November 23rd, 2009 CNN’s Top 10 Seafood Markets: The Lexington Market in Baltimore
When are in Maryland, and you are out to eat at a one of the best Baltimore restaurants, do you ever wonder where they get their seafood? Well, chances are they go where most of the city goes for the best of the best, and that is the Lexington Market. The entire city is steeped in history, and the market is no different. The market has been in business since 1782, the largest market in continual operation in the world. Recently the market made it to the CNN list of the top ten seafood markets in the country. They are still at their original location between Greene and Eutaw Streets on Lexington. They know what they are doing.
Along with the variety and the quality of the seafood, the market also sells fresh meat, poultry, specialty items and groceries. There are many stalls that sell prepared food, for eat in or take away. More than one hundred and forty merchants have stalls in the market, and many events and festivals are scheduled here throughout the year. Two favorites are the The Chocolate Festival and Lunch with the Elephants. An ongoing event is the “Fresh Music at the Market” in which live musicians set up and play every day at noon during lunch time.
School children throughout Baltimore are introduced to the market at a young age, for if their parents don’t shop there, their schools will bring them there. Staff of the market lead field trips and teach children about the foods at the market and topics such as the environment and organic farming. The market has seen the city change, and will be there to see it change again. The Urban Village project is underway. It is a project in adaptive re-use and green development. The market too will be renovated, with upgrades on the facilities–an overall face lift for this structure more than two hundred years old. The project will also include the construction of reasonably prices apartments, bringing more life on a day to day basis into this already lively and wonderful area of Baltimore, Maryland.
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June 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Seafoods are very rich in Iodine too.~`”