A soft pretzel split flat, slathered with creamy crab dip and melted cheese, then baked until bubbling. It is the bar-snack form of Baltimore's crab obsession, built for sharing over a pitcher.
The crab pretzel is a relatively modern Maryland bar invention, marrying the soft pretzel to the region's crab dip. A large soft pretzel is opened flat, topped with a creamy blend of crab, cheese and Old Bay, and baked until the top browns. It spread through Baltimore taprooms and crab houses as the definitive shareable starter, and now turns up everywhere from neighbourhood bars to brewery taprooms.
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LP Steamers ★ 4.4
locust-point · 1100 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230
LP Steamers in Locust Point is a classic two-storey crab house, steaming blue crabs heavy with Old Bay and serving a rooftop deck above Fort Avenue.
Mama's on the Half Shell ★ 4.2
canton · 2901 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
Mama's on the Half Shell on Canton Square is a neighbourhood crab-and-oyster house, working steamed crabs, oysters and a crab cake across two busy floors.