Elliott's Seafood

Elliott's is a family-run takeout crab shack on Adkins Road outside Berlin. There is no dining room and no online ordering. The shack takes no orders through Facebook or voicemail. You call the counter during a short afternoon window, listed at roughly 1 to 6 most days. Then you pick up. The trade is steamed hard crabs by the dozen and half-bushel. Most come bundled with a pound of spiced shrimp in combination specials. Those specials post to the shop's Facebook page, where prices move with the catch. It holds a 4.9 on Google across about 156 reviews. One platform shows 96 percent of its ratings at five stars. That is the highest number in this guide.