He’s been the face of fish and chips in Manly for 61 years but Joe Alagich has wrapped and folded his last takeaway box and finally decided to hang-up the tongs.
A visit to Manly Fish Market usually entailed meeting a broadly smiling Joe bellowing orders to cooks in the back, nicknames flying all around, serving locals and visitors alike.
This legendary character, known to many long-term Manly residents, spent 30 years at Oceanfoods in the Corso, and 31 years around the corner in Wentworth St at Manly Fish Market. “It’s part of coming to Manly - fish and chips by the sea,” he says. “It’s something that you have to do.
“People would sometimes come back to the shop and say ‘that was the best fish...
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