From the time he was 5 years old, growing up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Blake Rodgers never wanted to leave the kitchen.  His favorite thing was to help his dad prepare Maryland-style family seafood recipes.  Blake took over the kitchen in time.  He further developed his mastery of preparing authentic, Maryland-style seafood dishes while working  for two of the most famous seafood restaurateurs in Baltimore.  Then, Blake took a vacation...
 

In October of 2014, Blake visited his friends from Baltimore, who had relocated to St. Petersburg a few years before.  During his visit, Blake prepared a traditional Maryland-style crabcake feast for his friends.  They were ecstatic, since it had been so long since they had tasted authentic Maryland-style crabcakes, and they could not find them anywhere in St. Pete.  
 

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Blake had fallen in love with St. Petersburg almost instantly, and two months later, Blake was a St. Petersburg resident.  He immediately went to work on opening up his kitchen, so that his new community would be able to experience the taste of authentic Maryland-style seafood at its best...