City: Williamsburg, VA

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (757) 565-5430

Address: 3701 Strawberry Plains Rd.

Description: This is among the most popular local restaurants for a lot of reasons. The comfortable, come-as-you-are atmosphere enhances the experience. Open daily for lunch and dinner, the menu features a variety of baskets, sandwiches, salads, soups, and appetizers, as well as low-cost children’s entrees. Insiders love the crab cakes (offered as a sandwich at lunch or on a platter at dinner), the Backfin skins (potato skins stuffed with crabmeat and topped with melted cheddar and bacon), the hot crab dip, and the raw bar selection of steamed shrimp, oysters, clams, and crab legs. Like pasta? They’ll add shrimp, scallops, or crabmeat (or all three, if you prefer) to a basic linguine in Alfredo sauce. Don’t eat seafood? Fear not, the burgers here are among the best in town. The good news is that anything you order will please. Be sure to check the chalkboard for daily lunch and dinner specials. A final word: Save room for a slice of their homemade key lime pie. You’ll be glad you did. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with dinner from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.