Miss Virginia's Crabcakes

...Here's a great thing that you can only do in Rock Hall, Maryland and no other place in the world!
(because we don't ship)

You can buy "Miss Virginia's Crabcakes"
(and that's a lot!)

Frank Hepbron is the sole owner, manager, buyer and marketeer of "Miss Virginia's Crabcakes". As such, he is the holder of the secret recipe for the finest crabcake ever to grace the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

Miss Virginia, Frank's Mother, managed Fisherman's Wharf restaurant in Rock Hall for many years before opening the Tolchester Marina's Snack Bar, where she cooked great seafood and catered to her friends. Frank joined her in the business and worked with her until she retired at the age of 77. At the time of her retirement she was known up and down The Bay for her exceptional crabcakes - in fact, Chesapeake Bay magazine rated her crabcake "Best on the Bay", a distinctive honor indeed!.

Frank served "Miss Virginia's Crabcakes" from the America's Cup Cafe in Rock Hall for a few years, producing the crabcake everyone was raving about to a "full house" of discerning crabcake fans (and closely guarding its' secret along the way). In 1999 he opened his own business, converting his garage in Rock Hall to an impeccable commercial kitchen. Naming the business after his mother, Frank still uses only the finest backfin lump crabmeat (caught locally by the Rock Hall fleet) producing a superior, imperial style crabcake that isn't "like" Miss Virginia's Crabcake - it "IS" Miss Virginia's Crabcake!

Crabcakes are Frank's only product. You can purchase them cooked, uncooked, fresh or frozen. Frozen crabcakes are double wrapped and placed in freezer bags to ensure freshness. Customers tell Frank that they have kept for up to a year in the freezer (if you can resist eating them for that long).

How to get to
"Miss Virginia's Crabcakes"
in Rock Hall, Maryland

Miss Virginia

How to make a platter
of "Miss Viriginia's Crabcakes"

Miss Virginia's Crabcakes
5793 Kent Street (at the bend)
Rock Hall, Maryland 21661

Open from May to late October

Saturday - Sunday 9 am - 6 pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Monday - Thursday - hours vary
always open by appointment.

Telephone: 410-639-7871
Cell phone: 443-480-2210
e-mail: hepbron@verizon.net

Frank is open during the week, but his one-person operation requires him to be out at times. A call to him ahead of time can ensure your order.

Large orders especially should be placed in advance.
We recommend orders for frozen crabcakes (for the winter) be placed by October 1st. Orders after that date are subject to the availability of crabmeat.

Sorry, we do not ship crabcakes!

Frank in his spotless commercial kitchen

Here's the sign out front. For more details on
location in Rock Hall, click here...

How to make a big platter of "Miss Virginia's Crabcakes".

Gotta get up real early...	...and go pull up a pot or so of those fine Chesapeake Blue Crabs!
Take a bunch of the big " number ones" to Frank (the same day, now - they have to be fresh!)	...and that's all there is to it! (You didn't think Frank was really going to tell you his recipe, now, did you?)

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