The House of Marinara

I love food that defines a city: Buffalo- chicken wings, Philly- cheesesteaks and Baltimore- crabcakes. So whenever I visit these cities, I try to find the restaurants that do these items the best. Recently, I was picking up my buddy at BWI airport and it afforded me the opportunity to stop by the legendary G&M lounge to have a few of their mammoth jumbo lump crabcakes.

This place is a few exits north of the BWI exit on 295. The restaurant looked to be newly renovated and it was absolutely packed on a Thursday night. Due to time constraints, I chose to partake in their takeout section. Same food, same menu…. just no servers and fancy table clothes.

I ordered the crabcake platter that came with 2 HUGE crabcakes and 2 sides. All the sides I saw looked very underwhelming. I think I passed on them all together. Instead I focused on the huge mounds of meat.

They were amazing. They were broiled to a nice golden color. The lump crab was evident. Each bite was comprised of a single piece of crab. There was a little filling, being mostly used to bind the meat together. It seemed to be less breading and rather egg and mayo . Either way it was very simple and very perfect.

These suckers weren’t cheap. A platter costs around $26, but if you consider the retail price of crab meat, it really isn’t that bad.

It was easy to see why people flock to this place and I imagine I won’t hesitate going there again.

G&M

http://www.gandmcrabcakes.com/