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After Horace & Dickie’s closed their longtime H Street location earlier this year, there have been questions who will be the iconic fried fish joint left in DC. I asked Barred in DCs Twitter followers for best fried fish in DC and here were their responses.

Last Updated: Aug 4, 2020

Most Responses 

• The Queen Vic (H Street)
  • open for dinner Tue-Sun
  • DIne-in/pickup (call)/delivery (UberEats/Grubhub)
  • Fish & Chips
  • $19 ($16.15 takeout)
• Fish in the Neighborhood (Park View)
  • May be closed Sun-Mon
  • Pickup (may be able to call 202-722-2200)
  • whiting, ocean perch, trout, tilapia, catfish. Also “bone fish” (bass, butter fish, croaker, ling, spot, red snapper, rock (see photo menu)
  • Mostly $10-12/pound
  • may still be cash only

Mostly Take-Out Spots 

• Horace & Dickie’s (Takoma)
  • Possibly only open 12:30p-7p Th-Sun for now
  • Some seating/pickup/delivery (UberEats possibly)
  • Fried Whiting filets (dinners with sides, combos, boxes, and sandwich
  • $9.50 (sandwich), $10 (box), $15 (dinner), $15.50 (combo)
• DC Fishwife (Union Market)
  • Open daily for meals 10:45a-5/ 6p (for now)
  • Pickup (online)/Delivery (UberEats)
  • Beer-Battered Atlantic Dogfish (changes), in different Meals (Fish & chips, fish taco-3, po-boy, fish sandwich)
  • $14-15
• Oooh’s & Aaah’s (U St / Brightwood)
  • Both Open daily from Noon-10p. U St open til 1a Fri/Sat
  • Pickup (Online/Toast), Delivery (Postmates)
  • Catfish, whiting available
  • $10.45 (whiting-3 pieces); $14.95 (catfish-4 pieces). +$4 for 2 sides, Late night platters/combos available
• The Market Lunch (Eastern Market)
  • Open roughly 9a-2p Tue-Sun
  • Pickup (now call 202-547-8444 and someone will come pickup order)
  • Rockfish, Flounder, Whiting fried fish sandwiches
  • $12, $11, $9 respectively
  • May still be cash only
• Shark’s  Fish & Chicken (Ivy City, Benning/NE)
  • Carryout. Check online or call. UberEats, DoorDash, and other delivery services.
  • whiting, ocean perch, trout, tilapia, catfish
  • $10-11 (2-3 pieces with a couple sides), $12-13 (3-4 pieces with a couple sides). Can also order by piece ($4-5/each, volume discount). Can buy 50-100 for large group
  • Part of Chicago-area loose chain
• HipHop Fish & Chicken (Benning/NE)
  • Carryout. Call in order. UberEats, GrubHub, and other delivery services.
  • Whiting, ocean perch, trout, tilapia, catfish
  • $8.50-$10 (3 pc), $11-12 (3-4 pc). Order by piece ($3-4.50)
  • Local chain with nearly 30 spots

Sit-Down Spots Mentioned:

• Brookland’s Finest (Brookland): $20 Fried Maryland catfish entree
• Busboys and Poets (bunch of locations): $18 10 oz. pan-fried catfish entree
• Right Proper Shaw: $15 fish sandwich w/ fries or chips
• Mr. Henry’s (Eastern Market): $16.50 dine-in Sunday Fish Fry. Fish & chips served w/ slaw and seconds included (also Clams-n-chips)