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superdookietoiletexp t1_isw0ofg wrote

Give me back the Fish Market any day. So sad that actual DC history and culture was run out for faddish shit like this.

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rectalhorror t1_isx53zp wrote

Captain White's left, but the rest of Maine Avenue Fish Market is still there. Parking sucks, but it's still accessible. And Jessie Taylor Cooked Seafood is still legit, particularly the fried chicken.

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51stStar t1_isy4c3i wrote

I think you have a serious case of rose-tinted glasses here. The old fish market was a shadow of what it was decades ago.

Health code violations were something that was clearly thought of in the same way as the wrath of eternal damnation - something to worry about down the road. The fish was literally the same stuff that sits on ice at Safeway, marked up for the rubes. You know how there are way too many 'farmers markets' where you pay 3x the price of a bunch of arugula because the vendor counts out your change from an old-timey metal lockbox? Same thing.

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Mosaic1 t1_isxjpet wrote

You are kidding right? The new development is far and away better than what was there before. The fish market still exists. One vendor left over a rental dispute.

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superdookietoiletexp t1_isy4tly wrote

There are half the number of barges there as before and the ones that remain appear to be on borrowed time. There is much about The Wharf to like, but it should have been able to be done without making the Fish Market unviable.

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