I had the pleasure of meeting owner Sue Ryan at the behest of my dearly departed friend Matt Haley. (I love saying “behest”.) “She’s a really cool lady,” he told me on the phone, “and I want to help her out. … Continue reading →

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 →

Over the last few years, the Clubhouse at Baywood and their associated catering services went through a reorganization in the food service department. The resulting emails suggested that the takeover by SoDel Concepts was improving things dramatically. Well, after two … Continue reading →

Long-time restaurateur Yolanda Pineda is no stranger to Mexican, Salvadorean and Spanish food. Within viewing distance of the Atlantic Ocean on Wilmington Avenue, the Rehoboth Beach Mariachi is one of the most consistently good places for that sort of food here … Continue reading →

Grub isn’t very big, so they don’t stock a whole lot of any one thing. They do, however, have a wide variety of goodies–some of which are unusual. So far, I’ve been lucky and found that elusive small buttermilk, big onion, sour … Continue reading →

Shrimpy’s Snack Shack by the Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach took over the old Hooked Seafood & Martini Bar space in Midway in late 2018. This is not their first rodeo: Ronald Zseltvay (affectionately known as the way-more-pronounceable Ron Zee), Ray … 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 →