for fish, one of them noticed a small dead roach on the counter by the cash register. Of course they brought this to the cashier’s attention, who played it off as if it was nothing.

For those in my crew brave enough to eat what they ordered, they said, “their fish was bangin” a couple of others, said something different.

This establishment is a cash and carry only.

As for Crockett’s fish fry…No thank you!!!

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112 thoughts on ““Crockett’s Fish Fry? Huge FAIL!!!!””

    1. of course crocketts is black owned. i know exactly where this is…tra is right! food not all of that!!! ate there once and neva went back!!!

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  7. smell of bleach??? UGH that is a turn off! and woulda had me throwin up!!!!!

    But the dead roach on the counter? Oh AIL NO!!!! you couldn’t of PAID me to eat shit outta there

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    1. @Randy,
      Go on back then…just know that you’ve been warned.
      a dead roach? smh…even if I did eat there, i wouldn’t go back.

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  13. wow. a dead roach?
    I don’t even wanna eat lunch now. that’s just disgusting!!

    although the rocah wasn’t in the food, the DEAD roach on the counter, hence the strong bleach smells = roaches in the house.

    Tra knew what was up.

    Thanks for the warning.

    I noticed she didn’t end with “So if you’re ever in Montclair area check out Crocketts”

    wow.

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  14. This is PROVES Big Belly is DREAMIN!!!! LMAO!!!!

    AND ALL KINDS A WRONG!!!!!!

    LMAO @ The dead roach and the strong smell of bleach!!!!

    WOW.

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  15. Good afternoon all, this just goes to show you, you have to be careful where you eat!!

    Not all restaurants have a clean bill of health!! and i’m sure Tracy checks this to the 9, esp. since she eat out so much.

    bleach smell, dead roach by the cash register, um i woulda left with the quickness too.

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    1. The cashier didn’t even try to play it off either. I would of atleast did a *dead roach* check before we opened.

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  16. smell of bleach, somethings up – check

    dead roach on the counter, is the proof – check.

    I woulda been out2!!!!

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  17. never been to this place in montclair, nj and from the sounds of this post, won’t be going either.

    and just like there’s a roach in NJ at cricketts, crocketts, socketts, I’m sure there’s plenty of roaches in NY people.

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      1. Ah contrair CB, you might smell food in the restaurant and the kitchen might still be infested with roaches and rodents.

        I bet a whole lotta people smelled coffee and doughnuts when they walked into a dunkin doughnuts but had no idea they were infested with rats and mice until they saw that shit on the news either.

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      2. @Ace, TRUE!!!!
        We had our family reunion at this black college in the south. and they cooked all this soul food and the food looked good and smelled good, then while we were waiting to eat, I saw this roach climb up on the wall. UGH I was totally turned off and my family ate like there was no tomm.

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    1. @DD, and although the place reeked of bleach, there were still people in there sitting down eating as if it was nothing.

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      3. @Starr, doesn’t matter, a strong bleach smell would be a turn off for anyone about to get food from or eat at a restaurant. and the dead roach would just take the whole cake. i mean, i woulda left my order and erthing right at the counter and walked out.

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      4. @Mrs., me2 that shit is nasty. and the fact that it was there and no one removed it or even noticed it says alot. gross! just fucking gross!!!!

        black restaurant owners need to do better!

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      5. @BBallen, Crocketts has been in montclair for awhile. but hey 2eaches own.

        This post just grossed me out 2 and now I gotta question if I wanna continue to go there myself.

        but hey I love supporting my own.

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      7. @Romello&Lisa, Our OWN have to BE MORE than better simply because “less than better” is what other races expect from us.

        a smell of bleach and a dead roach on the counter spells UNCLEAN and not up to standard! in every sense of the word.

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  19. For those in my crew brave enough to eat what they ordered, they said, “their fish was bangin” a couple of others, said something different.

    I was “the part” of her crew who said something different.

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    3. @Ashanti, to answer 1 of your questions, no i didn’t eat. in fact I was one of the few who agreed with Tracy. after the others saw the roach..lol…it was 2late they had just paid for their food already.

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      2. @Big Belly, You really should read all comments carefully. He was WITH HER!!!!

        You my man, WAS NOT!!!!!

