Dungeness Crab Cake appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Dungeness Crab Cake · Portland
Pacific Northwest crab cake made with hand-picked sweet Oregon Coast Dungeness crab, very little binder, panko-dusted and pan-fried golden, served with a Meyer lemon aioli on a bed of butter lettuce.
Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) is the Pacific Northwest's defining crustacean, named for Dungeness Spit in the Olympic Peninsula. Oregon's commercial season opens December 1 and runs through August, with peak quality and price at opening. Portland has run high-end Dungeness crab cakes since Jake's Famous Crawfish opened in 1892 and codified the West Coast crab cake format: minimal binder, sweet crab as the dominant flavour, light coating, served warm with citrus aioli. The dish is now standard at Le Pigeon, Departure and Olympia Provisions.
Where to eat in Portland:
- Le Pigeon
- Tusk
- Olympia Provisions Southeast
- Andina