Famous Dishes
This food is Baltimore’s most iconic dish, made with lump meat and often served with Old Bay.
What is a crab cake?
This famous market in downtown Baltimore is known for crab cakes, smoothies, and local bites.
What is Lexington Market?
These crustaceans are caught in the Chesapeake Bay and steamed with Old Bay and are known for their blue color.
Blue crabs
This thick, chocolate-frosted cookie originated in Baltimore and is still sold today.
What is a Berger Cookie?
True or False: All seafood in Baltimore comes from the Inner Harbor.
What is false?
This spice blend is a Baltimore staple and is sprinkled on everything from fries to popcorn.
What is Old Bay?
This family-owned bakery is known for its Berger Cookies.
What is Berger's Bakery?
This creamy soup made with crab meat is a Maryland favorite.
What is cream of crab soup?
This cold summer treat is made with shaved ice and fruity syrup—usually topped with marshmallow fluff in Baltimore.
What is a snowball?
True or False: Old Bay seasoning is made in Maryland.
What is true?
This sandwich features fried bologna on white bread with mustard—classic Baltimore street food.
What is a fried bologna sandwich?
This carryout spot in Cherry Hill is known for fried chicken boxes, half-and-half drinks, and town center
Pixie's
This type of fish is often fried and served in sandwiches around Baltimore.
What is lake trout?
These round, chewy candies are made by Goetze’s, a Baltimore-based company. Hint, it has caramel!
What are Caramel Creams (a.k.a. Cow Tales)?
True or False: Snowballs and snow cones are the same thing.
What is false? (Snowballs are finer ice and have different syrup types.)
This combo of fries smothered in cheese, ketchup, and vinegar is a popular Baltimore corner store snack.
What are “Western Fries with everything”?
This East Baltimore sub shop is legendary for its cheesesteaks and was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
What is Chaps Pit Beef?
True or False: Lake trout comes from a lake.
What is false? (It’s usually whiting or other white fish.)
These handheld fried pies are popular in B’more and come in apple, cherry, and lemon flavors.
What are fried pies?
True or False: Berger Cookies are only sold in Baltimore and parts of Maryland.
What is true?
You might find this deep-fried food stuffed with crab and shrimp, popular at carryouts.
What is a seafood egg roll?
This locally beloved dessert shop near Druid Hill Park is known for their snowballs and marshmallow topping.
What is Ice Queens or Walther Gardens?
This seafood mix, often served in a large tray at family gatherings, might include crabs, shrimp, sausage, and corn.
What is a seafood boil?
This sweet drink often served at carryouts is a mix of lemonade and iced tea.
Half and Half or Arnold Palmer
True or False: Baltimore's lake trout comes from a real trout fish.
What is false? (It’s usually fried whiting.)