The lunch crowd waits in line at The Bowpicker for albacore fish and chips in July.

By the end of the month, Bowpicker Fish & Chips could once again be serving up its bits of deep-fried tuna goodness at the corner of Duane and 17th streets.

Owners Linda and Ron Ford took their historic gillnetter to their shop in Svensen to refurbish the exterior while the city completed a paving project at their location next to the Astoria Armory.

“We were kind of looking like the ugly stepchild there,” Linda said, adding that they’re building a new canopy, repainting and otherwise sprucing up the boat. They paid for a new concrete pad at their location, where they lease land from the city. The rest of the vacant block is used for parking for service members on the nearby U.S. Coast Guard cutters.

Updates on the Bowpicker’s status are on its Twitter page.