I am from baltimore and consider myself a crab cake lover.  I have eaten crab cakes in numerous Maryland resturants, including the famous crab cake resturant, Philips.  I would give odds 10 to 1 that Maryland crab cakes are the best in the world.  However, after eating Valley Stream's crab cakes, in all honesty, I would lose that bet.  Maryland does have incredibly great crab cakes, but Valley Streams's are better- the Best I ever had.
                        
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