Bay Dining

Go ahead. Order the padded oysters. Or the rockfish.

Set your table with nothing more than newspaper and butter knives and serve steamed crabs, and it’s a guaranteed feast. Dive into a Smith Island cake for a memorable dessert.

Wash it all down with a local microbrew or toast your good fortune with a glass of wine created from grapes grown throughout the Bay region.


Eat It While It’s Hot … or Cold

Buddy's Crabs [Story by Arin Shortz] After a day on the water, nothing beats a fresh seafood dinner or refreshing homemade ice cream. Annapolis is home to a variety of local waterfront restaurants and eateries that offer stunning views of the water.… Read More

Successfully Seasoning for 70 Years

successfully-seasoning-lg Seafood is centuries old, but cooks have only seasoned it properly for the last 70 years.That’s when OLD BAY Seasoning, a blend of 12 herbs and spices, revolutionized the way people seasoned seafood. “OLD BAY is a one-of-a-kind flavor… Read More

Sample the Full Spectrum of Bay Fare

Dining on the Water Famous Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken once described the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as a “great protein factory.” The Chesapeake is a semi-enclosed basin where freshwater streams and rivers mix with saltwater from the ocean. The slightly salty make-up of… Read More

A Restaurant’s Setting is Part of Its Charm

Bo Brooks Restaurant in Baltimore No doubt about it, the Chesapeake Bay region’s world-renowned crab cakes always hit the spot after a full day of sightseeing or shopping. And countless other Bay-flavored dishes make fine dining a favorite pastime in these parts. But just as… Read More