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Summary

Freddie Duncan's Metropolitan Tavern on the corner of East Potomac Street and 1st Avenue in what appears to have been the early 1950s. Paul "Touch" Foster has been identified as the taxi driver for the Met's delivery service.

According to Terri Lewis: "I remember my mother-in-law talking about calling the Met, ordering crab cakes, then having a taxi deliver them to their home!!! Said they were the best crab cakes!!!"

The Potomac Street Grill operates at this location today. They also serve good crab cakes.

(Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission)

The Duncan family operated the Met for years through some of the 1980s, i think. Before that, Jim Cummings operated the Roma Inn (named for his daughter, the late great Roma Hebb) at this location prior to his stint as mayor. According to my dad, the family lived upstairs - Peter

Robert Foste:r Foster's Owned a Store & he ran the Taxi service & Delivery from there.It was beside the Old Cage's Garage where they have L.S Fuel now...Touch is my Mom's Uncle his Brother Robert Lee Foster is my Grandfather.

Terri Lewis: I remember my mother-in-law talking about calling the Met, ordering crab cakes, then having a taxi deliver them to their home!!! Said they were the best crab cakes!!!