A customer samples octopus at Octopus Garden, an exotic seafood distributor in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY on Dec. 14, 2013. Owner Vincent Cutrone has octopus shipped in from Spain, and he sells to other distributors, restaurants and walk-in customers. | Octopus Garden - The New York Times

Brian Harkin Photography Archive | Octopus Garden - The New York Times | A customer samples octopus at Octopus Garden, an exotic seafood distributor in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY on Dec. 14, 2013. Owner Vincent Cutrone has octopus shipped in from Spain, and he sells to other distributors, restaurants and walk-in customers.

A customer samples octopus at Octopus Garden, an exotic seafood distributor in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY on Dec. 14, 2013. Owner Vincent Cutrone has octopus shipped in from Spain, and he sells to other distributors, restaurants and walk-in customers.