The Alley, Executive Chef Eric Lindstrom Underneath the Naval Academy Club, Annapolis

[Kibbee Nayee]

I had a meeting today at the U.S. Naval Academy, after which lunch was enjoyed at The Alley.

This is a pleasant restaurant and bar, nicely appointed, with prices that can best be desribed as outrageously low. A low price buffet is available ($8.95 for non-members), but almost everyone at our table was having the crab cake sandwich. This being Annapolis, after all, I also ordered the crab cake sandwich.

Good luck finding a $13.50 crab cake sandwich this good anywhere on this or any other planet! This was a serious crab cake, as if Annapolis has a "Reinheitsgebot" that defines crab cakes. Pure chunks of lump crab, almost no filler or binder. Just crab and flavoring and delicousness. Nice pile of hot and crunchy french fries on the side.

$13.50. No tax. As good as any I've had on Kent Island or anywhere else. Our Midshipmen are eating well!