The original Mike’s on Riva Road at the South River in Annapolis is one of Maryland’s most iconic crab house destinations: a sprawling waterfront complex where steamed blue crabs, cold Natty Boh, and the South River sunset have been delivering the quintessential Maryland summer experience to generations of crab feasters. The long tables, the newspapers, the mallets, the Old Bay, the beer: Mike’s Riva Road invented the formula that every Maryland crab house since has been trying to replicate.
