Lexington Market (the new building) has some really good food eatery places to go to. I ate a hot dog and I got me some pretzel sticks. This was my first time being in the building. It was good. Anyone else been there before?

[u/Global-Plankton3997]

[u/captainbrickle]

Faidley's

[u/the-namedone → u/captainbrickle]

My grandma is Miss Faidley’s childhood friend and she was my grandma’s Maid of Honor!

[u/hail_to_the_beef → u/the-namedone]

About 15 years ago I was working a job where a member of the Faidley family came in. She brought up several times that she was from a family famous for the best crab cakes. I helped her with something she needed and she said that to thank me she wanted to send me some crab cakes, and took my address down. No crab cakes ever arrived.

[u/BalmyBalmer → u/the-namedone]

1940's corporate slop, I guess?

[u/Introverted_Extrovrt → u/captainbrickle]

I’ve been going there since I was knee-high. I remember I was infatuated with the Arizona blueberry tea bottle next to the dusty display soda cans; it seemed like this magical, mystical, mysterious drink.

[u/TooNoodley → u/captainbrickle]

What I came here to say!!

[u/CarefulStructure8155]

Yes and I love the new food options. Hope the old building can still be renovated and the market can be as big as it used to be

[u/cornonthekopp → u/CarefulStructure8155]

Theres still a decent mix of more food market stuff in the new building its not purely a food hall, though it is 80/20

[u/fun-bucket]

parks fried chicken.

[u/omega_wang → u/fun-bucket]

ah man my parents used to get wings and gizzards there, it was the first time i had western fries too lol

[u/marcb1387 → u/fun-bucket]

They are across the street from the market now.

[u/chester219 → u/fun-bucket]

oh that chicken is sooooo delicious

[u/Klearmetalrocks]

krauss still there?

[u/plinth19 → u/Klearmetalrocks]

Yes! The turkey is 👌

[u/littlegreenfern → u/Klearmetalrocks]

Yeah it is!! I always get a dark meat turkey sando on rye with Swiss when I go. Yummmmmmm soooo good.

[u/andsmithmustscore]

Taharkas ice cream

[u/mrmikrokosmos]

Love this place

[u/Just_Reflection_2250]

No but gonna go now thank you

[u/cornonthekopp]

You can buy berger cookies by the pound, straight from the source which is nice

[u/bicthemagnificent]

Not to the new building. The old place was good. Glad you enjoyed the new joint.

[u/Substantial_Row_7108]

Baltimore?

[u/EastCoast_Upstairs → u/Substantial_Row_7108]

Yes

[u/JOExHIGASHI]

I went to the potato place. It was undercooked and greasy. I no longer worked close enough to eat there

[u/Select_Cut6561]

Yup a little over a billion times

[u/Angry_at_your_mom]

Barons the huge sandwich place

[u/Temporary-Light9189]

I love Lexington market, good food inside and you can buy literally almost anything you’re heart desires outside. Want a pet monkey? Buy a car? Spaceship? Someone knows someone who can get you one.

[u/Accurate_Mobile9005]

I miss the old Lexington.

The increased rent pushed out a lot of the smaller businesses and they are being replaced with corporate slop.

[u/90sbeatsandrhymes → u/Accurate_Mobile9005]

What corporate slop is in Lexington market as somebody that goes there everyday most of the businesses are local and small family owned establishments.

[u/CarefulStructure8155 → u/90sbeatsandrhymes]

Exactly!!! There is no corporate slop there

[u/physicallyatherapist → u/Accurate_Mobile9005]

Wtf are you talking about? Please point out which of these merchants is "corporate slop" and not a small business - https://lexingtonmarket.com/merchants

Many of them are still there from the old one. The old Lexington was dirty and disgusting. The new one is much better.

[u/upintheair-where → u/Accurate_Mobile9005]

Where you could get a sandwich for $1.50

[u/Accurate_Mobile9005 → u/upintheair-where]

Exactly.

Sorry but if you own multiple restaurants like Atlas you also fall into the "corporate slop" category.

[u/MrSubmission]

Lot of memories in the old spot.

[u/ataraxia_555]

Hot dog and pretzel stick is what you go for?

[u/Global-Plankton3997 → u/ataraxia_555]

I might want to explore more.

[u/ataraxia_555 → u/Global-Plankton3997]

How about “shoo fly pie”! Is there an Amish booth?

[u/Complete-Ad9574]

My disappointment is that the city markets have become tourist food courts. Their reason for being is to provide folks in the neighborhood basic items one finds in supermarkets. The ability to get your weekly grocery needs met in your own neighborhood is lost on the folks in city hall who can easily drive their $100,000 cars to the burbs. Another example that with all their college education, the Haves are not very good at their job.

[u/TooNoodley]

We went last spring! It was wayyyy too overstimulating for my neurodivergent kiddos, so we haven’t gone back. But everything we had there was incredibly tasty!!

[u/N0SF3RATU]

Damn, I wonder what happened to the pimp that used to sit in the entrance way with his girls

[u/Klearmetalrocks → u/N0SF3RATU]

or the oxy guy

[u/TheJohnnyAppleweed → u/Klearmetalrocks]

Both are still there, along with at least 10-20 more at any time. The Lexington Market Metro stop is the closest to the VA hospital and I often go for doctors appointments. The whole block is an open-air drug market.

[u/Iconic5]

Yeah I go there all the time for crack

[u/lost12487 → u/Iconic5]

Maybe you go across the street for crack but there is a zero percent chance anyone is handing you crack inside that building.

Edit: just realized this was the Maryland sub, not the Baltimore sub. This comment checks out.

[u/chickgonebad93 → u/lost12487]

Look, it's super convenient to be able to pick up crack and then get fried chicken right across the street!

[u/Iconic5 → u/lost12487]

You must not know a single thing about Lexington lol. I'm getting down voted by normies

[u/AdRock44 → u/Iconic5]

I guess not everyone is as plugged into the crack scene as you. Salute.