True Blue Maryland Crab Meat
Only a small number of restaurants in Maryland reliably make their crab cakes from local crabmeat and the state does not require restaurants to identify the specific source of the meat. It’s time to stand behind our crab cakes and crab meat and proudly support this local luxury. True Blue, a promotion initiative from the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), can help you to find out which restaurants are serving this local delicacy.
Customers can look at a menu and know right away that they’re getting what they think they’re getting if the menu has the “True Blue” logo. For years it has been an open secret that many “Maryland crab cakes” may be made Maryland-style, but not necessarily with Maryland, or even American, crab meat.
The ‘True Blue’ program allows restaurants serving Maryland blue crab product to use a special logo in marketing or advertising the product. Once a restaurant is signed up they receive a ‘True Blue’ logo to signify to their patrons that they are a True Blue member. Participation is promoted through social media and the marylandseafood.org website that gets nearly 100,000 visits a month.
How can you sign up? Contact us for more information.
Support Local!
If you are a restaurant, retail store, caterer, or other food service establishment that is interested in joining the True Blue program please fill out this application.
Find ‘True Blue’ Certified Partners on the Map Below
True Blue participants are the purple dots. Click on the double arrows (>>) in the upper left hand corner of the map to view the legend. The “+” and “-” buttons will let you zoom in or out of the map.
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Angelina’s of Maryland | P.O. Box 942 | Brooklandville | MD | 21022 | 1-800-272-2225 |
Atwater’s – Baltimore – Clarkview Road | 1407 Clarkview Road | Baltimore | MD | 21209 | 410-821-6021 |
Atwater’s – Baltimore – East Belvedere Avenue | 529 E. Belevedere Ave. | Baltimore | MD | 21212 | 410-323-2396 |
Atwater’s – Catonsville | 815 Frederick Road | Catonsville | MD | 21228 | 410-747-4120 |
Atwater’s – Towson | 798 Kenilworth Drive | Towson | MD | 21204 | 410-938-8775 |
Atwater’s at Canton Crossing | 3601 Boston Street | Baltimore | MD | 21224 | 410-644-3435 |
Bushdogs, LLC | 2485 NE Dixie Highway | Jensen Beach | Florida | 34957 | 772-215-4379 |
Cafe Mezzanotte | 760 Ritchie Highway | Severna Park | MD | 21146 | 410-647-1100 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 875 Hungerford Drive | Rockville | MD | 20850 | 877-936-4065 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 6055 Oxon Hill Road | Oxon Hill | MD | 20745 | 301-749-7000 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 3919 Branch Ave. | Temple Hills | MD | 20748 | 301-316-2000 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 8807 Central Ave. | Capital Heights | MD | 20743 | 301-333-1885 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 5731 Buckeystown Pike | Frederick | MD | 20704 | 301-695-9005 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 12725 Laurel Bowie Road | Laurel | MD | 20708 | 301-483-8555 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 2707 W. Cold Spring Lane | Baltimore | MD | 21215 | 410-466-4888 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 906 N. Broad Street | Philadelphia | PA | 19142 | 215-765-1000 |
Cameron’s Seafood | 11000 Owings Mill Blvd. | Owing Mills | MD | 19142 | 215-765-1000 |
Chesapeake’s Bounty | 6415 St. Leonard Rd. | St. Leonard | MD | 20685 | 410-586-3881 |
Conrad’s Seafood Restaurant | 3414 MERCHANT BOULEVARD | Abingdon | MD | 21014 | 443-402-0482 |
Conrad’s Crabs and Seafood Market | 1207 BALTIMORE PIKE | Bel Air | MD | 21014 | 443-981-3477 |
Conrad’s Crabs and Seafood Market | 1720 E. Joppa Rd. | Parkville | MD | 21234 | 410-882-1515 |
Conrad’s Seafood Restaurant | 9654 BELAIR ROAD | Perry Hall | MD | 21236 | 410-529-3474 |
Country’s Seafood Carry-out | 16705 Brandywine Road | Brandywine | MD | 20613 | 301-579-9998 |
Crab Galley | 1351 Odenton Rd. | Odenton | MD | 21113 | 410-672-1272 |
