Rehoboth Beach was bright and beautiful and surprisingly crowded last Friday. Most parking spots were filled on Rehoboth Avenue. (But, yeah!, no parking meters - yet.)
Did everyone take the day off? Spring Breakers, perhaps?
I drove through Dewey Beach and saw lots of people walking greyhounds - OK, it was a spring gathering of greyhound owners - and then saw signs for the Delaware Music Festival. Okey-dokey.
Some quick observations during my trip to Delaware sandboxes:
- I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the comeback of Irish Eyes, overlooking the Lewes & Rehoboth Canal in Lewes, which had a terrible fire there a few weeks ago.
There were large white signs in the windows touting "Survivors Happy Hour." The folks at the Irish Eyes in Milton say the signs are an attempt at "gallows humor." Apparently, some regulars, who miss resting elbows at the Lewes pub, have been camping out on the dock and in the parking lot and having their own Happy Hour. The Lewes restaurant is hoping to re-open in mid-August.
- The Buttery Restaurant at the corner of Second Street and Savannah Road in Lewes is a gem of a restaurant. This Victorian-era mansion is not only lovely, but the food, created by talented chef Gary Papp, is top notch. My favorite dish - veal tenderloin medallions in a pink peppercorn cream, royal trumpet mushrooms and lobster risotto. ($32) and I loved the Chateaux Greysac Bordeaux from Medoc ($34). I definitely plan on grabbing a seat on the veranda this summer for the $18.95 Sunday Brunch.
- The Purple Parrot Bar & Grill on Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach is always a fun place. I've been giving them grief for years for having a dish called Parrot Poop (it's actually a very good bean dip, but, ugh, a dish named after bird doodie in a town teaming with seagulls??) I had a terrific lunch of blackened grouper there Friday. Sorry, no poop on the "Poop." I can't order it without gagging.
- The former Sydney's Side Street Restaurant is now called The Pig & Fish.
- A wine bar, called Vine Bar, is coming soon next to Tijuana Taxi on Rehoboth Avenue.
- The former Cuban restaurant in Dewey Beach on Del. 1 is now called Sculley's.
- Mariachi Restaurant, with Spanish and Mexican food, on Wilmington Avenue in Rehoboth Beach opened in 2006. But I don't remember seeing this place last summer.
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Wow, that was disappointing. FYI, there are tons of worthwhile restaurants in Sussex County that don't happen to be in downtown Lewes or on the Avenue in Rehoboth. It would be nice to see them highlighted once in a while.
OK - as I wrote, these were just some QUICK observations about places at the Delaware SANDBOXES, i.e. the beaches. This was not meant to be a comprehensive study of all the restaurants in Sussex County. Let's hear about the places you suggest
change the headline from sussex county eats to beach eats.
There are tons of hidden gems in Sussex County if you venture about 5 miles away from Route 1. For instance, go down Rt. 24 about 8 miles and make a left at the Indian Museum, go about 3 miles till you come to a "T" in the road and make a right. About a block down on the left is a Fabulous restaurant called "Serendipity's". It is on the Indian River with wonder table-side views and a very ecclectic atmosphere. The menu is a variety of seafood, pasta, veal, chicken and even good ol' fashion favorites like meatloaf - (which by the way if WONDERFUL). Give this place a try - you WILL NOT be disappointed. They serve Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Serendipity Restaurant, River Road, Oak Orchard, DE (302) 945-3600.
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