New Havre de Grace Restaurant Wins Crab Soup Challenge

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — If you're looking for the best crab soup in Havre de Grace, attendees at the city's 2021 Waterfront Festival honed in on a winner.

In the festival's crab soup challenge, participants were given $10 to sample the crab soup at various restaurants around the city and enter their ballots.

"And the winner of the The Waterfront Festival's Crab & Seafood Soup Challenge is....Water Street Seafood!!!!!!!" festival host the Havre de Grace Alliance reported. "THANK YOU you to all the participating restaurants for making this super popular event happen even in the midst of a crabmeat shortage!"

Water Street Seafood opened during the coronavirus pandemic after owner Theresa Ray closed her restaurant at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

It is located where Price's Seafood used to be. The Harford County Liquor Control Board gave Ray permission to sell alcohol in January, at which point she said the crabs were coming from Louisiana to get people through the winter. Maryland crabs are available from late spring through fall.

Water Street Seafood is at 654 Water Street in Havre de Grace. See the menu.

Participants who voted in the crab soup challenge were entered in a raffle to win a $100 shopping spree in downtown Havre de Grace. Betsy Anstrand won the raffle, organizers said, thanking all who participated, including event sponsor APGFCU.