crab shacks
Coastal crustacean eateries
Crab shacks are casual, often rustic restaurants specializing in crab and other seafood, typically found in coastal areas.
They tend toward informality—wooden tables, paper plates, mallets for cracking shells: We found a little crab shack on the bay that serves the best blue crabs.
The term evokes unpretentious waterfront dining rather than fine restaurants.
- Old BayRegional seafood spice blend
- community gatheringsLocal group events
- saltSodium chloride compound
- summer vacationsExtended warm-season time off
- hush puppiesFried cornmeal side dish
all you can eat · cold beer · blue crabs · steamers · shell · paper towels · peel · mallet · fishing nets · claw · seafood boil · seafood festivals · lobster rolls · bib · Chesapeake · casual dining · waterfront dining · drawn butter
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, New York City, NYC
- Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay, blue crabs, watermen, oyster, crabs
- Chesapeake seafoodblue crabs, steamed crabs, Old Bay, Old Bay seasoning, softshell