The Robert Morris Inn in Oxford is one of Maryland’s most historic waterfront inns, dating to the mid-1700s when Oxford was a major colonial port. The inn’s restaurant and bar — with fireplaces, original woodwork, and a waterfront porch overlooking the Tred Avon — deliver the Eastern Shore’s finest combination of history, atmosphere, and seafood. The crab cakes are consistently cited among the Bay’s best; the Norman Rockwell murals in the dining room are genuinely extraordinary; and the whole experience is a reminder that the Eastern Shore’s greatest gift is the sense that time moves differently here.