This New York-style bagel shop, now open daily for the season, is a shore favorite for everything from a dozen everything to a bacon-egg-and-cheese to a bagel loaded with lox. There’s also an Old Bay bagel and pretzel bagels for the Philly set. Open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This Salisbury University venture has extended its roots to the shore with a tiny shack serving fresh-pressed juice, smoothie bowls, and vegan-friendly options. Handmade acai bowls and Maryland's Rise & Grind Coffee are the main draws in this grab-n-go setting. Online ordering and delivery is now available, too. Its three OC locales are open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Whether you’re part of the mug club or just here to scarf down some wings, this quintessential Maryland bar that got its start in North Ocean City continues to draw in thirsty throngs in search of a proper sports pub.

This family-style red sauce joint maintains a brisk business based on its reputation for slinging some of the top pies in town. It’s best to call ahead and do takeout at the peak of dinner. Try the “famous summer pizza” with mozzarella, fresh basil, sliced tomato, olive oil, and garlic.

Known as “the crepe and omelet place,” this savory breakfast joint that’s pretty in pink pairs beautiful bayside views with fresh-squeezed mimosas. Year-round hours are 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This fine-dining American restaurant with bayside views serves upscale eats like prime rib, pan-seared scallops, lobster many ways, oysters, and cream of Maryland crab soup prepared daily. The white-tablecloth venue also delivers on classic cocktails and wines.

This sub stop is popular for cheesesteaks and those seeking steamed crabs doused in Old Bay seasoning. Crabs here come by the tray load and soft shells are served early into the season.

You can’t beat the sights, sounds, and steamed crabs at this quintessential Maryland crab house. While there are plenty of other options to order a bushel, On the Bay is guaranteed to have some of the freshest jumbos around.

Get your hands sticky with these sweet treats that originated in Ocean City. Fractured Prune now has several locations up and down the Eastern Shore, but only one claims the namesake for the OC Sand donut, a warm honey glazed donut dipped in cinnamon and sugar.

This beloved smokehouse situated in South Ocean City offers brisket, smoked wings, racks of ribs, and whole smoked chickens with all the fixings.

Popular with the Baltimore crew, this popular pub next to Camden Yards is open all year, seven days a week on 8th Street and Philadelphia Avenue. The bar is known for its pickleback shots and serves $5 orange crushes on Fridays from 9:30 p.m. to close and bloody marys for the same price on Sundays until 4 p.m.

Perched atop the Cambria Hotel, polished newcomer Spain Wine Bar serves tapas, hearty skillets of paella (seafood, beef, or chorizo), cured meat and cheese boards, and of course, Spanish wines. Brunch brings caramelized French toast and crab cakes with homemade hollandaise to the table. Wrap up the meal with velvety cheesecake, olive oil cake, or churros. Founder Peter Elias formerly managed D.C.’s Barcelona Wine Bar.

From chugga-duck shots to orange crushes at sunset, M.R. Ducks is a bayside dock bar where boaters flock for happy hour. Its seafood-heavy menu celebrates the Chesapeake Bay with battered rockfish sandwiches and a pound of (hot or cold) crab meat with crackers.

With Van Halen and Led Zeppelin tribute nights, a vast surf-and-turf menu, and sunset espresso martinis, this 19-year-old dockside staple has it all.

Arguably the best bar on the boardwalk, Cork Bar has been serving up frosty pints and OC’s top-rated wings for more than five decades.

Around since 1929, Marylanders know Thrasher’s fries complete a perfect day at the beach. Just be sure to apply some vinegar then pepper its famous fries in some Old Bay seasoning. OC is home to three iconic locations, with a web cam showing live queues of fry-ordering fans.

OC’s first waterfront food port debuted last year in renovated shipping containers. Parked in West Ocean City on the commercial fishing harbor, the all-outdoor venue offers a versatile menu full of tacos, sliders, wraps, and sandwiches to go along with sangrias, crushes, and margaritas. A full-size stage frequently hosts live music and entertainment.

This bayside watering hole is technically located in West Ocean City, but it takes top honors for being the inventor of Ocean City’s signature cocktail the orange crush. Crushes here come in several varieties, including grapefruit and creamsicle flavors.

This waterfront restaurant has a full-service raw bar with the highest quality of hand-tonged oysters from local waters that also appear in its famous oyster stew. In the summer season, fish such as flounder, mahi-mahi, and swordfish are pulled straight off the boats that dock at the Commercial Harbor in West Ocean City, served fresh the same day.