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Crab Cakes in Baltimore, MD, ranked by the locals who eat there.

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Top 5 Crab Cakes in Baltimore

  1. 1

    Koco's Pub

    Lauraville

    Baltimore Magazine's 2025 Readers' Poll winner for Best Crab Cake. Tasting Table and Baltimore Magazine alike praise the eleven-ounce, baseball-sized jumbo-lump cake with minimal filler — sold at a clip of roughly 2,000 a week.

  2. 2

    Faidley's Seafood

    Lexington Market

    Baltimore Magazine's "gold standard for Maryland crab cakes" — hand-molded jumbo-lump beauties, no eggs, bound with crushed saltines. Faidley's has anchored its corner of Lexington Market since 1886.

  3. 3

    Pappas Restaurant and Sports Bar

    Parkville

    2025 Readers' Poll runner-up. Tasting Table notes Oprah's endorsement of the secret-recipe colossal-lump cake, made from an unchanged 1972 family recipe and shipped nationwide.

  4. 4

    Thames Street Oyster House

    Fells Point

    Tasting Table calls out the upscale Fells Point cast-iron-seared crab cake served with house remoulade — the contemporary foil to the Faidley's-style classic.

  5. 5

    G & M Restaurant

    Linthicum Heights

    2025 Readers' Poll finalist. Tasting Table and Visit Baltimore flag the eight-ounce, budget-friendly lump cake — drawing fans from across the region since 1974.

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