The Founder of Iconic D.C. Carryout Seafood Institution Horace and Dickie’s Has Died | Eater DC

"A D.C. carryout seafood institution founded by Richard “Dickie” Shannon in 1990, Horace and Dickie’s began as a pint-sized blue-and-white carryout off H Street in Northeast D.C., where lines stretched out the doors at lunch for a styrofoam box stuffed with cornmeal-crusted fried whiting for around $15. The Washington Post credited its whiting as one of 24 dishes that shaped how D.C. eats, and Eater D.C. documented the bustling carryout scene; by 2020 Shannon closed the H Street location after a three-decade run, saying his landlord pressured him to leave a gentrifying neighborhood and calling it “cultural genocide.” Known to customers as “Mr. Dickie,” Shannon died Sunday of Covid-19 complications at age 84; his family still operates branches in Camp Springs, Takoma Park, Glenarden, and Waldorf, a tribute will be on display at his restaurant at 5601 Allentown Road in Suitland, Maryland, and the carryout is home to the famous Jumbo Fish Sandwich — one bite and you’ll be hooked!" - Stephanie Carter