In the tiny, remote waterman community of Deal Island on Maryland’s lower Western Shore, Arby’s Dockside is the kind of genuinely off-the-beaten-path waterfront bar that Chesapeake purists dream about finding. Deal Island’s skipjack fleet is one of the last working under sail in America, and the community’s connection to the old way of Bay life is palpable in everything about this bar, from the crab-seasoned air to the regulars who actually know what they’re talking about when the conversation turns to tides.
