A proper waterman’s shanty bar in Crisfield, the Red Shell leans into the down-at-heel, gloriously authentic character of Maryland’s most remote and most genuine crab town. Cold beer, steamed crabs, and the kind of no-bullshit waterfront bar experience that Crisfield specializes in — a town so far down the Delmarva Peninsula that only people who genuinely want to be there ever show up. The Red Shell rewards the drive with exactly the kind of authentic Chesapeake experience you can’t manufacture.
