More on the Brass Monkey
I took a closer look at the Brass Monkey in Pass-A-Grille today. This is the bar and grill opened by Marylanders. They turned out to be Kelly and her husband Barry, who owned the Bay Cafe in Ocean City for 18 years before they came down here and replaced my favorite Italian restaurant. ...
I never ate at the Bay Cafe, and I'm not about to start eating Maryland dishes in St. Pete Beach, Fla. But I got a menu and noted that the Chesapeake Bay foods were limited: the "award winning" jumbo lump crab cakes, crab imperial and the flounder Annapolis (stuffed with crab imperial). There is a "Colt's Bay Burger" seasoned with Old Bay.
Don't they mean Ravens' Ray Burger?
Comments
It is not bad enough that you cause trouble in Baltimore, now you have gone to Florida to cast your net of mayhem. Hope you are enjoying your vacation. If you keep traveling like this they are going to reassign you to the Travel staff and then Sam would take over as food critic. God, protect us from that prospect!
Posted by: Regina | January 9, 2008 4:15 PM
I worked in the baltimiore crab business for 12 years. We (Maryland crab houses) get a TON of our Crabs from the Gulf of Mexico, including the Gulf coast of Florida. genuine blue-crab is plentiful down there, and I would have no problem testing a MD crab dish down there, especialy if the place is owned by Marylanders
Posted by: Bill | January 9, 2008 5:13 PM
I lived in Ocean City for 20 years (yes, year-round) before moving to Baltimore. I will attest to the fact that the Bay Cafe had one of the best crab cakes in town. At least give it a try before you leave!
Posted by: Greg S | January 10, 2008 12:34 PM