Category: Food and Drink

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West Fenwick Island Restaurants

Casual, fine dining and carry-out along Route 54.

bowl of crab soup
Maryland Crab Soup

This list represents West Fenwick Island Restaurants and eateries with all levels of food and snacks along Route 54, Lighthouse Road, from Coastal Highway, Route1, to Williamsville, about five miles inland from the beach. Restaurants along Route 1, Coastal Hwy are found at Fenwick Island Restaurants.

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Nice lumps of crab meat in this crabcake
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Fenwick Island Restaurants

Casual, fine dining and carry-out in Fenwick Island.

Listed alphabetically, these Fenwick Island Restaurants are places with all levels of food and/or snacks along Coastal Highway (Rt 1) and Lighthouse Road (Rt 54) west to the Fenwick Ditch. West Fenwick eateries are continued on the page, Dining on Route 54.

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One crab claw reaching for the sky…
  • Bahama’s Crabshack Carryout Seafood
  • Crepes and Crazes
  • Dirty Harry’s Restaurant & Bakery
  • Fenwick Crab House
  • Fisher’s Popcorn
  • Grab & Go Taco
  • Harpoon Hanna’s Restaurant
  • High Stakes Bar & Grill
  • Jimmy’s Kitchen
  • Just Hooked
  • Our Harvest
  • Kohr Bros Frozen Custard
  • Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria & Restaurant
  • Matteo’s Salsa Loco
  • One Coastal
  • Royal Farms
  • Surf’s Edge Deli
  • Twilley’s Willys, Village of Fenwick
  • Warren’s Station

In addition to Fenwick Island Restaurants, also visit Ocean City online.

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Buying Crabs Online

Yes, you can buy live crabs online and have them delivered to your door. 

Love hot steamed crabs at the beach? Now you can have that same beachy taste no matter where you are. The Crab PlaceTM in Crisfield*, Maryland, sells and ships both live and steamed crabs, crab cakes and more to just about anywhere across the country. They can do the same for you at your home address – so you can enjoy a little bit of “the beach” no matter where you live.

One Bushel Live Jumbo Maryland Blue Crabs (Male)

Buy live jumbo Maryland blue crabs online and start planning your live jumbo blue crab feast today! Fresh caught live jumbo Maryland blue crabs measure 6″ to 6¾”. One Bushel of live jumbo blue crabs contains approximately 60 live jumbo blue crabs. Click here, for current live jumbo blue crab prices…(removed).

One Bushel Live Jumbo Maryland Blue Crabs (Female)

Get your live jumbo female blue crab feast started! Our live jumbo female blue crabs measure 6″ and up and one bushel of live jumbo female blue crabs contains approx. 60 live jumbo female blue crabs per bushel. To check current live jumbo female blue crab prices, click here…(removed).

* Crisfield, MD, is oft’ referred to as “The Crab Capital of the World.”

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Order Crabcakes Online

Yes, it is possible to have great crab cakes at any time of the year.

You can easily make crabcakes yourself or buy them online and have them delivered right to your door.

Not just bayside crab cakes – but crab meat from Blue Crabs caught in the Chesapeake Bay. The Crab Place in Crisfield, Maryland, is dedicated to delivering the freshest, award-winning Maryland seafood from their docks to the customer’s door – your door. Note that this is real Maryland crab meat – not that imported stuff that many places use.

Maryland Crab Cakes

Not only crabcakes – but much more… 

The Crab Place can deliver everything you need for a delicious seafood feast including blue crabs, lobsters, lobster tails, king crab legs, snow crab legs, crab cakes, crab meat, soft shell crabs, gulf shrimp, fresh fish, crawfish, sea scallops, oysters, clams, soups, sauces, seasonings, cookbooks, breaded seafood, gourmet seafood. Gift cards and gift certificates are also available.

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Mancini’s Italian Restaurant and Brick Oven Pizzeria in Fenwick Island

Fine dining in Fenwick Island? You betcha!

The last time we visited Mancini’s we had a party of six – and can call it a “party” because we were celebrating two birthdays (all week). One of the birthday girls sent us the following email describing our dinner and why she likes dining at Mancini’s while visiting at the beach.

“Mancini’s Italian Restaurant and Brick Oven Pizzeria on Fenwick Island is that rare combination of old world charm, attentive service, and excellent cuisine, which makes it a true gem in this mid-Atlantic resort area. Our party sampled a variety of its offerings, and all were excellent. We began our journey with a number of appetizers, to include the roasted garlic bulb; bruschetta covered with either marinated tomatoes and flaked crabmeat, sun-dried tomato pesto and roasted pepper, or marinated tomatoes with mozzarella; and heirloom tomatoes topped with mozzarella. All were wonderful.

Then we each selected a different entree: brick oven pizza; Linguini Con Scampi; Capellini Ai Frutti Di Mare; Capellini Con Pollo and Carciofi; and (Wayne’s pasta, not sure what it was*). Each was excellent. Salad and fresh baked bread were included with the meals, and the house wines were quite good. A wonderful meal in a delightful location.”

This writer agrees with the birthday girl’s observations and has always enjoyed dining at Mancini’s. We love the Italian Restaurant part of the name and really enjoy the Brick Oven Pizza part – and we seem to enjoy them in that order, hence we take liberty with their name. The actual name, as it appears on their website and on their sign, is Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria & Restaurant.

Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria and Restaurant is an upscale place to dine in Fenwick Island at 907 Coastal Highway (302-537-4224). That’s on the ocean side of the highway about nine blocks north of the MD-DE line.
*Wayne’s pasta dish was the Bolognese.
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Royal Farms on Route 54

Royal Farms Gas Station and Convenience Store in West Fenwick

Royal Farms Sign

If you need gas for your car or some killer fried chicken this Royal Farms Gas Station and Convenience Store is about as convenient as can be. No matter where you live in West Fenwick this should be within minutes of your home. If you happen to buy one of the new Seashore Villas town homes it is, literally, right across the street. In fact, depending on which way the breeze blows, you may be able to smell each new batch as it gets finished. LOL

Royal Farms Gas Station and Convenience Store on Rt 54
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Waterfront Dining in West Fenwick

While the West Fenwick community is not actually an island…

Waterfront Sunset View at Crabcake Factory Bayside
Magenta skies of a typical sunset as viewed from a bayfront deck at the Crabcake Factory.

…as Fenwick Island proper is, it does have a LOT of water. This can be seen in photos on this site and elsewhere. There is Assawoman Bay to the south and the Fenwick Ditch to the east (separating West Fenwick from the actual island). The “Ditch” leads to Lighthouse Cove and Little Assawoman Bay to the northeast, which flows into Dirickson Creek to the north. There are also dozens of canals, small creeks and even a few lakes in the West Fenwick Island area.

However, there are only a few places for waterfront dining in West Fenwick. Two that we tend to patronize on a regular basis are…

Crabcake Factory Bayside

CCFB is a comfy place with an awesome view of Assawoman Bay to the south and incredible sunset views to the southwest.

Catch 54 Seafood Restaurant

Waterfront Dining view at Catch 54

Catch 54 is located on Fenwick Ditch where it joins Lighthouse Cove. It provides excellent water views with boating activity and a skyline view of Fenwick Island to keep you entertained while dining or hanging at the bar. The new(er) Papa Grande Mexican-flavor place also has a fine view of The Ditch.

The view from just every table at Catch 54 is one to savor – right along with your dinner.

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No Mio Fratello on Trivia Night

We love dining at Mio Fratello but not on Trivia Night!

Remind me, please, to never again take a guest to Mio Fratello Italian Steak House on Trivia Night.

Why not? We got there at seven (prime dinner hour) and should have been “tipped off” by the lack of serious dining patrons and the fact that there was only one person at the bar.

We were given a table in the little alcove room off to the right because we said we were not interested in the Trivia Games. What we wanted was some Veal Parmesan, a Steak and a Bottle of Red – and some salads to keep it all healthy, of course. After several minutes of waiting without having been asked for drink orders – the sound system came on – and the Trivia MC began his banter. We looked at one another and both said something about having dinner in a bingo parlor – but paying for fine dining. No, thanks.

We left – and went to Lombardis Restaurant (94th Street in Ocean City) where I did not order steak (it’s not a steak place) but had some great chicken parm ($13.99 regular price) that was delicious. My guest did get the veal parm. We also had that bottle of wine and a wonderful cannoli for dessert. Lombardi’s is one of our favorite places – a family restaurant, clean and nicely decorated – and we are often greeted by the owner, as we were that evening.

Don’t get me wrong – we love Mio Fratello’s – and go there several times a year (it is close enough to walk in nice weather) and will continue go back – again and again. However, we will make sure it is in “restaurant mode” and not doing bar-games.

I can only imagine taking a dinner guest to Mio Fratello on Wii Bowling night. 🙁

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Our Harvest Fenwick Island

A fine dining addition to Fenwick Island

Our Harvest, according to their new website, will open this season and bring expanded fine dining choices to Fenwick Island, joining Mancini’s and One Coastal as another of our upscale places to go.

We like their concept of “harvest” and sourcing their menu choices with fresh farm products.

Our Harvest will is located it the space once occupied by the short-lived Claddagh on the Shore and the long-time run of the House of Welsh. The House of Welsh was a local’s favorite for many years and was followed by Claddagh, which (somehow) we knew wouldn’t make it very long.

One Harvest operated by the owners of the popular and successful Liquid Assets in Ocean City. The owner, obviously has the savvy to run a successful business restaurant here in Fenwick Island. This location appears to have “caught on” and exists to serve the locals as well as the tourists. However, we have not yet been by for a visit…

They are located at 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, DE 19944. For more information visit the Our Harvest website at ourharvestde.com or their Facebook page at facebook.com/ourharvestde.

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Warren’s Station & Mile High Ice Cream Pie

Right smack dab in the middle of Fenwick Island

…bay side of Coastal Highway about a mile north of the MD/DE state line – stands Warren’s Station Family Restaurant – home of the world famous (well, locally famous, anyway) Mile High Ice Cream Pie.

If you’ve got a hankering for a chocolate sundae for dessert it may just be worth your while to get to Warrens Station for dinner. Just don’t eat too much – because you’ll need some serious room for a slice of this Mile High (well, really about nine inches) Ice Cream Pie. Pie? Really? Yes-sir-eee, it is a pie – complete with a bottom crust, a filling of both vanilla and chocolate ice cream and covered with a sweet meringue (and baked, at that). All of that is drizzled with an ample supply of rich chocolate sauce. It absolutely has all the makings of a chocolate sundae – but served on a flat plate instead of in a deep dish. And, yes, is is delicious – and there is even plenty to share. In fact, sharing is recommended if you’ve already had something to eat.

Warrens Station Family Restaurant is located at 1406 Ocean Hwy, Fenwick Island, DE 19944. Call 302-539-7156. Note, please, that Warren’s Station is closed from the end of September or early October until Mother’s Day.