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FRUITLAND-SALISBURY
RESTAURANT 213
213 N. Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland
410-677-4880 ˇ www.restaurant213.com
Just 20 minutes from Ocean Pines and Berlin,
Restaurant 213 is worth the drive! Chef Jim
Hughes has been serving celebrities worldwide for
25 years and was named a 2009 inductee to the
coveted Distinguished Restaurants of North
America awards, one of only 220 in North America
and the only one in this region. Serving dinner
Tuesday-Sunday starting at 5 p.m. Also offering 5
course prix-fixe dinners on Thursdays and
Sundays.
WEST OCEAN CITY- BERLIN-
OCEAN PINES
ALAMO MOTEL RASCAL'S PIT BBQ
12614 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City
410-213-1374
Conveniently located on Route 50 near West
Ocean City, Rascal's BBQ and Bar offers the best
of smoked Carolina-style BBQ, pulled pork, ribs,
turkey, ham and chicken. The homemade cole
slaw makes every dish just that much better.
Bloody Marys offered for $2 every day until noon.
ASSATEAGUE CRAB HOUSE & CARRYOUT
Rte. 611, Assateague Island ˇ 410-641-4330
On the way to visit the ponies of Assateague, stop
by this rustic crab house. Enjoy Maryland crabs by
the dozen or try the all-you-can-eat specials
including snow crab legs. Their extensive menu
features various appetizers, fresh fish, seafood,
steaks, chicken and ribs. The kids can enjoy their
own menu along with the great game room. Great
for casual dining or carry-out. House specialties:
All-you-can-eat, crab cakes, steaks, ribs.
BREAKFAST CAFE OF OCEAN CITY
12736 Ocean Gateway,
West Ocean City ˇ 410-213-1804
Open 7 days a week between Sunsations &
Starbucks, across from Outback, come join us at
the "Breakfast Cafe" (formerly Rambler Coffee
Shop) we are a family-friendly restaurant that's
been family owned for 30 years passed from
mother to son in 2001. We believe that fair pricing,
putting out quality food as fresh as we can make it
and a nice atmosphere makes a meal. I like to
think we have many "House Specialties" which
include our Crab Omelet, real crab meat, cheddar
cheese and mushrooms, our Sunfest Omelet,
Swiss cheese, ham and mushrooms; Cafe or
French Sampler, pancakes or French toast, with
eggs, bacon and sausage. Home-made creamed
chipped beef/toast and sausage gravy/biscuits
with browned potato home fries, with onion, excel-
lent cheesesteak subs and fries and more! We
use Rapa Scrapple fried on the grill the way you
like it for all our breakfasts, sandwiches and sides.
Summer hours, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Come enjoy!
CAPTAIN'S GALLEY
12817 Harbor Road, West Ocean City
410-213-2525
A variety of dining options await you at this land-
mark restaurant on the harbor, but the famous
crab cake is a must try at some point. All the
seafood is fresh and the house favorites never dis-
appoint.Although seafood reigns here, a diverse
menu of offerings awaits. The Little Deck-hands
are also well represented. Plenty of parking avail-
able.
CRAB ALLEY
Golf Course Road, Head Of Commercial
Fishing Harbor, West Ocean City
410-213-7800 ˇ www.craballey.com
Just close enough to be out of the way-located at
the head of the commercial fishing harbor in West
Ocean City, Crab Alley has it all! Spec-tacular view,
casual and fun atmosphere, super service and
mouth-watering food combine to make "The Alley"
a true locals' favorite. Enjoy our light fare and full
menu of unbelievably fresh seafood, chicken and
steaks indoors or on our upper deck. We offer
appetizers, sandwiches and a children's menu too.
Our name says it all -crack'em and attack `em". Big
Fat Crabs both by the dozen and all you can enjoy
specials. Check out our website for our fantastic
happy hour food and drink specials or find us on
Facebook. Having a special affair? We can handle
your group, large party or special occasion. Make
Crab Alley your first stop!
DENOVO'S
South Gate, Ocean Pines ˇ 410-208-2782
You can't go wrong any time of day here, as it's
open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lunch and
dinner specials offered daily and all new is the
DeNovo's bar. Come find out what the locals have
known about for years. It's a special treat here in
the Pines, just a short drive from Ocean City.
Catering is also available.
GIUSEPPE AND O'LEARY'S
12703 Sunset Avenue, West Ocean City
410-213-2868
The motto at this Italian deli, restaurant and pub is
"Where Italian Cuisine meets Irish Pub". From
appetizers, entrees and soups and salads to
pizza, strombolis and cold and hot sandwiches,
the menu here is expansive and sure to fit all
appetites. The prices are reasonable, and the food
is delicious. Some of our favorites can be found
under the specialty pizzas, but no choice will dis-
appoint. Catering menu also available.
