CuisineNV: Eating at Bethany Beach, Delaware

The Blue Crab

Cute crab painting

Fried Shrimp Platter

Crab ~~Cakes~~ Balls

I am on a much needed vacation. We arrived at Ocean View, Delaware to stay with family for a few days. Normally I plan and research my vacations ad nauseum, but this getaway I had left quite unprepared. It was apparent at the start that travelling without any basic planning was a BAD, BAD idea. I had intended to print out itineraries of all our destinations, but it never happened. We jumped in the car, plugged the Delaware address into our navigation and set off. We were guided from Northern NJ all the way south to Cape May. There is a Cape May - Lewes Delaware ferry, but we had originally decided against it since the departure times didn't fit our schedule. Well, guess where our navigation directed us? Yep, straight to the ferry! Of course you need reservations which we didn't have - and the next available ferry was in 3 hours. We had to drive 1.5 hours northwest to get to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. It was just beyond stupidity that we didn't check the navigation route or realize sooner there are no bridges from southern NJ to Delaware.

Ocean View is not far from Bethany Beach. Here are some places we went tonight. Without a reservation our wait for a table at The Blue Crab was 25 minutes. The service is friendly and attentive. I was hoping the line out the door was indicative of the quality of food, but that was not the case. To be fair we didn't have the all you can eat blue crabs, so I cannot comment on them. The shrimp platter and crab cakes were mediocre at best. It is definitely kid-friendly with the paper on the tables and crayons.

We stopped into Fisher's Popcorn to grab a tub to bring back to the house. Their caramel popcorn is everything you expect - fresh, crisp, and sweet. It was even warm and still slightly sticky.