Seafood restaurant · Baltimore County and nearby

Jimmy's Famous Seafood

A family-run Dundalk seafood house that has become one of the region’s best-known names for crab cakes and steamed crabs, with a carryout seafood market.

Checked as operating: October 2026. Hours change, so check before you go.

Known for
Crab cakes, steamed crabs, crab pretzels
Where
6526 Holabird Ave, Dundalk, Baltimore County and nearby
Price
$$ · Moderate
Good for
Crab cakes, Steamed crabs, Families

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A Maryland crab feast (illustrative photo, not taken at this restaurant)Illustrative: A Maryland crab feast, not taken at Jimmy's Famous Seafood

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About Baltimore County and nearby

Some of the region’s best-known crab cakes and crab houses are just outside the city line, in Dundalk, Parkville and near BWI Airport. To the north, Towson, Owings Mills and the countryside around Hunt Valley have special-occasion restaurants.

  • You will need a car for most of these.
  • Call ahead for steamed crabs in summer; sizes and prices change daily.

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Jimmy's Famous Seafood is at 6526 Holabird Ave, Dundalk, in Baltimore County and nearby, Baltimore.

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It is moderate ($$) by Baltimore standards.

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