"After 75 years in business, the U District’s iconic market University Seafood and Poultry will close December 31. Husband and wife co-owners, Dale and Jeanette Erickson (aged 91 and 89, respectively), are retiring and have no plans to turn over the business. The shop was well-known for its excellent seafood, which was once shipped to the White House during the Reagan administration, and has served the likes of Kirk Douglas, the late Seattle sports mogul Walter Schoenfeld, and pop star Yanni. It also gained a reputation for selling unusual land animal meats, including iguana, ground camel, and python, as well as an eel named Eli that was stuffed and mounted in the store." - Gabe Guarente
