Mid Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay - Chestertown, MD and vacinity. What to do?

I'm going to be stuck at a meeting in Chestertown, MD next week. I've never traveled that area before. I'll be taking the Mrs and wondered if there were any areas or sites in the general area worth visiting? Any great seafood restaurant recommendations? Will be driving up from North Carolina.

Hal

http://watermanscrabhouse.com/home/

Take a ride over to Annapolis (about 45 minutes) and walk around downtown. A lot of great restaurants/bars, or take a ride to St. Michaels which is a little further south on the Eastern Shore, also a lot of great restaurants downtown.

Some of the best restaurants on the shore are in Easton. Plenty to do I hope the weather is nice. It's not called " The land of Pleasant Living" for nothing.
Enjoy!

http://watermanscrabhouse.com/home/

x2 if you want the best crabs in the area.


There are some nice places in kent narrows but it has been a few years and I can't remember the names. There was a thread on here last year about kent narrows so maybe you can find it that way. Annapolis is nice,but it might be a long drive if your in meetings all day.

x2 if you want the best crabs in the area.


There are some nice places in kent narrows but it has been a few years and I can't remember the names. There was a thread on here last year about kent narrows so maybe you can find it that way. Annapolis is nice,but it might be a long drive if your in meetings all day.


fishermans inn
crabdeck
annies

redeye....sunday bikini contest

jetty ...much drinking:thumbsup:

big als(owls) dock bar.....live band on the dock

and they all have a shuttle

You want to know about Chestertown, most of these areas are 45 mins to an hour away. I live in Chestertown and think there is plenty to do in this area. Pm me if you want with what you are looking for, what days you will be here, etc. I promise you will both have a good time without having to drive more than a half hour roundtrip.

Hey folks! Thanks for all the suggestions. We will see how many of those we can take in except the bikini contests. The wife gets pissed when I pay too much attention to anyone but her;?.

Shoreboy, sent you a PM.

Hal

You won't find yourself "stuck" in C-town.

Enjoy!
http://www.blueheroncafe.com/

Lemon Leaf Cafe

http://www.tolchestermarina.com/restaurants/

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/

http://www.crkayakadventures.com/crktours.htm

Steak & Crab in St Mike's was pretty good tonight. Thanks to Shoreboy for lots of info he PM'd me and also to Starmonk for the latest post and to everyone for all the helpful info. Much appreciated!!!

Very nice area (beautiful, actually) although pretty heavily populated. Heading to Chestertown tomorrow. Thanks guys!

Hal,
Didn't see this till now although I couldn't help with that area. Did you go up 95 and over or up the Eastern Shore on 13?

Try The Ganary up in Galena/Georgetown for classic Eastern Shore Dining.

Try The Ganary up in Galena/Georgetown for classic Eastern Shore Dining.

The Granary is closed this year.

Ifyou get this take the driving tour of chesapeke farms wildlife areas

Huh, I moved and havent been to The Granary in years but didn't know it was closed. Great place to eat. Sorry for the bad info. Are they renovating?

Huh, I moved and havent been to The Granary in years but didn't know it was closed. Great place to eat. Sorry for the bad info. Are they renovating?

According to the website they are looking for new operator/ tenants. I would think when they reopen the quality could change for better or worse depending on who is in charge.

Thats a shame. They had the best snapping turtle soup.

Whresjoe and Bill DC - We're headed to Waterman's Crab House tonight. Sounds like a great place!

Starmonk - wife and I had lunch at Lemon Leaf today AWESOME crab cakes! I'd say best we've ever had.

thubert57 - haven't talked to you in quite a while! We went further up 95. Forgot name or number of the road but we went past Fort AP Hill and what I think was a powerplant and skirted around Baltimore then across Kent Island and spent first night in St Michaels. How's that Alby running? There are times I wish I never sold mine (like when gas prices are high).

Hal

It has been a while, I left Fay over 5 years ago. The Albe is running well .. now, it was down for a while last year. It is a great lower Chesapeake Bay boat, I fish year round. Offshore is a little long from here though. She is a sipper.
If you have time you might want to come down 13 and cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel going home. Lumberton is 3 1/2 - 4 hour ride from here. The eastern shore is a very scenic ride.
Have fun!
T

Whresjoe and Bill DC - We're headed to Waterman's Crab House tonight. Sounds like a great place!

Starmonk - wife and I had lunch at Lemon Leaf today AWESOME crab cakes! I'd say best we've ever had.

thubert57 - haven't talked to you in quite a while! We went further up 95. Forgot name or number of the road but we went past Fort AP Hill and what I think was a powerplant and skirted around Baltimore then across Kent Island and spent first night in St Michaels. How's that Alby running? There are times I wish I never sold mine (like when gas prices are high).

Hal
After some good fresh Md. Crabcakes that Carolina Deviled Crab will no longer cut it. Glad to hear you found some good ones.

After some good fresh Md. Crabcakes that Carolina Deviled Crab will no longer cut it. Glad to hear you found some good ones.

Yep, never cared much for the deviled crab. Way to much filler.

Hal