crab houses
Coastal shellfish restaurants
Crab houses are restaurants specializing in steamed crabs, particularly associated with the Chesapeake Bay region.
Patrons typically sit at tables covered with brown paper, cracking and picking crabs by hand with wooden mallets.
The atmosphere is casual and communal: We spent three hours at the crab house working through a bushel of blue crabs.
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- steamedHeated by vapor
- Old BayRegional seafood spice blend
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- malletsHeaded striking tools
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