On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:28:05 -0400, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

>In article >,
> jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> This was Thursday's lunch special. It was the dinner special Friday.
>> And hey, it's also the dinner special tonight!
>>
>> Grilled Halibut
>> Served with local baby shrimp
>> and tasso herb butter, white rice
>> and medley of fresh vegetables
>> Tapas 13.00 / Entrée 26.00
>>
>> Someone bought a heck of a lot of halibut! The last restaurant where I
>> worked, the chef often ran fish "specials" as a way to use up fish that
>> hadn't sold in a few days. Any guesses what's going on here? And where
>> the heck is my kaiser roll?
>>
>> Jill
>
>I'm not sure about Atlantic halibut, but Pacific halibut can be very
>large--well over 100 pounds. One fish could spawn a lot of specials.

North Atlantic halibut often tip the scales at well over 500 lbs.