After just taking 2 photos (above) I was told by a worker at
State Fish Co, Inc to not take any pictures. (Thank God he didn't try to take my camera away from me considering that I just bought it yesterday!) Any way, the other seafood and doc vendors didn't have any problem with me getting shots of them. It was the first vendor that I stopped at too so that made me think that it was some unwritten policy since it was not posted anywhere that I could not take photos. Yet, the more I walked around I didn't see any sign posted that this was a private doc and no one else told me to stop taking pictures. So after my experience at this vendor it lead me to think that they were hiding something illegal that they don't want shown. Especially since they didn't give me a reason to not take photos and they were rude about it. Next time they're not getting my business!
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| The only vendor to tell me not to take pictures inside. |
For those of you who don't know where I was it is in Long Beach on the other side of the bay that the Queen Mary is docked called
San Pedro. Here you can buy seafood and veggies at wholesale prices and by the bulk. Many restaurant owners purchase their seafood here, but it is open to the general public. Yet you have to get here early on Saturday or else all of the good fish is already taken. I arrived around 5am and the place was packed. Trying to find parking was fun, but once you do don't worry about having to carry all of your purchases. Just pull up to the loading dock when you're ready. It helps to have a person with you to stand on the doc watching your food while you go in to get more. Also, this is a cash-only place so bring plenty of it! A cooler or 2 is also useful to keep your purchases fresh and prevent your car from smelling like fish. So now I've got a week or 2 worth of seafood lunch and dinners! Can you taste the scrimp!? Yum!
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| I should have packed a 3rd ice chest! |
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| Loading doc. |
