When in Chestertow, make sure you visit the Kennedyville Inn which is only a short drive from town. Its terrific and zagat rated. Tell Jason and Glen that Pao sent you!
Kennedyville Inn is the best placeSadly this restaurant has closed. I also thought it was very special.
Had a great time this weekend. Got to Tidelands Carribean hotel at 12:30 and our room was ready. I was a tad bit nervous about the room after reading the reviews. The staff was great, the room big and clean and quiet.
Our friends stayed at Park Place and they really liked their room/hotel. We had a few ';welcome to OC'; drinks at the outdoor bar there at Park Place. The bartenders were great. Walked the boardwalk for awhile and people watched. Headed down to M.R. Ducks and enjoyed the view of the water.
I will say it was windy and cool. Saturday was even worse. The ocean looked very angry.
Did the arts and crafts thing a the inlet. Walked away with a new piece of art for the house. Our friends got a really nice handmade quilt.
Headed to Seacrets and got there about 2:30. It was the 1st time for our friends and they were amazed by the place. We sat at the boatbar and took it all in. The Jim Long band started playing after a couple of hours and we stayed for 1/2 theire set. By then all the adult beverages were taking their toll on us lol. Of course had to stop of at the merchandise area. Went home with 2 full bags of stuff. note to self....don%26#39;t purchase stuff when you have a healthy buzz going on.
Sunday we walked the beach for awhile, grabed some awesome fried oysters for breakfast and walked around the side streets for awhile. Then we all went to M.R. Ducks and watched the Skin%26#39;s game. Skin%26#39;s won....it was a great day.
Oh almost forgot. Hit Boardwalk Joe%26#39;s for breakfast. Had about a 10 min wait for a table, placed our order and it was at our table in less then 5 min!!!
I have never been served food that fast. The food is cheap and very tasty. When we were at Seacrets we ordered some app%26#39;s and they came in less then 10 min. Ordered steak and cheese subs and fries from Dough Roller, 10 min and the sub%26#39;s were surprisingly good.
Was really disappointed come Mon morn%26#39; when it was time to leave. The weather was friggin%26#39; awesome and there was no wind. Came so close to calling into work and taking an extra day.
Now where you went wrong, flattop, was to not hit Seacrets on Sunday afternoon. Spectacular weather %26amp; the ';customer appreciation'; Pig Roast was even better this year with raw %26amp; steamed oysters included.
Plenty of eye candy as well on the water floats.
Got to watch one ';tipsy'; gal get the ';bum%26#39;s rush'; courtesy of the ';Peace Police.'; Then she moans she lost her purse so we all scoured the murky waters around the floats with no success...the lush probably left it back at the hotel.
daddio, I tried so hard to talk our friends to go there Sunday. They weren%26#39;t having any part of it because of the bus system. They didn%26#39;t want to have to wait 30 min each time to be able to get on a bus.
Next year we%26#39;re going on our own and won%26#39;t have to worry about not making it to places we want to hit.
We also missed Seacrets Sunday, we hit the beach instead and then watched some football at Whiskers pub(a big Redskins nest)of course I had my mother- in-law along for the weekend so we sort of catered to her which was fine, we all had a great weekend in O.C.
OK - someone educate me. What is the bum%26#39;s rush from the peace police?
It%26#39;s the security guy%26#39;s in orange t-shirts at Seacrets.
I see. Well I will have to make sure to avoid them if we get to OC next summer.
flattop, Glad to hear you had a great time!
We unfortunately had to cancel our plans to attend Sunfest because of a family emergency, so we never made it down to enjoy it.
Hopefully we%26#39;ll make Springfest next year. Never been to that.
We checked out all the stands and once again just could not find anything that got us reaching for our wallets. I will be quick to add that I understand what expenses must be for the participants just to attend the show, let alone make their creations, so I%26#39;m not faulting their pricing.
I did see a few really nice items that were maybe worth the price for a special gift or a splurge for yourself. Food %26amp; drink prices were up a little from last year...$3.00 for a 12 oz. brewsk %26amp; $6.00-7.00 for a burger or sandwich.