THE GLOBE
12 Broad Street, Downtown Historic Berlin
410-641-0784 ˇ www.globetheater.com
410-289-3322 ˇ www.blucrabhouse.com
Brought to you by the restaurateurs of The
Embers, BLU Crabhouse and Raw Bar features
outside dining under the palms, beautiful sunsets
on the bay, and accessibility by boat to enhance
your experience. The same attention to quality
and commitment to excellent customer service are
offered at this new establishment featuring jumbo
crabs by the dozen, all-you-can-eat crab feasts
and a diverse menu focusing on a variety of
seafood selections. Be sure to check out the pop-
ular BLU Beach Bar Happy Hour from 3-6 p.m. for
great bargains on drinks and food. Open daily at
noon. Crabs are available all day and for carry out!
BONFIRE
71st Street & Coastal Highway ˇ 410-524 7171
www.thebonfirerestaurant.com
150 ft. Seafood & Prime Rib Buffet
A famous Ocean City Restaurant for 37 years. It's
all here. The service, the atmosphere and the
finest, freshest food available. Fresh seafood,
snow crab legs, prime rib, BBQ ribs, raw oysters,
raw clams, steamed shrimp, fish, homemade
soups & salads. Decadent dessert selection ­
homemade donuts & bread pudding, soft serve ice
cream with hot fudge topping and lots more! Large
selection of children's favorites - chicken tenders,
hot dogs, burgers, macaroni & cheese and pizza.
A la carte menu available featuring fresh cut steaks
and seafood. Open daily at 3 p.m. Plenty of free
parking.
BUXY'S SALTY DOG
28th Street ˇ 410-289-0973
When it comes to food, the new, improved Salty
Dog is so much more than just a bar. The menu is
far-reaching and the portions are generous ­ a
combination any patron must admire. The appetiz-
ers are a great way to begin a dinner, especially
the Buffalo poppers, potato skins and nachos. Full
menu available noon-1 a.m. featuring fresh crab
cakes, local catch, stuffed flounder and N.Y. strip.
House specialties: cheese steak sub, steak sand-
wich and homemade crab dip. Don't miss our daily
specials.
CAPTAIN'S TABLE
15th Street & Baltimore Avenue ˇ 410-289-7192
One of Ocean City's premier restaurants is back
with a new and improved atmosphere and a brand
new home. However, the mission to provide the
same fresh, quality food and attentive service has
not changed. Excellent chefs, who inspect each
dish for culinary perfection, prepare the meals
here. The finest seafood is guaranteed and noth-
ing but the best in black angus beef is served. Be
sure to inquire about the daily specials and check
out the new bar and lounge area. They have the
kids covered as well with a quality kids menu.
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
COCONUTS BEACH BAR & GRILL
37th Street Oceanfront ˇ 410-289-6846
No matter if you are looking for a hearty sandwich,
a tasty seafood appetizer or a robust fresh salad,
they have all the bases covered. A favorite on the
appetizer list is the wasabi shrimp and crab dip
bites, but everything on the menu is worth a try at
least once and never disappoints, especially the
fresh seafood offerings that can be added to sal-
ads and make for impressive sandwiches. They
have the "Little Surfers" covered as well with sev-
eral offerings. Also be sure to ask about their spe-
cialty cocktails that are always impressive.
COINS PUB & RESTAURANT
28th Street Plaza ˇ 410-289-3100
Great mid-town location offering a complete din-
ner menu, lunch and lite fare. Coins features the
freshest seafood, shrimp, scallops, clams, fresh
catch and lobster plus the best crab cake in
Maryland, hand cut steaks cooked to your liking,
succulent veal and chicken dishes. Also authentic
pasta selections. Enjoy live entertainment and
dancing in the lounge nightly. Happy hour daily 3-
6 p.m. Casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere.
Special kids menu. Lots of free parking.
DE LAZY LIZARD
1st Street & The Bay ˇ 410-289-1122
Ocean City's newest hot spot is conveniently
located on the bay downtown. Come by foot, boat
or vehicle and enjoy majestic sunsets nightly,
refreshing and original libations and a variety of
food offerings. The burgers are getting early rave
reviews as is the filet cheesesteak and the Lazy
waffle fries. Appetizers, salads, entrees and plen-
ty of other sandwiches are also offered while you
dine dockside. A very friendly kids atmosphere on
hand as well.
DOUGH ROLLER
South Division & Boardwalk ˇ 410-289-3501
3rd Street & Boardwalk ˇ 410-289-2599
41st Street & Coastal Hwy. ˇ 410-524-9254
70th Street & Coastal Hwy. ˇ 410-524-7981
Dine-in and carry-out. Breakfast served at 3rd,
41st and 70th Street locations-omelets, buttermilk
pancakes, creamed chipped beef. South Division
serving up Dayton's Boardwalk Famous Fried
Chicken. NEW Dayton's Carry-Out location beside
70th Street Dough Roller.
