Before a restaurant opens, I try to sneak in and grab a few photos for you and maybe even a few food shots if possible. That’s why my preliminary articles are called “sneak peek.” But the owners of the brand … Continue reading →

Vineyard Wine Bar is back! Joe Lertch of The Vineyard Wine Bar & Bistro has finished the extensive fitup and cleanup needed to reopen his Rehoboth location of Vineyard Wine Bar & Bistro in downtown Rehoboth after the stinky fire … Continue reading →

Baltimore, Md.’s Maria D’Ambrogi has opened her very own taco/Mexican joint, Sirveza, in Dewey at 1904 Coastal Highway. She is right next door to Woody’s, Jimmy O’Conor’s popular emporium of crabcakes. Like Woody’s, Sirveza is terminally informal. Pretty much everything … Continue reading →

Tonya and Francesco Agostino’s new Azzurro Italian Oven and Bar is up and running in the old Chez la Mer / Papa Grande’s location at 210 Second St. at Wilmington Ave. in Rehoboth. The very first thing that will strike … Continue reading →

Minh’s Bistro, Rehoboth’s first Vietnamese restaurant, is in the new Schell building at Rt. 24 in Rehoboth Beach, across from the new Royal Farms. In appreciation of our community and, in his words, “the country that took me in,” owner … Continue reading →

Indigo Indian Restaurant in downtown Rehoboth Beach is the sister restaurant to the popular India restaurant in Annapolis (presently closed and possibly in transition to a new location), the new Rehoboth Indigo offers all the traditional favorites we’ve been craving … Continue reading →

For a while it was McShae’s. Then for a very short while it was Surfside Grill. Then longtime Dewey bar guy Greg Plummer (of Hammerheads fame) morphed it into Dewey Beach Country Club. This tiny, golf-themed spot looks not all … Continue reading →

Jeff Hamer of Fins Hospitality Group likes to call himself El Jefe Gordo. Well, he’s not THAT big a guy, but he IS the boss, and he DOES have a big sense of humor. He has taken over the ill-fated-from-the-start … Continue reading →

That classic spot at 236 Rehoboth Avenue has played host to many influential businesses. Astral Plane (where budding restaurateur Alyson Blyth waited tables). Sydney’s – the creole restaurant that became a hub for live music and jazz even in the … Continue reading →

That storied building in Midway between La Tonalteca and the Midway Galleria Strip Center has seen many incarnations over many years. Rag Tops … Crystal Palace … Roadhouse Steak Joint … Old Bay … Delaware Distilling Company … and most … Continue reading →