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.
