2 Broadway
Somers Point, NJ 08244
(609) 927-7377
www.thecrabtrap.com
It's always nice to venture home to Philadelphia, and every time I DO go home, I always try to travel to my second home in Atlantic City. When I was younger my parents had a house in Longport, New Jersey which is right in between Ocean City and Margate.
I lost my father on April 10th, 2007. I am back now in Philly/Atlantic City to spread my father's ashes at the 28 mile wreck. The 28 mile wreck is a shipwreck that is 28 SSE of Atlantic City. We took out my father's best friend's boat and handled our family business. On the way back we all decided to go to the Crab Trap, because it was a restaurant that my father would take us to when we were kids.
The Crab Trap is set on the point between Linwood and Ocean City adjacent from the 9th Street Bridge. It is a little mom & pop joint that has been there for 40 plus years and is still owned by the same family today. It has your local type of Jersey Shore Seafood menu. Scallops, shrimp, clams, mussels, crab cakes, shellfish platters and crab legs. The food is, for the most part, good. They do serve the dressing from the bottle and used par baked bread but it reminds me of home.
I dined on some very tasty Delaware Bay Oysters. I had order 2 dozen and the server only brought me one. She was a little young and overwhelmed. She was a shore girl that was living here for the summer while school in Philly was out. That is the norm here at the Jersey Shore. I had their raw clams as well as some Clams Casino. I will say that it was one of the better Clams Casino I have dined on in recent years. Surprisingly my younger sister Cyndie was getting down like no tommorrow on some raw shellfish. She was sometimes prissy growing up at the Cappello ranch but it was great to see her get down with the raw product.
The rest of the family dined on the normal fare, which is all good. It was especially good to go back to the restaurant where my father took us as kids. I miss him very much and it was a way to be close to him again, even if it was only for a few hours.
I lost my father on April 10th, 2007. I am back now in Philly/Atlantic City to spread my father's ashes at the 28 mile wreck. The 28 mile wreck is a shipwreck that is 28 SSE of Atlantic City. We took out my father's best friend's boat and handled our family business. On the way back we all decided to go to the Crab Trap, because it was a restaurant that my father would take us to when we were kids.
The Crab Trap is set on the point between Linwood and Ocean City adjacent from the 9th Street Bridge. It is a little mom & pop joint that has been there for 40 plus years and is still owned by the same family today. It has your local type of Jersey Shore Seafood menu. Scallops, shrimp, clams, mussels, crab cakes, shellfish platters and crab legs. The food is, for the most part, good. They do serve the dressing from the bottle and used par baked bread but it reminds me of home.
I dined on some very tasty Delaware Bay Oysters. I had order 2 dozen and the server only brought me one. She was a little young and overwhelmed. She was a shore girl that was living here for the summer while school in Philly was out. That is the norm here at the Jersey Shore. I had their raw clams as well as some Clams Casino. I will say that it was one of the better Clams Casino I have dined on in recent years. Surprisingly my younger sister Cyndie was getting down like no tommorrow on some raw shellfish. She was sometimes prissy growing up at the Cappello ranch but it was great to see her get down with the raw product.
The rest of the family dined on the normal fare, which is all good. It was especially good to go back to the restaurant where my father took us as kids. I miss him very much and it was a way to be close to him again, even if it was only for a few hours.
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