Cream of CrabOfficial Registry of Maryland Cream of Crab Soup

850 BOWLS. ONE SPREADSHEET.

Finding Maryland's best cream of crab since October 2018
Bowls Logged850
Restaurants40
StatusActive
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Justin, professional soup eater and documentarian, on the Chesapeake with his cinema camera

Current Top 5

The latest evaluation decides. It's in the spreadsheet.
RankRestaurantCreamCrabPriceScore
#1
Costas Inn
Dundalk, MD · Bowl #815 · 2026-07-10
9.510.0 10.098%
#2
Roy's Kwik Korner
Glen Burnie, MD · Bowl #809 · 2026-07-02
9.59.5 10.097%
#3
Timbuktu Restaurant
Hanover, MD · Bowl #832 · 2026-07-22
8.510.0 10.095%
#4
29th St Tavern
Baltimore, MD · Bowl #814 · 2026-07-09
9.09.0 10.093%
#5
Jimmy's Famous Seafood
Baltimore, MD · Bowl #807 · 2026-07-02
8.59.5 10.093%

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A bushel basket of Maryland blue crabsThe primary ingredient, under registry supervision

From the Crab Files

The Street Interview Series · Maryland has opinions

One Day in Maryland

CF-001 · field note

If you had one day in Maryland, this is how you should spend it.

Maryland Seafood Festival — Crab Soup Cook-Off Judge

CF-002 · event

The registry judges. Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis. Saturday, September 12.

Street Interviews, Episode 2

CF-004 · interview

Everybody in Maryland has a cream of crab opinion. Nobody is afraid to share it.

The Thirty-Minute Conversation

CF-005 · interview

Two Marylanders, one bench, every soup opinion on record.

All crab files →

Latest Field Report

Municipal Fish Market DC

Bowl #850 · 2026-08-31
43%