Best road-trip restaurants in Maryland
Start here: 26 route-useful dining stops in Maryland, grouped by town and filtered by cuisine or price. This is the curated road-trip layer, not every restaurant in the state.
Updated 2026-07-01. Check current hours, reservations, and seasonal closures before you go.
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Annapolis4
Award-winning Eastport sailors' hangout named best crab cake for two decades, with a raw bar and fish tacos.
Legendary family-owned crab shack on Mill Creek, dumping dock-fresh steamed blue crabs onto brown-paper tables.
Waterfront Eastport dining room and deck overlooking Spa Creek, a longtime special-occasion seafood favorite.
Ego Alley fish and crab house in a prime waterfront spot centered on Chesapeake blue crabs, oysters, and rockfish.
Baltimore3
Standing-room seafood counter inside historic Lexington Market, making Maryland's most legendary crab cake since 1886.
Rooftop-deck Locust Point institution where you pick fresh-steamed Old Bay crabs by the dozen at paper-covered tables.
Fells Point institution celebrating New England and Chesapeake seafood with a raw bar and old-school preparations.
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