We've made stuffed blue crabs with pork, fried Jonah crab claws and spicy crab noodles with king or Dungeness crab.

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Head to Chinook's at Salmon Bay, about a mile from Ballard Locks, for everything under the sea: Dungeness crab, prawns, oysters, mussels, calamari, clams, and of course, salmon.

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Then voyage over to the Grille at Crosswater and indulge in specialties like four-cheese fondue with Dungeness crab or the Kansas City pulled pork before sampling some Northwest microbrews at the Owl's Nest.

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