Is Angelina's Still Open?

[dcanine]

We're coming to Baltimore next Friday. Angelina's has always been our destination for crab cakes. However, when we were there last year, it looked as though it was dying (though the crabcakes were still fine). Is Angelina's still open?

[crackers]

According to the Baltimore Sun, Angelina's is now closed and will be auctioned off next Wednesday, along with its crab cake recipe.

The crabcakes themselves will still be sold over the internet at crabcakes.com. Go figure.

[Bob W]

Forget crabcakes.com. I just checked it out. It's the website of Phillips Seafood, which will send you lovely crabcakes made with the meat of the blue swimming crab, which is a completely separate creature from our beloved blue crabs. The meat of the swimming crab is lovely but has little flavor.

For anyone looking for good crabcakes in the NE Baltimore area, try Pappas' on Taylor Ave.

[charmedgirl]

What a difference a letter makes! It is crabcake.com for Angelina's. There is no "s" on the end.

[Bob W]

LOL so true. Unlike crabcakes.com, crabcake.com features "the sweet unmistakable flavor of Real Blue Crab."

Having had both Angelina's crabcakes and Phillips's crabcakes, I can confidently state, "Phillips, you are no Angelina's."

You can also get good crabcakes at www.pappascrabcakes.com and www.faidleyscrabcakes.com.

Love dem crabcakes, hon!

[ronandaim]

Although I think it is technically open, I have been avoiding it. I asked a similiar question a few months ago and none of the posters had been recently. Here's the thread: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/178019

[dcanine]

Thanks for the sad story. We had a similar "twilight zone" experience the last time we went there a year or two ago. I'm all for "change," but messing with my crabcakes is not a good idea! No one in Texas makes decent crabcakes.

[hon]

Go to Mamas on the Half Shell in Canton!

[ko1]

Try Koco's farther south on Harford Rd.

[hon]

Yes, Koco's, I 2nd that!