Best Seafood Shacks In US: Maryland Restaurant Makes List

GRASONVILLE, MD — Maryland diners know their seafood, what's fresh, what's honest-to-goodness blue crab, and what restaurants serve 'em up best. The writers at Thrillist have tackled the topic, naming the Best Seafood Shack in America, and one Maryland venue made the list.

The website says: "It's summertime: the livin' is easy, the beer is cold, and seafood restaurants are throwing open their doors. There's no better way to consume the fruits of the ocean than with a paper plate on your lap, the wind in your hair, and creaky floorboards beneath your feet. What the following fresh seafood joints lack in ritz they more than make up for in character, legend, and, of course, lobsters, shrimp, crabs, and various other delicious lower life forms. Bring a bib and a mallet. Things are going to get messy."

The lone Maryland restaurant to be included is Fisherman's Crab Deck, 3032 Kent Narrows Way S in Grasonville on the Eastern Shore. Fisherman's Crab Deck opened in the summer of 1991. Owned and operated by the Schulz family, the Crab Deck is the next to the family's other restaurant, Fisherman's Inn, according to its website.

The website authors say of the eatery: "Fisherman's Crab Deck is a relatively new addition to Maryland's crabcake legacy, but only on a technicality. It's an annex on the original Fisherman's Inn, which has been cracking claws on the bay since before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was open. Opened officially in 2003, the Deck offers up an open-air, boat-up, live music-soundtracked experience and some of the best crabcakes in the region. And crab nachos. And crab pizza, dips, melts, salads, nachos... basically crab everything. But for the best experience, get the steamed variety pot, a classic boil with two hard crabs, some snow crab legs, and some clams, shrimp, and mussels for variety. Get crab cakes on the side though. You're in Maryland."

See the full list of Best Seafood Shacks in America on Thrillist.

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