2025 Centurion Award winner
Faidley's Seafood
Best Crab Cake in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD
Best Crab Cake in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD
Faidley's Seafood has held down a corner of Baltimore's historic Lexington Market since 1886, making it one of the oldest continuously operated family businesses in the country. Its jumbo-lump crab cake — nearly all backfin, barely bound, broiled or fried — is the benchmark every Maryland crab cake is measured against.
Ordered at a marble raw-bar counter and eaten standing up, the Faidley's crab cake draws locals and pilgrims by the thousand each week — a fifth-generation seafood institution at the heart of Baltimore's oldest market.
Each Centurion Award is a dated record tied to one year’s evaluation — earned annually, never carried over. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.
Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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This page is the standing record for Faidley's Seafood (2025). It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. For hours, bookings, and live reviews, go straight to the business itself.
If you’ve put in the years, you may already clear the bar. Evaluation is free, private, and never for sale.