Cantler's Riverside Inn, Seafood restaurant in Mill Creek, Annapolis, US.
Cantler's Riverside Inn is a seafood restaurant on Mill Creek in Annapolis, Maryland, known for crabs, oysters, and other Chesapeake Bay catches. The building sits close to the water with an outdoor deck where guests can watch boats pass while they eat.
Jimmy Cantler, who worked as a fisherman on the Chesapeake Bay, opened the place in 1974 with his wife Linda. What started as a small family-run spot has stayed in the same hands ever since.
Steamed crabs are served on paper-covered tables and eaten with wooden mallets, which is the traditional way along the Chesapeake Bay. The noise and the smell of the steam pots are part of what makes a meal here feel different from a standard restaurant visit.
The restaurant is a short drive outside downtown Annapolis and easier to reach by car or boat than on foot. Arriving by water is possible thanks to the private dock on site.
The kitchen sources its crabs and oysters directly from local watermen who deliver their catches to the dock and have them inspected on the spot. This direct arrangement means the menu can change day to day depending on what the bay provides.
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