Continuing the “I’m a big dumb tourist who likes to follow Anthony BOREdain’s travels” Mealtime! series…
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What: Cold Seafood Platter, Calamari Appetizer Where: Mo’s Crab and Pasta Factory How Much: $15.99 for the platter, $8.99 for the calamari Synopsis: I have heard ten billion horror stories and ten billion happy stories about the service and quality of food at Mo’s over the years, and by the time I got there after not having been there since the age of about six, I was ready for pretty much anything. I can say pretty safely now that Mo’s is a place for locals, and the people who get pissed off about the service are tourists or transplants. It’s as simple as that. I won’t go into why for the sake of wall of text syndrome, just trust me on this one folks. |
Regardless, I can also pretty safely say that both of the items featured here were really, really good. The cold seafood platter had a huge helping of jumbo lump, shrimp, oysters and clams. For the record, raw clams are GROSS DON’T EVER EAT THEM BARF – but the rest was pretty fresh and very tasty. The calamari was lightly fried and didn’t get grease all over everything, and the portion was pretty huge. Split between two people, this Mealtime! was tasty and priced on par with most seafood joints around the area (expensive).
We didn’t try the blue drank, but the dranks we did have were stiff and pretty cheap. It’s a rowdy crowdy at the bar in there around happy hour, that’s for sure. Maybe it’s due to what the commercial for a completely different store says: you just gotta go to Mo’s!
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That was my experience when I went there with a bunch of work colleagues over a year ago. ENORMOUS portions of perfectly good seafood- definitely better than any place outside the Chesapeake Bay and better than a number of places I’ve eaten at in Baltimore. I’m not much for raw seafood unless it’s sushi but I would tell anyone to go there if I knew they liked seafood as long as they didn’t give a shit about special ambiance or water views. And if you go for lunch it is damn affordable.
Seafoods are very rich in Iodine too.:*’