Best road-trip restaurants in Maryland

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Award-winning Eastport sailors' hangout named best crab cake for two decades, with a raw bar and fish tacos.

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Legendary family-owned crab shack on Mill Creek, dumping dock-fresh steamed blue crabs onto brown-paper tables.

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Waterfront Eastport dining room and deck overlooking Spa Creek, a longtime special-occasion seafood favorite.

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Family-run Eastport chophouse open since 1921, an old-school special-occasion steakhouse with prime aged beef.

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Historic 1700s brick tavern pouring house-brewed beers alongside crab dip and pub classics.

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Ego Alley fish and crab house in a prime waterfront spot centered on Chesapeake blue crabs, oysters, and rockfish.

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Corned Beef Row institution slinging piled-high pastrami and corned beef on Baltimore's Corned Beef Row since 1915.

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Quirky Fells Point brunch institution known for over-the-top morning plates and long weekend lines.

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Roadside pit-beef legend, a Food Network favorite carving Baltimore's signature charcoal-smoked beef for over three decades.

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Cindy Wolf's refined Low Country tasting-menu flagship, a perennial James Beard finalist with a Beard-medaled wine program.

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Beloved Little Italy institution serving hearty red-sauce classics and its famous house salad since 1940.

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Family-run Sinaloan mezcaleria and taqueria with handmade tortillas and 30-plus mezcals in the heart of Remington.

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Mount Vernon mainstay winning the city's best-African-cuisine honors with spicy stews and homemade cheese on spongy injera.

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Cult-favorite counter serving inventive Asian-Ethiopian steamed buns and rice bowls, ranked among Yelp's Top 100 US restaurants.

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Standing-room seafood counter inside historic Lexington Market, making Maryland's most legendary crab cake since 1886.

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Rooftop-deck Locust Point institution where you pick fresh-steamed Old Bay crabs by the dozen at paper-covered tables.

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Family-owned Vietnamese kitchen praised for balanced pho and rarities like bun mang vit duck noodle soup.

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Intimate downtown Peruvian spot where a Peru-trained chef serves bright ceviche and a refined tasting menu.

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Half-century Little Italy late-night staple famous for enormous portions and its namesake salad.

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Cash-friendly Greektown favorite dishing Baltimore's beloved home-style Greek plates since 1977.

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Fells Point institution celebrating New England and Chesapeake seafood with a raw bar and old-school preparations.

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Historic Fells Point fish tavern of 25-plus years grilling whole Mediterranean seafood chosen tableside.

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Chef Kiko Fejarang's Pacific Rim pub in a former Cafe Hon, spotlighting the Mariana Islands food of her native Guam.

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Chad Gauss's playful Hampden hit reinventing diner comfort food on The Avenue.

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Little Italy sweet-tooth landmark and the oldest in-house cannoli maker in the USA, dating to a Palermo pastry lineage.

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James Beard-winning Spike Gjerde's farm-to-table cornerstone in a restored 1870s foundry sourcing from regional farmers.