Phillips Seafood: now open in the Power Plant!
After more than 30 years at Harborplace, we have moved across the Baltimore harbor to our new location in the Power Plant! Beneath the lights of the massive 17-foot tall Phillips letters, now part of the iconic Baltimore skyline, you’ll find a casual, polished restaurant with a revitalized feel. Read More…
Seafood soup to spice up the season
It’s November– can you feel that blustery chill in the air? At this time of year, nothing helps warm the body and soul quite so much as a rich, hot bowl of soup. This Spicy Pumpkin Crab Soup won creator Mary W. of Baldwin, MD the grand prize in our annual Ultimate Crab Challenge recipe contest, Read More…
The art of building a great bottled beer menu
How does a restaurant decide which beers earn a spot on the menu? For Bombora, the world cuisine concept we launched in April 2011 on the Ocean City boardwalk, we wanted to build an eclectic global list, while keeping the number of beers manageable for a small restaurant without a draft system. Read More…
What’s the secret for an amazing crab cake?
We’ve made millions of crab cakes over the years, since our first restaurant opened in Ocean City, Maryland in 1956. Through all the trials and recipe tweaks and crab cake tastings in our kitchens, we’ve learned a thing or two about what takes a crab cake from so-so to melt-in-your-mouth fantastic! Read More…
The First Menu Tasting
Of all the steps that need to be taken before opening a new location, the menu tasting is definitely the most enjoyable! With a new and improved restaurant, it would only make sense to have a new and improved menu too, right? Chefs making dish after dish that I can eat? Where do I sign up? Read More…
Moving Day…
Tiffany lamps? Check. Piano? Check. Our famous crab cakes? Double check. As we read through the moving manifest, each item brings back a flood of memories for the Phillips regulars and employees. As we prepare to move to our new home “just a short crab walk away” across the harbor Read More…
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Joanna Phillips, Marketing Manager
A fourth-generation member of the seafood-obsessed Phillips family, Joanna Phillips will share recipes, photos, special events and product R&D news from our Baltimore world headquarters!
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Food enthusiast Brian Fountain will give you an insider view of our entire restaurant operation, delivering dining, bar & kitchen updates from his post at our new Baltimore location.
Recent Blog Posts

Phillips Seafood: now open in the Power Plant!
After more than 30 years at Harborplace, we have moved across the Baltimore harbor to our new location in the Power Plant! Beneath the lights of the massive 17-foot tall Phillips letters, now part of the iconic Baltimore skyline, you’ll find a casual, polished restaurant with a revitalized feel. [Read More...]

Seafood soup to spice up the season
It’s November– can you feel that blustery chill in the air? At this time of year, nothing helps warm the body and soul quite so much as a rich, hot bowl of soup. This Spicy Pumpkin Crab Soup won creator Mary W. of Baldwin, MD the grand prize in our annual Ultimate Crab Challenge recipe contest, [Read More...]

The art of building a great bottled beer menu
How does a restaurant decide which beers earn a spot on the menu? For Bombora, the world cuisine concept we launched in April 2011 on the Ocean City boardwalk, we wanted to build an eclectic global list, while keeping the number of beers manageable for a small restaurant without a draft system. [Read More...]









