Cantler's Riverside Inn   

458 Forest Beach Rd
Annapolis, MD 21409
410-757-1311
www.cantlers.com

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You'll find Cantler's, the quintessential seafood shack, tucked at the end of a winding one-lane road in Annapolis. Get there early for the biggest crabs and grab a table on the breezy deck that overlooks the working docks and woody Mills Creek. Indoors, there's a dark-paneled dining room, rows of paper-covered tables and a bar. Cold beer flows freely, but you can also order bottomless iced tea and soft drinks. Seafood junkies come to Cantler's to feast on crabs, but if whacking your way through a meal doesn't appeal, there are plenty of other seasonal treasures to choose from. Watermen drop off oysters, shad roe, soft-shells, rockfish, shrimp, mussels, clams and anything else you can imagine that makes its home beneath the sea. Portions are hefty and come with typical seafood sides including shredded slaw, fries, potato salad and onion rings. After the meal, in your crab happy glow, you can wash off in the tub-size basin out back -- another sign that Cantler's is the real deal when it comes to crabs. -- Denise Iacangelo