A historic Odd Fellows lodge, located on Fremont Street in St. Michaels, is home to the Blue Crab, a coffee shop now owned by the Bāgery. In addition to coffee, the Blue Crab offers a breakfast and lunch menu featuring organic bread products made from-scratch in Easton at the Bāgery. The locally-crafted organic products include bagels, english muffins, pastries, sandwich breads, quiche shells, and more.
Bāgery-lovers can expect to see some of the same menu items at the Blue Crab, with new offerings such as breakfast burritos, crab/asparagus/feta quiche, crab cakes, and shrimp salad.
Open 7:00am-3:00pm every day, the Blue Crab is committed to serving quality food and coffee within the historic building. The walls are decorated by the St. Michaels Art League, showing paintings and pictures created by local artists. Most of the art is available for sale. The former lodge, titled “Freedom’s Friend Lodge No. 1024”, was granted permission to open on September 11, 1865, almost four months after the end of the Civil War. The lodge’s title was likely inspired “by the great hope and faith that the end of slavery evoked from the founders of the lodge, many of which were Civil War veterans for the Union Army.” (Archives of Maryland)
Freedom’s Friend Lodge No. 1024 is the oldest-standing Odd Fellows lodge in Maryland, as well as one of the oldest in the country. (Archives of Maryland)
Location: 102 S Fremont Street, St Michaels MD 21663
Hours: 7:00am-3:00pm every day
Website: thebluecrab.com
Contact: management@bluecrabhospitality.com
