Patrons leave Crisfield's Seafood Restaurant in Silver Spring after dinner on Jan. 11, 2018. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) If someone asked, “John, what’s your spirit restaurant?,” ...

When elected officials and clusters of citizens crowded into Crisfield’s Somers Cove Marina last September for the Eastern Shore city’s annual signature clam and crab event, they were met by a ...