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Oysters by the Tidewater Inn, Crab Cakes at Christ Church: Where the Food Is at the Waterfowl Festival

The festival lists 25 food and drink vendors for its Nov. 13-15 run in Easton, including a Maryland Department of Agriculture pavilion of Chesapeake oysters and Maryland-made foods.

A tray of oysters on ice with lemon wedges, two crab cakes in paper boats and a bag of kettle corn on a table under a white tent on a leaf-strewn brick street lined with brick storefronts.
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EASTON, MARYLAND — The 55th Waterfowl Festival lists 25 food and drink vendors for its Friday-through-Sunday run in Easton, Nov. 13-15, from Chesapeake oysters in a state agriculture pavilion to crab cakes at Christ Church, according to the festival's vendor and venue pages.

Eight of the 25 vendors are at Maryland's Best Pavilion, in the Mill Street parking lot on North Harrison Street next to the Tidewater Inn. Presented by the Maryland Department of Agriculture and sponsored by Qlarant, it features fresh Chesapeake oysters and specialty foods made by Maryland farmers, watermen and artisan producers, the festival says. Guests can sample regional favorites and buy products to take home.

The eight on the festival's food vendor list are Blue Crab Bay, Choptank Terrapin Oyster Company, Experience Smith Island, Fallen Pine Oyster Company, Fizz Dirty Soda Bar, Jimmy's Fat Rolls, Mark's Mocktails and Smith Island Cake. The pavilion's own page also lists other vendors, including the Talbot Watermen and the Maryland Farm Bureau.

Christ Church, 111 S. Harrison St., hosts the Working Artists Forum's annual Waterfowl exhibition, and the festival's page for the venue tells visitors not to miss the church's crab cakes.

The Easton Visitor's Center, 11 S. Harrison St., has a food court with Eternal Life Ministries, Rusticana and Travelin' Tom's. At Easton High School, 723 Mecklenburg Ave., where the calling contests and the Buy, Sell, Swap are held, the FFA, Hometown BBQ and Hooked on Seafood are listed.

Other stops on the festival's list: the Lions Club at the courthouse, Elks Kitchen at the Elks, Frase BBQ at The Country School, Chick-fil-A at Thompson Park, Hot off the Coals at Washington and Dover streets, Big Bad Wolf Bacon and Black Horse Kettle Corn at the Framptom gallery, and Krave Sips and Sweets at Bay Street Ponds.

Across from the festival headquarters, Canvasback Courtyard, 37 S. Harrison St., has the Duck Blind Bar, featuring 1623 Brewing and the official Waterfowl Festival beer, along with Harrison's Taco Truck. The festival says alcohol bought at a venue must be finished there.

Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $25 and covers the festival buses and all event and exhibition pavilions; children under 15 get in free but must be registered for a ticket.

Source: Waterfowl Festival

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