While Baltimore attracts a number of visitors from different backgrounds each year, culinary tourists nearly always come to the biggest city in Maryland for one reason: steamed crabs. Even if eating crabs steamed isn’t to visitors' liking, they can also sample one of the area’s many crab-based specialties, such as crab cakes, crab soup or crab macaroni and cheese. Choosing a crab restaurant can be a daunting task. But no matter what the season happens to be, many of Baltimore’s better seafood restaurants serve this tasty specialty year-round.
Steamed crabs are the main specialty at Mo’s Crab and Pasta Factory, and they are available year-round in small, medium, large, extra large and jumbo sizes. Other seafood mains include grilled shrimp, the Cajun combo (with shrimp, scallops and fish), fried jumbo shrimp and whole Maine lobster stuffed with crab imperial. In addition, the restaurant offers a variety of pasta, chicken and beef dishes. It also offers several tempting surf and turf combos, such as king crab legs and steak, crab cake and steak, New York or filet mignon with you choice of shrimp, scallops or crab imperial, and lobster tail and steak.
Mo’s Crab and Pasta Factory
502 Albemarle Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 837-1600
mosseafood.com
The Baltimore branch of this small national chain offers a range of crab dishes, including crab stuffed shrimp “fluff,” imperial crusted crab backs, Chesapeake crab cakes, lobster cakes, crab crusted barramundi, whole Maine lobsters, crab macaroni and cheese, baked crab stuffed shrimp and steamed king crab legs. All crabbed out? Phillips Harborplace Restaurant also offers non-seafood mains, such as filet mignon, New York strip steak and roast Amish chicken. Sides include buttermilk mashed potatoes, fresh asparagus, sautéed baby spinach and mushroom potatoes gratinée.
Phillips Harborplace Restaurant
301 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 685-6600?
phillipsseafood.com
Bo Brooks is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. It offers old-fashioned steamed crabs, as well as jumbo lump crab cakes, throughout the year. In addition, Bo Brooks offers a full seafood menu, including such delectable offerings as Maryland crab soup, lime grilled scallops, seafood potpie, mahi mahi, lemon dill salmon, fish and chips, fried shrimp and Hawaiian shrimp. Bo Brooks also boasts a menu of fine red, white and sparkling wines.
Bo Brooks
2780 Lighthouse Point
Baltimore, MD 21224
(410) 558-0202
bobrooks.com