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    1. Ms. Ashanti, I did inform those that, we were going to wait in the car and that Tracy didn’t want anything. But by the time everyone else decided to follow suit, they had already placed orders and paid for their food. the smell was actually making Tracy sick!!!! I had to see what was up with her at the time.

      I didn’t want to convince the crew not to order, hell smells and dead roaches don’t bother a lotta people so hey, they ate what they wanted. lol.

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      2. @Daisy, no seriously by the time Tra shared what was up, some of them had their food already. you should of seen some of them throwing their food out after Tracy told them what she saw. Only one couple ate regardless. and hey more power to them. no shade.

        Me, I don’t do take out joints. This was a last minute option at the suggestion of a friend. But I’m sure all take out joints are not like this one.

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      4. @daisy, I have been out of the office for a bout a week now but I love my gurl’s blogspot. I usually LURK and only comment concerning the law but i’m afraid i’ve said too much already. i love to talk and this time, i might actually pay for it. lol.

        take care.

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      6. @Zion, I see you real slick….just like a lawyer :). and you still managed NOT to answer my question2.

        don’t go.

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      9. @Mrs, and Ashanti, he’s been a ceo blog mbr for awhile now and one day during comments I could tell he was by the convo, so i asked and he confirmed.

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      11. @Jo, oh so now you don’t KNOW me? aint that some shit!!!! lol. I understand you gotta play the game.

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  22. A dead roach and the smell of some strong bleach!!!

    😦

    all indications of a place infested with something.

    If that wasn’t the maintanence room, the restaurant should NOT have smelled like bleach.

    That’s what killed the roach!!! lol.

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  23. That fish samwhich look good too. but when you read about the bleach and the dead roach, all that glitters sho aint gold!!!!

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      1. @Keisha, there are 2kindsa roaches. the ones that crawl and the ones that have smoke coming from them.

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      2. 🙂 LMAO @ Slick you fool!!!!

        I’m sure Blog Queen was not referring to a BLUNT in this post. lmao!!!!!

        there was no mention of reefer aka a joint….

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  24. Ms. Bell’s honesty is raw like that!!!! damn!!!!

    if i had a restaurant and i knew she was coming, i’d set shit off before she even walked thru the door. only becuz i know she’d PUT MY AZZ ON BLAST if my food was foul.

    like she did this crickettes place. damn!!!

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      1. I noticed it 2 and i’m glad. I think Tra became overwhelmed plus the conversations were getting harder to follow and monitor @ the same time. but say something WRONG or offensive and you’ll find ya comment removed. i think she’s reading them all at night.

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      3. @Big Belly, I KNOW you weren’t with her @ Crocketts in Montclair on saturday night, I know that…now don’t I??????

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      5. damn them @ big belly. in your mind which is your imagination, you know where you and tra are at all times right? and most of the time blog queen is with you and only you right???!

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      6. @jamilla & olivijah, I’m peeing in my pants. OOOHHH stop. ya’ll crazy!!!!!

        🙂

        I’m *Dead

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  28. Wow. and UGH @ this whole post!

    The smell of bleach is strong and enough to dull anyone’s senses.

    don’t blame tracy, i would a left and then put them on blast also.

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  31. the smell of bleach and a dead roach would be enough to make me loose my appetite and leave a take out joint neva to return again.

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  32. I googled this place to read reviews and all the reviews date back to 2006, 2007 and 2008. they were good for the most part.

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      3. @Mrs., aint neva a wrong night for smelling some strong azz bleach and possibly eatin a dead roach.

        no thank you. lol.

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      4. That’s what I’m talkin bout Q., i ain’t goin to check this place looking for no roaches when i’ve already been warned.

        Oh hell no!!!!!

        lmao!!!!

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  33. That damn Tracy Bell aka Blog Queen is a mess!!!

    I’m LMMFBAO!!!!!!

    Did she DISS This place or what Ya’ll????

    I’ll neva go and that’s for damn sure!!!!!

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  34. Readin just about all these comments and wow.

    ceo fam ya’ll crazy.

    this roach and bleach experience is funny. I know trace was thrown off by dis shit right here.

    a lesson learned, be careful where you eat people.

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  36. BLOG QUEEN!!!!! You just GROSSED me OUT!!!!! The smell of bleach would make anybody loose they food. but on top of that a dead ass roach?? Oh hell no!

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