The covered market immediately inside the Bab Doukkala gate is a neighbourhood food market serving the residential medina quarter — fresh produce, meat, fish, spices, and dry goods at prices that reflect a local clientele. This is substantially different from the tourist-oriented souk experience: the sellers are not interested in visitors, the goods are practical rather than decorative, and the social function of the market is feeding the neighbourhood.
The contrast with the tourist souks is instructive. Where those are retail theatre, this is ordinary commerce — the kind of covered market that existed in every major city before supermarkets arrived. The fish stalls in particular are good: the morning catch is sold fresh in the early hours and the quality is reliable.