Fisherman’s Inn is a family owned restaurant and has been a Maryland Eastern Shore tradition since 1930. Fisherman’s Inn specializes in seafood dishes, prime rib, steaks and pasta. The menu features soups, salads, appetizers, traditional fare, casual fare and homemade desserts. Customer favorites include fresh caught Rockfish, Cream of Crab Soup, Oyster Stew, Maryland style Crab Cakes, and Crab Imperial. Guests enjoy the overhead G-scale train running through the dining room along with water views of The Kent Narrows, a beautiful garden, duck pond and newly renovated bar with hot trendy drinks and Happy Hour Monday through Friday from 4-6:30pm. The restaurant also offers private party accommodations for any type of event. Fisherman’s Inn is open year round for lunch and dinner 7 days a week, starting at 11 AM.
Established in 1930.
Back in 1930, when Kent Narrows was nothing more than a marsh full of muskrats, Captain Alex Thomas and his wife, Mae, opened the original Fisherman’s Inn with seating for 30 along with a small grocery store. They lived upstairs with their two children, often renting their own bedroom to anglers while they slept on the front porch swing. In 1939, a second floor was added with more guest rooms, and when the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was opened in 1952, the addition of a screen porch created seats for even more hungry guests. The couple’s daughter, Betty, and son-in-law, Oscar “Sonny” Schulz, built and opened the new larger restaurant in 1971. Three years later, the purchase of the adjoining property paved the way for the establishment of Fisherman’s Seafood Market. In 1991, Fisherman’s Crab Deck became the latest addition to Fisherman’s Village.