
Based on social media crowdsourcing (one’s in bold Barred in DC can attest to), here’s a list of popular firsh
- The Queen Vic (H Street)
- Big-A$$ Fish Sandwich
- fried fish, Coleslaw, aged cheddar, tartar sauce & pickles
- $20 (includes fries)
- Fish n the Hood (Park View)
- Assorted fried fish, on white bread
- Pay per pound
- Open Crumb (Anacostia)
- Fried Whiting sandwich
- Coated in flour blend & double fried, house bun, tartar, LTO
- $9
- Market Lunch (Eastern Market)
- fried Rockfish, flounder, or whiting
- $13-14
- The Salt Line (Navy Yard)
- Crispy Fish Sandwich
- lettuces, pickled shallot, tartar sauce, chile
- $19 (includes fries or salad)
- District Fishwife (Union Market)
- Fried Dogfish Poboy
- Batter-fried Atlantic Dogfish, served on a baguette with house-made remoulade, lettuce, tomato, and pickles.
- $14.50
- Several other fish sandwiches including salmon cheesesteak
- FishScale (Shaw)
- Wild Caught Fried Blue Catfish (also pan-seared), Rockfish, or Mahi-Mahi
- lightly coated in a gluten free batter, fried in Avocado oil, dressed with choice of housemade condiments.
- $14-16
- Several other sandwiches including cheesesteaks made with fish
- Ivy City Smokehouse (Ivy City)
- Crispy Fish sandwich
- crispy fish, shredded lettuce, tomato, tartar, on brioche bun
- $18 (includes fries & slaw)
- La Famosa (Navy Yard)
- Dorado
- (lightly) fried mahi mahi with with sweet pepper aioli, avocado, and a spicy vinegar slaw, on a brioche bun
- $16
- Negril (near Howard U/Pleasant Plains)
- Escovitched Fish Sandwich
- Breaded Haddock fish fillet on coco bread with escoveitch sauce (onions, peppers, allspice), and scotch bonnet pepper aioli
- $8.50
- Yaocho at The Square (Downtown)
- Kanpachi Sandwich
- (not fried) Sustainable Hawaiian Kampachi, Asian Slaw, Togarashi Mayo, Toasted Taro Root Bun
- $14
- Your Only Friend (Shaw) (select Fridays)
- $16?

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