However, I did see plenty of people spending money and carting around purchases, so I suppose the standholders had a decent response. The longest line I saw was composed of deep-pocketed Sunfesters willing to fork over $9.00 for a 6'; cheesesteak (or $14.00 for a 12';...WHEW!). I%26#39;d say that line was as long or longer than the one at Thrasher%26#39;s.
This was heartening to see since economisits are predicting a bleak holiday season for retailers.
We enjoyed our long weekend in Baltimore, which was much warmer than Boston (low 60%26#39;s in MA, upper 70%26#39;s in MD). Friday evening took a harbor cruise on the Spirit of Baltimore, and would recommend this to others. Saturday was Fells Point day (met a friend from MD who hadn%26#39;t been to that neighborhood in a while), with a nice lunch at Shuckers, gelato, and wandering around the shops. Also toured the USS Consellation- very interesting! Toured Fort McHenry, a must-see. Sunday after church toured ';Mount Vernon'; neighborhood, including the excellent Walters Art Museum. I disagree with the ';walking tour map'; description of ';Antique Row'; on Howard Street, at least on a Sunday afternoon it%26#39;s not worth the detour unless you are a die-hard antiquer, and then only 1 store was open. However, the used book store on Read Street was too cute, with yummy baked goods and cafe tables. Walked back along N. Charles street w/ stores, coffee shops, etc. Took a look at the Sports Legends Museum, sure to be a hit with tourists of all ages. Took a Duck Tour Monday, enjoyable and funny information, and had a great crab/shrimp wrap at the Phillip%26#39;s Express in the shopping area near the visitor%26#39;s center. The Aquarium was nice (detailed info in ';things to do'; tab), and the Lightship Chesapeake, Coast Guard Ship Taney, and Lighthouse were also interesting. All in all, the people I met were friendly, the food was great, and the sights were educational and fun.
Wow - You packed a lot into a few days, glad you had a good time.
very glad you enjoyed yourself %26amp; saw so much!
nice to hear that people have enjoyed our city!
btw, i%26#39;ve always enjoyed YOUR city, too!
wow you did a lot! great TR, thanks.
i work right next door to shuckers.
glad you got to see ft. mchenry ( i cry when the curtain draws back and they play the national anthem! ) Lol...
the uss constellation is very cool.
next time in fells point go to grille 700 for a crabcake in the marriott waterfront hotel, or find one eyed mike%26#39;s for incredible food from a lil hole in the wall bar.
agree w/ previous poster, boston is fun too.
We want to stay close to the Winefest where they say the boardwalk begins and in inlet park.
Do not want to be walking around all tipsy, ya know!
Haven Hotel
Plim Plaza
Rideau Hotel
Oceanic Motel
others click link
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Our house is on 26th; we walkdown in the morning and ride the bus home in the evening.
The Grand (about 20th) and the Dunes Mator (about 30th)are nice and not too far.
Keep this in mind with the bus service, The busses do not run as frequently as they do in the summer months. You can be waiting awhile for that bus this weekend.
http://www.ococean.com/busflyer.html
Bus schedule is very do-able.
You can post the hours they are open but can you tell how frequently the busses go up the coast or how many are in service. Maybe they will increase the manpower for this weekend but for what I saw this past weekend the bus service was down-graded a good bit. I could have walked half the boardwalk before you say a bus.
Thanks everyone. Unfortunately, every single place I called requires a 12 night minimum and we only want to stay on the 28th. I am so ticked!
I would think since it is this close that threy would want to rent the room and not worry about a 2 night minimum.
If we still cannot find one, I guess we won%26#39;t go!
Try this place http://www.beachwalkhotel.com/
They might do just one night. I%26#39;ve stayed there before and the place is clean, located at 10th and boardwalk. Now one thing to warn is the rooms are very small. But heck, we used it for sleeping at thats all that was important. Hope this helps.
I would not give up yet, Winefest is too good to pass up. I checked expedia and the clarion on 101st street did have rooms for just the 28th and I checked the Francis Scott Key Motel website and they also have rooms for one night http://www.fskmotel.com/main.cfm. FSK is in West OC, which is about a 3min. cab ride to Winefest. Fsk has Marlin Moon Grill on the property and they have some of the best food in OC. Also what the hotels are doing now is holding on to the 2 night min for to get as many rooms booked as they can, but the closer you get to next weekend they will drop it if they have rooms to sell. Good Luck!
