With around two dozen stalls in this Federal Hill institution, Cross Street offers variety that attracts neighborhood old-timers, area young professionals and tourists venturing from the Inner Harbor just a few bocks away. The ever-popular Nick's Inner Harbor Seafood sells its fish fresh or cooked to order.
The building itself has gone through several incarnations. The original Cross Street Market structure was an open-air shed dating to 1846. In 1871, a two-story Italian Revival-style market was constructed, but it burned down in 1951 The current 30,000-square foot structure was completed in 1952.
