How it's cooked
Steamed
Sixteen of the kitchens we read steam something, 61 plates in all. The three ingredients most often steamed are shrimp, clam and crab.
Read more: Where do I get steamed crabs, and how does all-you-can-eat work?
From 40 menus · steamed is on 61 plates · How we read them
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
Dishes
Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.
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Known for: tempura, corn, crema.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Cornmeal, corn bread and corn on cob come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.
Our reading of the menu turns up meat, birria beef taco and blu crab dip.
Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
The menu leans on broth, baguette and succotash.
Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.
Our reading of the menu lists: vegetable, brioche, tartar.
Where on the island
The 16 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Midtown | 3 | bayside · inland |
| Midtown | 2 | bayside · oceanfront |
| Uptown | 1 | inland |
| North OC | 3 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 5 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 2 | harbor · inland |