EMBERS RESTAURANT
24th Street & Coastal Highway
410-289-3322 ˇ www.embers.com
The Embers is stepping it up again with their
Famous ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT SEAFOOD AND
PRIME RIB BUFFET! New buffet selections from
Locally owned, operated and loved for more than
seven years, The Globe just keeps getting better.
10 New Beers on tap, including your locally craft-
ed favorites, The Globe continues to offer made-
from-scratch dishes, from salad dressings to
soups, thanks to Executive Chef Duane Douglas.
Locals, vacationers and families rave about the
friendly service and choose from tasty appetizers,
homemade soups, huge salads, hearty sandwich-
es, scrumptious entrees and homemade des-
serts. A daily blue plate special accompanies a
variety of specials EVERY DAY. Sunday Brunch
every Sunday year round from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. fol-
lowed by lunch & dinner. Live music, literaly On
Stage in the restored Movie Theater Dining Room
and The Balcony Art Gallery round out the more
than 100-year-old building's offerings. Open 7
days a week, Sunday Brunch 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free
WiFi, happy hour at The Coppertop Bar 3-6 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday.
GREENE TURTLE-WEST
Rte. 611, West Ocean City ˇ 410-213-1500
The newest location of Maryland's No. 1 sports
pub and restaurant, the World-Famous Greene
Turtle, which opened in January 1999, features a
beautiful, non-smoking 80-seat dining room with
an exciting menu. Delicious steaks, sizzling
steaks, fresh fish, crabcakes and more. Live
entertainment. Plenty of parking available. House
specialties: happy hour and the best hot wings in
West OC.
HOOTERS OF WEST OCEAN CITY
Route 50 ˇ 410-213-1841
Things are always getting better and fresher at
Hooters, where we make you happy. Of particular
note of late is the new fresh menu, which offers a
variety of fresh ground chuck burgers, green sal-
ads, world famous chicken wings with 11 flavorful
sauces and a fun children's menu. Happy Hour is
offered every day from 3-7 p.m. Full bar available.
Don't forget to pick up some authentic Hooters
merchandise in kids and adult sizes. Enjoy all the
sports packages on the large flat screen TV's and
great service by the delightful Hooters Girls. Bike
Nights every Wednesday and live entretainment
every Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. Live enter-
tainment is also offered.Check us out on the web
at www.hootersofoc.com Like us on Facebook and
follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
J&J'S PIZZERIA
Rte. 50, West OC ˇ 410-213-0303
Offered here is the finest from a woodfired brick
oven pizza. Dine-in or carry-out. Tasty lunch spe-
cials offered daily. Open at 11:30 a.m. daily.
LA HACIENDA SOUTHWEST BAR & GRILL
11033 Nicholas Lane, Ocean Pines
South Gate Entrance ˇ 410-208-1383
South of the Border meets South Gate at the new
La Hacienda Southwest Bar & Grill featuring a
wonderful selection of appetizers along with
delectable fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, tortillas
and traditional combinations. Open daily for lunch
and dinner starting at 11:30 a.m. Enjoy great daily
specials and fabulous happy hour from 4-6 p.m.
with $1.25 tacos at the bar.
LIGHTHOUSE SOUND
St. Martin's Neck Road ˇ 410-352-5250
Enjoy the best views of Ocean City at the newly
renovated, Lighthouse Sound. Come relax and
dine overlooking the bay and the beautiful Ocean
City skyline. Savor entrees such as local rockfish,
tempura-battered soft shell crabs, char-grilled filet
mignon and jumbo lump crabcakes. Open to the
public, we serve Sunday brunch, lunch and dinner.
One mile west of Ocean City, Md., just off Route
90 on St. Martin's Neck Road. Reservations rec-
ommended.
OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB
1 Mumford's Landing Road ˇ 410-641-7501
Open to the public and offering gorgeous bay
views looking toward the Ocean City skyline. Daily
Happy Hour specials. Live entertainment Friday,
Saturday and Sundays. Open Daily for lunch and
dinner. Sunday brunch buffet 9 a.m.-1 p.m. featur-
ing omelet bar. Try Chef Paul Suplee's new menus
and join us as for our monthly wine tasting and
social Thursdays 5-7 p.m.. $15 per person. Ask
about our events, wedding, and banquet pack-
ages. Visit our Java Bay Café and enjoy free wifi
along with coffees, specialty drinks, teas, baked
goods, bagels and more! Open 7 days a week at
7 a.m. Join us for Happy Hour at The Tiki Bar!
