A Chesapeake Beach institution on the Bay’s western shore, Abner’s is exactly the kind of no-frills Maryland crab house that keeps the tradition honest: steamed blue crabs with Old Bay, newspaper-covered picnic tables, cold beer, and views of the Chesapeake that remind you why people have been making the drive from DC and the suburbs for generations. The waterfront setting on the Bay gives it a proximity to the water that’s increasingly rare in a region that keeps building marinas for yachts instead of crab houses for people.