Cravin Crabs | 4609 Annapolis Rd., | Batlimore | MD | 21227 | 410-636-2722 |
Dino’s Grotto | 1914 Ninth Street NW | Washington | Dc | 20001 | |
Drum Point Market | 21162 Center Street | Tylerton | MD | 21866 | 410-425-2108 |
Equinox Restaurant | 1617 Varnum St., NW | Washington | DC | 20006 | 202-331-8118 |
FLIK Future Living | 4000 River Crescent Drive | Annapolis | MD | 21401 | 410-224-8126 |
Forward Brewing | 418 Fourth St | Annapolis | MD | 21403 | 443-221-7277 |
Garden and Garnish | 4282 N. Main Street | Trappe | MD | 21673 | 410-820-5169 |
Gertrude’s | 10 Art Museum Drive | Baltimore | MD | 21230 | 410-889-3399 |
Graul’s Market – Mays Chapel | 12200 Tullamore Rd. | Lutherville | MD | 21093 | 410-308-2100 |
Graul’s Market – Ruxton | 7713 Bellona Avenue | Towson | MD | 21204 | 410-823-6077 |
Jimmy Cantler’s Riverside Inn | 4558 Forest Beach Road | Annapolis | MD | 21409 | 410-757-1311 |
Latitude Seafood Company | 15532 WC Commons Way | Midlothian | VA | 23113 | 804-379-8100 |
Laughing Crab Catering | 100 S. Washington Street | Havre de Grace | MD | 21078 | 410-939-1525 |
Lindy’s Seafood | 1548 Taylors Island Rd. | Woolford | MD | 21677 | 410-228-5032 |
Palm Beach Willie’s Fine Food and Spirits | P.O. Box 275 | Taylors Island | MD | 21669 | 410-221-5111 |
Root and Stem Catering | 2941 Fairview Park Dr., #110 | Falls Church | VA | 22042 | 703-289-1281 |
Ryleigh’s Oyster – Federal Hill | 36 E. Cross Street | Baltimore | MD | 21230 | 410-539-2093 |
Ryleigh’s Oyster – Hunt Valley | 22 Padonia Rd | Hunt Valley | MD | 21093 | 410-539-2093 |
S. Di Paula and Son Seafood, Inc. | 7613 Philadelphia Rd., | Baltimore | MD | 21237 | 410-866-8100 |
Snappers Waterfront Café | 112 Commerce Street | Cambridge | MD | 21613 | 410-228-0112 |
Steamers Crab and Seafood Company, Inc. | 35531 Atlantic Avenue | Millville | DE | 19967 | 302-539-6700 |
Sweetgreen – Farragut Square | 888 17th Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20006 | (202) 506-3079 |
Sweetgreen – 19th + L | 1901 L Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20036 | (202) 331-3355 |
Sweetgreen – West End | 2238 M Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20037 | (202) 629-2100 |
Sweetgreen – Foggy Bottom | 2221 I Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20037 | (202) 507-8357 |
Sweetgreen – Georgetown | 1044 Wisconsin Ave. NW | Washington | DC | 20007 | (202) 838-4300 |
Sweetgreen – Glover Park | 2200 Wisconsin Ave. NW | Washington | DC | 20007 | (202) 333-4307 |
Sweetgreen – Bethesda | 4831 Bethesda Ave. | Bethesda | DC | 20814 | (301) 654-7336 |
Sweetgreen – Rosslyn | 1800 North Lynn Street | Arlington | VA | 22209 | (703) 372-9009 |
Sweetgreen – Crystal City | 2200 Crystal Drive, Ste. E | Arlington | VA | 22202 | (703) 685-9089 |
Sweetgreen – Pentagon City | 575 12th Rd South, Suite B2 | Arlington | VA | 22209 | (703) 888-1025 |
Sweetgreen – Clarendon | 3100 Clarendon Blvd. | Arlington | VA | 22201 | (571) 290-3956 |
Sweetgreen – Old Town | 823 King Street | Alexandria | VA | 22314 | (571) 319-0192 |
Sweetgreen – Ballston | 4075 Wilson Blvd., #C | Arlington | VA | 22203 | (703) 522-2016 |
Sweetgreen – Tysons Galleria | 2001 International Drive | McLean | VA | 22102 | (703) 639-0355 |
Sweetgreen – Mosaic | 2905 District Ave, Ste. 185 | Fairfax | VA | 22031 | (703) 992-7892 |
Sweetgreen – Reston | 11935 Democracy Drive | Reston | VA | 20190 | (571) 203-0082 |
The Crab Place | 504 Maryland Avenue | Crisfield | MD | 21817 | 877-328-2722 |
The Hobbit | 121 81st Street Unit 101 | Ocean City | MD | 21842 | 410-524-8100 |
The Manor Tavern | 15819 Old York Rd. | Monkton | MD | 21111 | 410-771-8155 |
The Spirit of 76 | 3211 Washington Blvd | Arlington | VA | 22201 | 703-408-3858 |
Tom and Terry’s Market | 30447 Cedar Neck Road Unit 2 | Ovean View | DE | 19970 | 302-539-4311 |
Tuckahoe Seafood | 12056 Cordova Rd. | Cordova | MD | 21625 | 410-820-2131 |
Waterman’s Pride Seafood | 7692 Belair Rd. | Baltimore | MD | 21236 | 410-665-5555 |
Wicks Kitchen | 3305 W 2nd Street | Trainer | PA | 19061 | 610-494-5107 |
York Fish and Oyster Company | 1369 W. Market Street | York | PA | 17404 | 717-848-2867 |