Salt rides the breeze and gulls skim the harbor before you even register the red-and-white shack at 1910 Westshore Road, and by the time you slow the car and step out, it already feels like you’ve synced your pace to the water rather than the clock.
Spud Point Crab Company keeps hours as steady as the tides, open daily from 9 AM to 5 PM, but the line starts forming well before most appetites expect it, made up of people who understand that some things are worth waiting for without complaint.
Boats rock gently in the harbor just a few yards away, and it’s impossible not to notice how close the food feels to its source, crab pulled from local waters, chowder made without distraction or excess, everything shaped by practicality rather than presentation…