
AWARD WINNING LUMP CRAB CAKES
A family owned and operated business since 1886, Faidley Seafood continues to operate in Baltimore providing award winning crab cakes, prepared foods and freshly merchandised seafood in a market place atmosphere to locals and visitors alike. Open Monday-Thursday 10am – 5pm, Friday & Saturday 10am – 5:30pm







"Hands down, Faidley’s is where you should head for a crab cake if you have only one day in Baltimore."
Coastal Living, September-October 2001Recent Recipes

Business Hours
Closed Sunday Jan 1 thru Sunday Jan 8 for vacation. We will reopen at 10AM on Monday Jan 9
Crabs & Fish Closed for vacation until Jan 9, 2023
After Jan 9 Monday-Saturday 10:00-5:00 Fish Market open for Walkin, Phone Order, or Curbside
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In Bawlmer, Hon, Crab is King
Jumbo lump’s the filet mignon
100 Things Every Foodie Should Do In Baltimore…#1…Have a jumbo lump crab cake from Faidley’s on a Saltine.
…the single greatest thing that must be eaten at the market - the most delicious dish in all of Baltimore, maybe the most beautiful hunk of seafood anywhere on the East Coast between Maine and Charleston Harbor - is a Faidley’s crab cake.
Faidley’s Crab Cakes are crusty on the outside and tender, moist, and packed with crab on the inside.
They’re plump, sweet beauties with large pieces of crab meat (“only jumbo lump,” says Nancy) and subtle seasoning (“I don’t like so much spice that it wipes out the crab flavor”). Every subsequent crab cake will be measured against hers.
You don’t sit at Faidley’s, you stand, leaning against waist high counters bolted to the old market’s floor. And in that position, you enjoy perhaps the best crab cake you’ll ever have the pleasure of eating.
When it comes to crab cakes,” Bill says, “chefs think they know what they’re doing. They jazz it up and ruin it. Nancy keeps it simple. She makes a special sauce using the best ingredients but won’t even tell me what’s in it.
….bigger than a baseball, smaller than a softball.