OSTERIA FRASCHETTI
Rte. 50, West OC, (Bogey's former
location) 410-213-7717
One of OC's premier restaurants, Osteria
Fraschetti serves the finest new Italian/Ameri-can
cuisine at exceptional prices. Menu includes deli-
cious seafood, steaks, prime rib, veal dishes,
chicken, pasta plus the best crab imperial and
crab cakes in town. Come enjoy the intimate
atmosphere and exceptional service. Fire up the
night with Alex's famous tableside Caesar salad,
Lobster Chantilly or Steak Diane. Open 7 days a
week, year-round. Bar opens at 3 p.m., with happy
hour prices, Monday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. Restaurant
opens at 5 p.m. Casual attire and reservations are
recommended.
PLAYER'S CLUB
River Run Golf Course, Masters Lane,
Off Beauchamp Road, Berlin ˇ 410-641-6500
Treat yourself to a one-of-a-kind dining experience
along the St. Martin River. The Player's Club is
open daily for lunch, dinner and Sunday breakfast,
9 a.m.-noon, offering a unique choice of weekly
changing selections. Reservations recommended.
RUTH'S CHRIS
Within the GlenRiddle Community
410-213-9444 ˇ www.ruthschris.com
Ruth's Chris specializes in the finest custom-aged
Midwestern beef. We broil it exactly the way you
like it at 1,800 degrees to lock in the corn-fed fla-
vor. Then we serve your steak sizzling on a heat-
ed plate so that it stays hot throughout your meal.
Many of our recipes were developed by Ruth,
favorites such as shrimp Remoulade, Crabtini and
Ruth's chop salad. Located five miles west of
Ocean City in the GlenRiddle Golf clubhouse.
Extensive wine list. Reservations recommended.
INLET TO 94TH STREET
32 PALM
32nd Street Oceanside In The Hilton
410-289-2525
Executive Chef Rick Goodwin has introduced an
exciting new menu. A favorite amoung many is the
Bermuda Triangle, featuring cinnamon seared
scallops finished with an ancho mango coulis
along with house broiled crabcake with a sweet
chili remoulade and finally, apple wood smoked
bacon wrapped around jumbo shrimp, grilled to
perfection with jalapeno barbecue sauce. Other
wonderfully delicious dishes cover the land and
sea as well and each have a special touch that
makes this restaurant unique among its peers.
Children's menu available. Open daily for break-
fast, lunch and dinner.
45TH STREET TAPHOUSE
45th St. & Coastal Hwy. ˇ 443-664-2201
The 45th Street Taphouse is Ocean City's newest
bayfront restaurant! Open 7 days a week, the 45th
Street Taphouse is open Mon-day-Friday at 11
a.m., and at 8 a.m on Saturday and Sunday morn-
ings to serve you a delicious bay front breakfast
until noon. Executive Chef Jeff Burton takes your
favorite bar food, and serves it with a twist. Instead
of Fish & Chips, Chef Jeff created Fish In Chips, in
which he takes fresh rockfish, uses homemade
potato chips to make the crust & flash fries it in a
pan and serves it with a spicy mango ketchup and
Old Bay tartar sauce. The breakfast menu features
all your favorites including Banana Foster French
Toast, but don't miss the Surf N Benedict which fea-
tures 2 fried green tomatoes, Maryland jumbo lump
crabcakes, topped with poached eggs and an Old
Bay hollandaise, a symphony in your mouth! The
45th Street Taphouse has a smoker, so they take
the time and slow smoke their own bacon, fish &
even Prime Rib. For lunch, the Taphouse has the
Best Crab Cake on the Beach. The dinner selec-
tions include the smoked prime rib, Sea Fra Dia-
blo, which is overflowing with seafood or the Asian
barbecue salmon which is served with coconut rice!
ADOLFO'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
ON THE OCEAN
13th Street & The Boardwalk ˇ 410-289-4001
You stroll down the Boardwalk, take a right on
13th Street in the beautiful Beach Plaza Hotel and
you'll discover one of the best little Italian restau-
rants in Ocean City. The atmosphere, the perfume
of garlic and olive oil and the true taste of the old
country await. The menu alone is mouth-watering.
Fresh veal, chicken and steak entrees and fresh
seafood offer a delightful challenge. All sauces are
made from scratch. Don't miss Rhonda Apple and
Dale Britt every Friday and Dale Britt on Saturday.
Open 5 p.m. Daily for Dinner, 11:30 a.m. for lunch
on Friday & Saturday, Sunday Brunch at 11 a.m.
Happy Hour Monday-Friday, 4-7 p.m.
BLU CRABHOUSE AND RAW BAR
24th Street & Coastal Hwy.
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