On the waterfront

DC Fish Market on the Waterfront

Tourist season is in full-swing in DC.  While we are happy tourists contribute to the local economy, they also clog the metro, hog the sidewalk, and, generally, upset the ebb and flow of our city.  As a coping mechanism, we search for tourist “un-friendly” places to visit.  If you also suffer from tourist fatigue, DC on a Dime recommends you try the DC Fish Market on the waterfront. 

A bustling seafood and fish market on Washington’s waterfront. Crabs, lobsters and fish are sold from floating barges. This place is popular with locals, and not at all a tourist trap. Devoid of the usual consumer mall culture, it’s an authentic example of urban commerce at the street level. Ironically, it flourishes just beyond revitalized portions of the DC waterfront, which are cold and empty modernist concrete places, totally devoid of people.  (PPS:  Great Public Spaces).   

  Location:  Maine Avenue SE, Washington, DC  (click here to see google map and get directions).