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Mickey's has served steamed crabs in Bethany Beach since May 25, 1990. The casual country-style room sits a block west of Route 1. Crabs come by the dozen under a roll of paper towels. The jumbo lump crab cake follows the same recipe as opening year. Seasonal hours run evenings on weekdays and from noon on weekends. The season stretches from Father's Day to Labor Day. A carryout side covers beach-house steaming. Google reviewers hold it at 4.4 across roughly 900 reviews. Three-decade regulars call the crabs the best in town. The recurring complaints are uneven service at the host stand and the occasional soft crab in a dozen.
Delaware's lower beach towns lost three crab landmarks in a year and gained one. Here is the honest state of the steamed-crab map from the Maryland line to Dewey Beach.
Bethany Beach lost one crab house last fall and gained another this spring. The room every newcomer gets compared to opened in May 1990 and never changed the formula.