5th Annual East Coast She Crab Soup Classic

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The 5^th Annual East Coast She-Crab Soup Classic will be held from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 27 at 24^th Street Park at the oceanfront.

An open competition among 21 participating restaurants, the Classic focuses on one of the region’s most-loved seafood delicacies. The highly identifiable cuisine has been a staple of area menus for decades.

Restaurants serve their individual recipes and compete for People’s Choice Awards, determined by ballots of those attending. Critic’s Choice Awards also are given by a panel of six leading regional cuisine experts.

A limited number of tickets are available for The East Coast She-Crab Soup Classic. Advance tickets are on sale at $14 plus service charges through all Ticketmaster outlets and the Virginia Beach Information Center. Tickets are $18 day-of-show, if available. Children 12 and younger who are not sampling and are accompanied by an adult are free. For more information, visit www.BeachStreetUSA.com or call 757.491.SUNN.

Dogs are not permitted in the tasting area.

Participating restaurants include (alphabetically):

1. Blue Pete's Restaurant
2. C.P. Shuckers
3. Calypso Bar and Grill
4. Creed's Café
5. Freemason Abbey
6. Froggie's Cantina by the Bay
7. Keagan's Restaurant
8. Lynnhaven Fish House
9. Mahi Mah's Seafood
10. Manninos Italian Bistro
11. Murphy's Irish Pub
12. Passion The Restaurant
13. Rockafeller's
14. Roger Brown's Restaurant & Sports Bar
15. Sofia’s at the North End
16. Surf Club Ocean Grille
17. Swan Terrace
18. The Cyprus Grille
19. The Jewish Mother
20. Tradewinds
21. Whole Foods Market

*** Final lineup of restaurants is subject to change***

Participating Critic’s Choice judges are (alphabetically):

Sonja Barisic – The Virginian-Pilot

Lorraine Eaton – The Virginian-Pilot

Patrick Evans-Hylton – Hampton Roads Magazine

David Nicholson – The Daily Press

Steve Sadowski – Culinary Institute of VA

Holly Van Auken – The Virginian-Pilot

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