It was the first feast of its kind to hit NYC and what a feast it was! The festival took up the entire Tunnel space of the Terminal stores in Chelsea with paper covered tables, live music by Diego Garcia and buckets of fresh blue crabs.

The crabby party continued into Saturday with more delicious treats like Cupcakes by Crumbs, fun music and crabs a hammerin' filled Saturday afternoon. There were also hot dogs, hamburgers, coleslaw and corn on the cob for those afraid of the bottom feeders. By Sunday, it was hard to say good-bye to all those crab legs and greasy fingers. The crab filled weekend was thrown by Josh Morgan, owner of the Maryland-inspired restaurant Choptank, who donated a portion of profits from this first crab festival to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

If you were nervous to attend this year's festival take a look at how these brave sea-foodie guests dominated the crab leg cracking and shell malleting weekend...