Forget It Jake, It's Baltimore

Surprisingly, not all articles about Baltimore are awful. You might remember a bit in yesterday's Flotsam and Jetsam about the HuffPo TweetX regarding the Olympics, HuffPost @HuffPost, "If waving the American flag or chanting “USA!” turns you off right now, you're not alone." From NewsWeek, Baltimore Seafood Restaurant Goes Viral With Patriotic Defense of America:

A seafood restaurant in Baltimore has gone viral on social media for its response to an article by news outlet HuffPost on American patriotism.

HuffPost published an piece about how some Americans, including some of the U.S. Olympians competing in the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, are struggling to feel patriotic about their country, experiencing as the outlet wrote, a "whiplash between pride" for their country and "national shame for the federal government."

A heated exchange on X came after the U.S. men's hockey team beat Canada 2-1, secured a gold medal, in the games on Sunday.

 

Commenting on the HuffPost article on X, Jimmy's Famous Seafood wrote: "Go f*** yourself." The restaurant's post received more than 6.3 million views on the platform.

The comment has also received more than 136,000 likes, while HuffPost's article has only gathered around 1,200 likes on the platform as of Monday morning.

The restaurant's comment prompted debate on the social media platform. Some voiced their support over its response, with one user calling it a "patriot," and another said that even though they were "allergic to shellfish," they followed the restaurant's account anyway. A different user shared a screenshot of a plane ticket from Chicago to Baltimore, telling the restaurant in a post, "I'll see you in a week." Other larger X accounts also announced they had started following Jimmy's Famous Seafood on the platform after its comment.

These included the MAGA-affiliated account @PinoAmericano, which has more than 112,000 followers on the platform, and @DschlopesIsBack, an account with more than 309,000 follower. They also included Brianna Lyman, the conservative commentator who has more than 82,000 followers on X. As of Monday morning, the Baltimore restaurant had more than 255,000 followers.

In the wake of the responses to its comments online, Jimmy's Seafood Restaurant wrote on X: "Overwhelmed by the support! We are doing our best to get the website back up to full strength, and will work tirelessly to answer each tweet!"

Jimmy's Crabcakes

After the U.S. hockey team victory against Canada on Sunday, the seafood restaurant announced that it would be giving "free crabcakes for life to all members of the 2026 USA Men’s & Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Teams!"

"This applies to both dine-in and shipping for all time. God Bless America," the restaurant added.

Dang, I'd take that!