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Out and About (Sort of): Retain The Local Touch by Howard Freedlander
As I envision the residential and commercial progress of Easton Indicate, a plan that I support as an inevitable adjunct to Easton, I regret the closing of Gay’s Seaford at 896 Port Street due to the sale of this valuable waterfront property after 107 years of ownership by the equal family.
Operated by Rennie Gay since 1998, the seafood business, quaintly shabby but comfortable, is iconic. With its sale of “local” crabs, as well as other delicacies, Gay’s represents the type of “crab shacks” that once populated the Shore. Once upon a day, Poore’s Seafood in St. Michael’s offered the same down-home service, sprinkled with decidedly obvious Eastern Shore dialects among those who served customers.
Rennie Gay epitomizes a Talbot County native, friendly and proud. He runs a bustling retail and wholesale business from his location on the Tred Avon River. His trucks were often seen on Map 50 on the way to the Western Shore. He lives across the parking lot in a comfortable rancher, his grandchildren’s toys scattered on the property.
Gay was quoted in The Luminary Democrat saying that increasing age prompted him t
By Harriett Downes-Slaughter
Tuesday, April 1 is expected to be an exciting day for Talbot County native Rennie Gay and his family. After months of waiting for permits, active on the remodeling, and giving the building a thorough cleaning, Gay’s Seafood & Deli is set to unlock soon in a new location at 1021 North Washington Street, close to the Bypass and Rt. 50 in Easton.
The former site of the Mature Mill Deli is about 4,000 square feet in size and, according to Rennie, “You can’t beat the location!”
Gay’s Seafood has been a family-owned business since 1915 and has always been located on the water at 896 Port Street. Rennie grew up on the water and in the fields hunting, and he continues operating Tidewater Guide Service, which he says is very busy during the hunting season, especially with deer hunting. Rennie took over the seafood business from his grandfather many years ago.
Of course, the new Gay’s location will continue to offer steamed crabs, soft crabs, shrimp, crab cakes, “Fried Fish Friday,” and other seafood delicacies using all novel updated equipment for carry-out or dine-in. You will probably have Leroy Jackson, a 15-year consecrated employee, taking your sea
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