Restaurants in Maryland

Maryland crab cakes, made with big hunks of lump crab meat, are to ordinary crab cakes what Rogue River Blue Cheese is to Velveeta. There’s really no comparison; and at Maryland’s best purveyors of crab cakes, they are priced accordingly. When you’ve savored the silky luxe of a hunky one, you know that no price is too high. The other famous way to enjoy the region’s blue crab is at a crab feast, where tablecloths are newspaper and utensils are mallets and picks. In addition to its bounty of Chesapeake Bay seafood, Maryland’s signature dishes include St. Mary’s County stuffed ham in which peppery greens complement sweet pigmeat and multi-layered Smith Island cake from one of the two inhabited islands in Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland’s Most Famous Dishes

Crab legs top a Lowcountry boil of shrimp, potatoes, corn and sausage

Crab

Heaps of large lump crabmeat full a bowl of Maryland crab soup.

Crab Soup

Close view of a lump crab cake, broiled ... Maryland crab cake heaven

Crab Cake

Burger on a tender bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo ... car hop service

Grilled Hamburger

Maryland’s Best Restaurants

Leonard Copsey’s - Crab Soup
Leonard Copsey’s

MECHANICSVILLE, MD

Bear Creek Open Pit BBQ - Sliced Pork
Bear Creek Open Pit BBQ

CALLAWAY, MD

Breakfast plate features eggs, a mashed potato cake, and greens-topped ham.
St. Mary’s Landing

CHARLOTTE HALL, MD

PA Dutch Market

ANNAPOLIS, MD

Carpenter Street Saloon

SAINT MICHAELS, MD

Seasoned, cooked blue crabs ready to eat
Seaside Restaurant & Crab House

GLEN BURNIE, MD

Kooper’s Chowhound Burger Wagon

LOCHEARN, MD

Faidley Seafood

BALTIMORE, MD

Narrows

GRASONVILLE, MD

Breakfast Shoppe

SEVERNA PARK, MD

Jerry’s Seafood

BOWIE, MD

G&M Restaurant and Lounge

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD

Broom’s Bloom Dairy

BEL AIR, MD

Broiled lump crab cake ... Maryland crab cake heaven
Suicide Bridge Restaurant | Best Crab Cakes in Maryland?

HURLOCK, MD

Attman’s Delicatessen | Baltimore’s Corned Beef Row

BALTIMORE, MD

Hoehn’s Bakery | Best Baltimore Smearcase | Yes, Try It!

BALTIMORE, MD

Puccini

CUMBERLAND, MD

Andy Nelson’s Southern Pit Barbecue

COCKEYSVILLE, MD

Schmankerl Stube Bavarian Restaurant

HAGERSTOWN, MD

Dottie’s Fountain & Grill

OAKLAND, MD

Shrimp, lobster & crab in a pool of butter in a hot copper pan
Crisfield

SILVER SPRING, MD

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Close view of a lump crab cake, broiled ... Maryland crab cake heaven

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Breakfast plate features eggs, a mashed potato cake, and greens-topped ham.

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