The Stoned Crab is officially located in Macungie, although it
is located very close to the Wescosville area, just a little over a mile from
Hamilton Boulevard. This location has housed a restaurant for decades; years
ago it hosted an establishment called Le Due Sorrell, and in the late 1970s, it
hosted another (although unrelated) iteration of the Stoned Crab. This version
of the Stoned Crab opened in April of 2005, and we have dined there many many
times since then.
The restaurant offers two areas for dining: the more casual
street level, which features huge wooden booths (with slight nautical elements)
as well as a U-shaped bar that hosts a very lively local crowd during happy
hour (however, the patrons are older rather than younger), when it features
drink and appetizer specials. A more formal and beautiful dining space occupies
the second floor, with high ceilings, rustic wooden beams, interesting paint
colors, and coordinating fabric valances on the windows (similar valances are
on the downstairs windows). Restrooms are available on both levels; however,
you reach the second floor via a steep long staircase (no elevator is available
for the mobility impaired).
The Stoned Crab serves steaks and seafood, but it also
offers a nice selection of appetizers, burgers, and salads as well. We rarely
order anything but the burgers because they are so tasty. The restaurant used
to order their hamburger rolls from Le Bus in Manayunk, and they were
phenomenal, although on two recent visits, the restaurant appears to be using a
different bread purveyor (but the burgers are still pretty darn good!). The
restaurant serves its burgers with skin-on steak fries, or you can substitute
another side like the chef’s starch du jour (usually some kind of flavored
mashed potatoes) or a tiny side salad. For dessert, we recommend either the
peanut butter pie or the bourbon pecan pie (served warm and topped with vanilla
ice cream). Despite the restaurant’s name, we have never (seasonally in fall/winter/spring)
seen “stone crabs” on their menu.
We really enjoy going to the Stoned Crab for a burger on a
Friday evening after work, or for a very late lunch/early dinner on the weekends.
