For three generations the Van Cleve family has passionately made it their mission to share their one-of-a-kind Crab Pie with seafood lovers. Their unique Crab Pie is a seafood dish with deep roots in early American history. As legend has it, the decadent recipe, was secretly handed down to the Van Cleve family by an anonymous source connected to the Stratford Hall Plantation in Stratford, Virginia— the birthplace of General Robert E. Lee and an area famous for its delicious blue crabs and seafood traditions. It was told to the Van Cleve's that crab pie was a favorite of the Lee family. The beloved dish became the main menu item in the family’s restaurant and crabshack, where the Van Cleve mother-double daughter team served the Crab Pie and other gourmet seafood favorites to many loyal patrons garnering national media attention from prestigious publications and media outlets. They only served the best of the best and people drove for miles for their #1, fat, heavy male crabs and famous Crab Pie. It wasn’t long before word got out about Van Cleve gals’ exceptional crab fares and they affectionately became known regionally as the “Girls with Crabs.”