Remember gathering extended families… several generations, some friends, in the backyard on a summer evening… the old bug zapper, cut off shorts, and a picnic table piled with fresh steamed blue claw crabs? We are that gathering. Duck hunting, raising oysters, raking clams and especially catching crabs were a way of life. As the bayfront was developed into an extensive lagoon community, generations have fished and crabbed these backwaters for work, fun, and food. Mud City is one of the little marshy islands, often prone to flooding, to the north of Bay Avenue in Manahawkin. The other is Mallard Island. Across Rt. 72 is Beach Haven West. Mud City Crab House opened in 1999 in the tradition of these unique areas where life is about good times and blue claw crabs. We pride ourselves in serving the freshest seafood, locally sourced whenever possible, and keeping traditions alive.