More than Just Crabcakes

Our first night in Annapolis we headed to the Middleton Tavern. I think pretty much every restaurant in the city (even the Starbucks we popped into a few days later) is in a building that's at least 200 years old. The Middleton was pretty good and we got to watch the people next to us have their dinner prepared tableside by what I'm pretty sure was the owner.



The next day, during our walking tour (yes, with the wands) around town we stopped for lunch at Galway Bay. Ryan had mussels and I had what might be the second best burger ever (after Clifton Manor and neck and neck with J. Paul's).

That night we had dinner at O'Leary's Seafood. Ryan had some kind of scallops for an appetizer and some kind of tuna something as an entree. You can see I'm really concerned with seafood. I suppose if I liked seafood, I would have been happier. You see, the filet I ordered medium came out pretty much seared on each side and was so raw I was afraid to eat it (pregnancy has it price). They did give us dessert for free because of the problem, chocolate cake-the kind with the molten middle, so I couldn't complain too much.

Next day for lunch we hit the jackpot at O'Brien's Oyster Bar. Ryan had noticed the pizza on a table outside the previous day. So, when we were looking for lunch we stopped in and had what I think might be the best pizza I've had in quite a while. Crust was great...not too doughy, not too chewy. Sauce was spicy and thick. Pepperoni was greasy and delicious, like it was meant to be. We considered ordering a second one.


That night we went to Lewnes' Steakhouse at the recommendation of a former citizen of fair Annapolis. It was fantastic. The only drawback was my window seat overlooking the enormous collection of wine that I couldn't drink. We both had great steaks (although the delmonico at Calao's still holds the number one spot) and they actually managed to cook my steak thoroughly enough that I could eat it without fear of foodborne illness.

Lewnes' has among their fine collection a bottle of $1050 wine. I believe that you get what you pay for...to an extent. I know that a $60 bottle tastes better than a $6 bottle, but can a wine really be good enough to warrant dropping a grand on it? I'm not convinced.



I can't forget to mention Ann's breakfasts at Georgian House. They were great...fresh fruit, puffy pancakes and French toast, bacon, muffins...yum!

DC was a little less interesting on the food front. Of course, we went to J. Paul's. We ended up at an Italian place called Bertucci's for dinner that night. We ended up at an Elephant and Castle for lunch. We tried to hit Lauriol Plaza, but the wait was too long for a preggo with a headache, so we went to Circa instead. Had some ice cream at Kramer Books that was ridiculously good.

Before we headed out, we had breakfast at the Beacon Hotel's bar and grill-type place. Mine was good...bacon, eggs, potatoes, toast, juice, milk...you can't go wrong there. Ryan had oatmeal with golden raisins. He said he liked it, but I don't know how good it could have possibly been...it was oatmeal.

Jeez! You'd think all we did was eat...