Leonard Copsey's - Mechanicsville, MD

Leonard Copsey’s more a seafood market than it is a restaurant. Here you can get heaps of steamed hard crabs coated with hot spices but loaded with sweet-meat that is ready to be picked and plucked from within the shell. You can buy bushels of clams and oysters, ready to eat or to cook, and you can buy pints or quarts of excellent hot crab soup.

50% Approval Rating (2 votes)

Overall: Worth driving from anyplace

Must Eats

spiced hard crabs ($15.00)

boiled shrimp ($10.00)

Written Reviews

Michael Stern

" Leonard Copsey’s more a seafood market than it is a restaurant; so if you have a nearby kitchen in which to cook hard-shell crabs, flounder, or shrimp, it’s a great place to shop. With the Chesapeake Bay just to the East and the Atlantic Ocean just a short hop over ..." [Read More].

Logbooks

2/19/2002 - Michael Stern, $10

Map & Directions

29004 Three Notch Rd., Mechanicsville, MD
301-884-9529

Hours & Policies

Seasons:	Open Year Round
Meals Served:	Lunch
Operational Hours:	Always Call Ahead!
Credit Cards Accepted:	Yes
Alcohol Served:	Yes
Outdoor Seating:	No
Reservations Accepted:	No
Delivery Available:	No
Takeout Counters:	Yes

"You know you are in crab country when you see a dapper crustacean such as this one, painted on the side of a barn wall near Leonard Copsey's."
Michael Stern

"There is nothing particularly charming about Leonard Copsey's place, but the seafood you buy here - either raw or ready-cooked - is exemplary."
Michael Stern

"Note the boatload of mollusk shells under Leonard Copsey's sign. In this region, many parking lots are paved with shells in lieu of gravel."
Michael Stern