I spent three different weeks in Ocean City this summer and ALWAYS saw vacancy signs. There will be plenty of rooms available as long as you don%26#39;t need to stay within 5 blocks of the festival. Marlin Moon at the FSK hotel does have delicious food, just a bit pricy. Other side of the Route 50 Bridge is a good suggestion. I never felt like I had to wait that long for a bus during wine fest, maybe because I%26#39;m generally not in a hurry and enjoy talking to people.
Well, we didn%26#39;t go and by the weather reports, I am glad we didn%26#39;t. They are being pounded by rain and will not see better weather until Monday.
The last thing I would want to do is hang around Inlet park in the rain drinking wine.
Heck, we are just going to Key West in November.
Thank you for so many great recommendations for non-seafood restaurants. We had a awesome time in OC and can%26#39;t believe we%26#39;ve already been home for about a week.
I%26#39;ll list some the places we ate and what we thought..
Dough Roller on the boardwalk: We%26#39;ve made our final trip to this restaurant. Just not a fan of the pizza.
Big Peckers: LOVED this place. We have a toddler, so arrived about 4pm to avoid the bar rush. DH had a bacon cheese burger ($8.50). Burger very good, but only 2 small pieces of bacon. I had one with mushrooms, onion and green pepper (8.50). YUM and both cooked to perfection. HUGE! We also ordered an appetizer of fried veggies. Very good, arrived in about 5 minutes and only $5.99--the basket was overflowing and we ate our fill and still had 1/2 to go.
Smokers BBQ: Found it on 611 in West OC. Wow!! What a little jewel!! We carried it back to the condo 2 times (less than $16 both times)and ate there one time (fried chicken and kids meal $25). DH loved the brisket sandwich and the sausage bean soup. I had chopped pork, very good. The sides we tried were all pretty good-coleslaw, fries, baked beans, tomato cucumber salad. We wouldn%26#39;t order the garlic green beans or the fried chicken 2nd time.
Anthony%26#39;s carved beef: Shared a large roastbeef sub ($12.99). Very yummy and lots of meat.
Fracture Prune: Had to try the doughnuts. Ick..won%26#39;t be eating those things again. Don%26#39;t get me wrong, we eat fried food quite often, these were just too greasy and the toppings were way too ';fake'; tasting.
J %26amp; J%26#39;s Pizzeria: YUM!! What a great find!! This is in W. OC between the outlet shopping and Wal-Mart. We were disappointed that we discovered this place on our last night. Woodfire pizzas. We ordered a large pepperoni and mushroom, a side salad and 1 soda ($20). The sauce was excellent-light, not too sweet and the crust was thin and just the right crispy.
Warren Station in Fenwick: Great family restaurant. On the main road, not too far over the state line. Very reasonable prices. We arrived about 2:30 and were still on the lunch menu. I had a salad with a scoop of tuna salad and turkey salad ($7-both very tasty and I%26#39;d order them again) and DH had a club sandwich and fries ($7). Baby ate off my plate as usual. This place was just closing up for the season. It was opened many years ago by a turkey farmer and I guess they are known for their turkey dinners-only on the dinner menu ($10). We will definately eat here on the next trip.
Boardwalk food: Thrashers (only once, but WOW!:), Polish water ice-watermelon, Kohr%26#39;s frozen custard, Fisher popcorn, tons of trips to Wockenfuss for various treats to include King Tut, and chocolate shells.
At Sunfest in the food tent we had Pit Ham and Turkey sandwiches with potato salad (best I ever had) and coleslaw. Very good, just a tad pricey as expected.
I%26#39;m sure I%26#39;m forgetting some places, but I hit the highlights of this gluttony adventure!! :)
Wow, I%26#39;m hungry now after reading your review. Thank%26#39;s for the report. We did the food tent place too last weekend. We had the fried oysters (2 small containers) and 2 soda%26#39;s..... $24.00 OUCH !!
But those were some of the best oysters I%26#39;ve ever had.
