{"id":73,"date":"2012-09-06T01:33:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=73"},"modified":"2012-09-07T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T16:20:47","slug":"mays-restaurant-frederick-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"May\u2019s Restaurant &#8211; Frederick, Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/2012\/09\/mays-restaurant-frederick-maryland\/mays_front\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-84 alignleft\" title=\"mays_front\" src=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mays_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s Restaurant<br \/>\n5640 Urbana Pike<br \/>\nFrederick, MD 21704<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Driving down the road past an unassuming old structure that looks more like a house than a restaurant, an outsider wouldn\u2019t know that May\u2019s is THE place where locals gather for the best crabs around.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/2012\/09\/mays-restaurant-frederick-maryland\/mays_crabs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83\" title=\"mays_crabs\" src=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mays_crabs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Maryland blue crab is an institution all its own.\u00a0 If you have never had the opportunity or pleasure, then you must try it!\u00a0 Whether you prefer yours with butter, vinegar or plain with Old Bay Seasoning, whether you eat the mustard or not, whether you use a knife to open them or do it with your fingers, whether you eat the legs first, or open the body first, you absolutely cannot beat a blue crab!<\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s is a local favorite for Maryland blue crabs (they offer and all-you-can-eat option), but they also have really amazing snow crab legs, mussels, oysters, clams, fish, and shrimp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/2012\/09\/mays-restaurant-frederick-maryland\/mays_outside2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-86\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-86 aligncenter\" title=\"mays_outside2\" src=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mays_outside2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the landlubbers in your family May\u2019s also has steaks, chicken entrees, sandwiches, and even a \u201csmall fry\u2019s\u201d menu that includes chicken tenders, hot dogs, pizza, grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, or even a single steamed crab! There is a fully stocked bar which also includes several beers on tap with which to wash down the delicious crabs.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0couple of big sellers are the all-you-can-eat crabs which Monday through Thursday\u00a0are a\u00a0special with french fries for $21.99.\u00a0 The crab dip for $13.79 and the Cream of Crab soup\u00a0for $5.29 a cup or the Maryland Vegetable Crab soup\u00a0for $3.99 are great starters.\u00a0 The crab imperial for $23.99 is a great choice if you don&#8217;t want to\u00a0get messy.\u00a0 The $21.99 New York Strip or the $23.99 stuffed flounder are\u00a0pretty good also.<\/p>\n<p>The parking lot is always full; most times with several motorcycles out front giving some the impression that it is more of a biker bar, but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. The interior is on the small side but does have a fully stocked salad bar, however they also have a large patio in the back that is covered and has several fans running on a hot summer evening.\u00a0 It is a great place to spend an evening with friends and family laughing, socializing, and picking and hammering crabs to your heart\u2019s content!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; May\u2019s Restaurant 5640 Urbana Pike Frederick, MD 21704 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Driving down the road past an unassuming old structure that looks more like a house than a restaurant, an outsider wouldn\u2019t know that May\u2019s is THE place where <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=73\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  May\u2019s Restaurant &#8211; Frederick, Maryland<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[70,68,46,72,77,66,74,73,75,67,69,78,65,64,28,71,76,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}