A St. Michaels landmark since 1965 (and built on the site of a clam-shucking house that goes back even further), the Crab Claw sits at the end of Navy Point next to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum with panoramic views of the Miles River harbor. Family-owned and operated through four generations, it is the definitive Eastern Shore blue crab experience: steamed crabs piled high with Old Bay, mallets and newspaper-covered tables, cold beer, and boats docking at the pier while watermen bring in the day’s catch. Voted Best Maryland Crab Cakes by Southern Living. The Crab Claw’s motto, “If He Don’t Kick, We Don’t Cook,” is not a metaphor.
