Best Seafood Shacks: 2 Maryland Restaurants Named To List

MARYLAND — Maryland residents and visitors to its shores know their seafood, what's fresh, and where to find the best catch of the day. The writers at The Daily Meal have tackled the topic, naming America's 35 Best Seafood Shacks, and two Maryland venues made the list.

In order for a restaurant to be a great seafood shack, the Daily Meal folks say it has to be directly on the water or no more than a stone’s throw away from it; fresh-caught local seafood must be cooked and served without any frills, and for a reasonable price; casual appearances work, especially if the eatery has a deck on the water; and customers should feel comfortable to hang out.

Here are the two Maryland venues to visit:

Old Salty’s (Fishing Creek)

Here's what the editors said about Old Salty's: "Picture in your mind’s eye a restaurant named Old Salty’s on a little Chesapeake Bay island called Fishing Creek, Maryland, and you’d pretty much hit the nail right on the head. Located inside an old schoolhouse for more than 30 years, Old Salty’s gets its seafood from local fishermen, and the crab cakes, blue crabs, crab dip, stuffed shrimp, rockfish and steamed clams and mussels are as delicious as you’d expect. The king cut prime rib, only available on Friday and Saturday nights, is also spectacular."

Woody’s Crab House (North East)

The writers said: "At Woody’s Crab House in North East, Maryland, there’s no shortage of local blue crabs crawling on the menu — in crab cakes, crab imperial, crab au gratin, atop fries with Old Bay and cheese, in artichoke dip, atop nachos and salads, in beer-battered crab balls and in two soups. But if by some slim chance you’re not in the mood for crab, there’s always whole Maine lobsters, sacks of 50 steamed Gulf shrimp, broiled seafood platters and hand-cut New York strip steaks."

In June, the writers at Thrillist came up with their version of the Best Seafood Shacks in America. The lone Maryland restaurant to be included on that list was Fisherman's Crab Deck, 3032 Kent Narrows Way S in Grasonville on the Eastern Shore.

Find all of America’s 35 Best Seafood Shacks on the Daily Meal site.

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