2 Best Restaurants in The Eastern Shore, Maryland

Owned and operated by the same family since 1965, this St. Michaels landmark started as a clam- and oyster-shucking house for watermen long before that. Diners at both indoor and outdoor tables have panoramic views over the harbor to the river beyond, but dockside tables are the best. As the name suggests, this is the down-home place for fresh steamed and seasoned blue crabs. But the extensive menu also includes sandwiches and other light fare as well as other seafood and meat dishes. Children's platters are available, too.

Housed inside a brilliantly converted theater, with its stage area is retained and periodically used for a variety of presentations, this eclectic eatery is well worth a meal, from vegetable risotto and jerk pork plate to, of course, crab cakes. Allow some extra time to wander the upper-level art gallery, its works all for sale. And you might luck into one of the periodic screenings of Runaway Bride. Sunday brunch and weekend dinners are popular with locals. On the weekends the stage has live entertainment.