The wharf food tour
One of the most exciting 'new' neighborhoods in Washington DC offers a look at both old and new culinary culture working in tandem as redevelopment helped to fix mistakes of the past and hold onto one of the few remaining markets in the city.
Enjoy the historic, gritty seafood market, located under the highway on a number of small barges floating on the water.
The seafood market was for years one of the city's best kept secrets, where many of the seafood restaurants, as well as individuals in the know purchase local seafood such as Chesapeake blue crabs, oysters, clams, rockfish, Atlantic shrimp and much more, as well as fish and shellfish from throughout the country and beyond.
Prepared seafood dishes are available as well, including crab cakes, fried calamari, ceviche, oyster stew, Maryland crab soup, lobster bisque, southern specialties, hand made desserts, and more seven days a week.
Next to the seafood market is the new neighborhood with the same name, complete with a large boardwalk featuring high end 'street food', bars, restaurants from award winning chefs, venue space, a large variety of housing, and access to the metro with close proximity to the national mall.
Currently the Wharf Food Tour is available for private groups from as few as 4 to as many as 60. Please email us for more information or call us at 202-851-2268!
About the Wharf
The southeast waterfront has had many different faces since Washington DC came into existence.
Originally housing many of the cities food processing and packing plants, the Wharf was loaded with historic warehouses, wharfs, and a working class neighborhood that was at one point similar to parts of nearby Capitol Hill.
In the 1950s, eminent domain and what was deemed urban development was used by the city to destroy nearly everything in the area. For decades it was forgotten until recently, when the neighborhood was rebuilt once again.