Thanks for the trip report. I love J%26amp;J%26#39;S pizza too. They have a great deal right now a pizza and pitcher of beer for $15.99. Sounds like you had a fun time.
Glad to hear someone else from TA has been to J %26amp; J. Have you ever eaten at the restaurant next door. They said they were affilated with them and it does look like they share a kitchen for non-pizza items. Osterman?? Something like that..
Flattop! I knew from your posts that you were going to be in town for Sunfest. I was wondering if I%26#39;d see someone that looked like your picture while we were cruising the tents. Friday was an excellent day for the Sunfest with the temps so low. Think how hot those crowded tents would have been if it had been any warmer! :)
Many years ago I was in Toledo on business and ate at a steak house on the Maumee River.I think it was called Frank Unkles or somthing like that.
Best New York strip I ever had.
Frank%26#39;s is gone now. There is a sports bar in the building now. :) Actually, I don%26#39;t live too far from that location.
Would love for you to post your reviews in the restaurant section. It is easier for paper to search when just looking for food in OC.
Which Fractured Prune? The one on 28ths the best, several others are ';franchises'; and just not the same. BTW, Anthony%26#39;s makes a great breakfast too.
Great idea, I%26#39;ll do that when I have a few extra minutes.
We did go to the Fractured Prune on 28th. And we certainly went wanting to like it, but alas, we were disappointed. :(
Is it allowable to leave a car at White Marsh Park n Ride for two or three weekdays? Or will one return to find the car ticketed and/or towed? Are there regulations on this issue? I could%26#39;nt find anything on this issue on the MD DOT or MBTA web sites.
Leaving Car Multiple Days at White Marsh Park n Ridei am pretty sure you can
Leaving Car Multiple Days at White Marsh Park n Ridebut i am not 100 persent sure
We are going to Ocean City for the weekend. It will be the first time my kids ever saw the ocean :) They are 10, 8 and 6. So far we are planning on going to see the ponies, walk the boards, go to Harrisons Harbor watch for dinner and get take out crabs one night and maybe hit the outlets.
Does anyone have any other ideas...or places to go -- maybe someplace that would be good for breakfast with 3 kids. Anything else that would be fun? I know they are having Winefest but with 3 kids, what fun is that??
Mini golf is a must for an Ocean City visit! Riding bikes on the Boardwalk is fun for the whole family. Bike rentals are readily available
We just got back from OC and had a wonderful, but very windy, time!!! We spend a good deal of time at Assateague and this year we saw something that we had not seen before! There, right along the road was a foal and his mother!!!! Your kids should be on the look out for that! Maybe take them crabbing for fun. All it takes is some string line and some chicken necks for bait! You might not catch many keepers, but it is fun to try to bring them in slowly and net them before they let go and swim away! You can even get all the stuff you%26#39;ll need at any bait/tackle store or even grocery store. Net, line and bait for less than $15.00! As for breakfast, Layton%26#39;s is good, but usually very busy! We went to the Sahara hotel diner and had a wonderful breakfast with fast, friendly service and also great food! That might be a good spot that is also reasonable with 3 kids!
I%26#39;m betting the ocean will captivate the kids at those ages. The weather is turning %26amp; ocean temps have dropped into the 60%26#39;s, but I%26#39;m guessing they will still want to get wet...maybe invest in boogie boards for them.
My folks starting taking us to the shore every year from infants on up %26amp; now we can%26#39;t stay away...I just can%26#39;t imagine being 8 or 10 for a first visit.
Here%26#39;s hoping you enjoy it enought to start making the annual pilgrimmage!
A great place to go with kids that age is Frontier Town. Here is the web site. http://www.frontiertown.com/western.cfm
It is on the other side of the bridge. You can also find go carts on that side as well.
The Satellite up by the 45th Street shopping plaza is a great place for breakfast - they have a huge menu with many kid sized breakfast meals. I would suggest stopping by the Harborside for lunch or dinner one day. It%26#39;s right on the harbor in West OC and your kids will be able to see all the big commercial fishing boats there. Just go over the Route 50 bridge and turn left on Golf Course Road (2nd light), follow Golf Course Road around the harbor and you will see the Harborside.
