Ashley's Cape May Guidebook

Ashley
Ashley's Cape May Guidebook

Food Scene 🍽

This is a great stop for breakfast or lunch with many options. Some of our personal favorites are the peach pancakes, pecan pancakes, and pork roll( NJ must try)
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Uncle Bill's Pancake House
4001 West Ave
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This is a great stop for breakfast or lunch with many options. Some of our personal favorites are the peach pancakes, pecan pancakes, and pork roll( NJ must try)
Delicious food + unique atmosphere! They have beautiful indoor and outdoor seating. Open mic is every Sunday, and live music nearly every night.
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The Mad Batter Restaurant & Bar
19 Jackson St
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Delicious food + unique atmosphere! They have beautiful indoor and outdoor seating. Open mic is every Sunday, and live music nearly every night.
Avoid the hustle and bustle – and parking meters – of the beachfront and join us at our third George’s Place location in Cape May’s Washington Commons. Serving up the same menu you know and love from our original beachfront location, this convenient new breakfast, lunch, and dinner spot is the perfect place to grab a quick bite while shopping.
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George's Place
301 Beach Ave
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Avoid the hustle and bustle – and parking meters – of the beachfront and join us at our third George’s Place location in Cape May’s Washington Commons. Serving up the same menu you know and love from our original beachfront location, this convenient new breakfast, lunch, and dinner spot is the perfect place to grab a quick bite while shopping.
Red Brick is a great spot for dinner! Plenty of all American options. The brick oven personal pizzas are a must( the Harvest Pie is yummy!) as well as the Maryland Burger.
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Red Brick Ale House
3832 Bayshore Rd
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Red Brick is a great spot for dinner! Plenty of all American options. The brick oven personal pizzas are a must( the Harvest Pie is yummy!) as well as the Maryland Burger.
Stop in at 5 West Pub for a variety of house specialties including brick oven pizza, entrees, famous burgers and more!
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5 West Pub
3729 Bayshore Rd
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Stop in at 5 West Pub for a variety of house specialties including brick oven pizza, entrees, famous burgers and more!
Delicious sushi, shashimi, udon+ hibachi. Just one mile away! Yozu does dine-in + take-out! They are super fast even when you order online. BYOB.
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Yozu Sushi
3845 Bayshore Rd
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Delicious sushi, shashimi, udon+ hibachi. Just one mile away! Yozu does dine-in + take-out! They are super fast even when you order online. BYOB.
Right in the heart of Washington Street Mall! Great seafood options as well as American classics with fun infusions.
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Fins Bar & Grille
142 Decatur St
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Right in the heart of Washington Street Mall! Great seafood options as well as American classics with fun infusions.
⭐️Peter Shields is our absolute favorite local restaurant! Everything is delicious! BYOB (they do sell wine by the bottle from a local Cape May winery.) The restaurant has great views of the ocean. If they have the tasting menu available, just go for it! You won't be disappointed ⭐️
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Peter Shields Inn & Restaurant
1301 Beach Ave
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⭐️Peter Shields is our absolute favorite local restaurant! Everything is delicious! BYOB (they do sell wine by the bottle from a local Cape May winery.) The restaurant has great views of the ocean. If they have the tasting menu available, just go for it! You won't be disappointed ⭐️
The Oyster Bay Restaurant is centrally located in Cape May and is famous for its culinary combinations of seafood and steak. They offer a memorable experience with friendly service and daily specials prepared fresh daily by their experienced chefs.
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Oyster Bay Restaurant & Bar
615 Lafayette St
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The Oyster Bay Restaurant is centrally located in Cape May and is famous for its culinary combinations of seafood and steak. They offer a memorable experience with friendly service and daily specials prepared fresh daily by their experienced chefs.
Take out & Inside eating. Dinner & Spirits. Lucky Bones is consistently great! American classics with a twist.
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Lucky Bones Back Water Grille
1200 NJ-109
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Take out & Inside eating. Dinner & Spirits. Lucky Bones is consistently great! American classics with a twist.
Elaine's is a must try near the heart of cape may. You can always find unique combinations that make you want more.
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Elaine's Famous Dinner Theater
513 Lafayette St
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Elaine's is a must try near the heart of cape may. You can always find unique combinations that make you want more.
Specializing in Fresh Seafood, Steaks & Sunsets! Built almost all over water, and offering inside or outside deck seating with a panoramic view, the BOATHOUSE immediately captured a loyal vacationer following when its doors opened in 1989.
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Boathouse Restaurant
506 W Rio Grande Ave
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Specializing in Fresh Seafood, Steaks & Sunsets! Built almost all over water, and offering inside or outside deck seating with a panoramic view, the BOATHOUSE immediately captured a loyal vacationer following when its doors opened in 1989.

Dessert 🍨🍦🎂🍪🍰🍮🍩

Yummy award winning dessert 🍨
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Peace Pie
326 Carpenters Ln
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Yummy award winning dessert 🍨
Local favorite ice cream shop. We personally love that they have a drive thru!
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Mister Softee Ice Cream
1890 Bayshore Rd
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Local favorite ice cream shop. We personally love that they have a drive thru!
Dessert right outside the neighborhood. Just 0.4 miles away! They offer a lot of options. Ice cream, smoothies, crepes, churros, acai bowls, fruit bowls, etc!
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Antojos
3704 Bayshore Rd
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Dessert right outside the neighborhood. Just 0.4 miles away! They offer a lot of options. Ice cream, smoothies, crepes, churros, acai bowls, fruit bowls, etc!
Sticky Buns, Cinnamon Rolls, Crumb Cakes, Pastries, Bobka, Bars, Cakes, Cookies, Waffles, and Seasonal Baked Goods. Barry's is a must stop. They close at 1pm OR when they sell out!
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Barry’s Buns
6107 New Jersey Ave
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Sticky Buns, Cinnamon Rolls, Crumb Cakes, Pastries, Bobka, Bars, Cakes, Cookies, Waffles, and Seasonal Baked Goods. Barry's is a must stop. They close at 1pm OR when they sell out!
A small French Bakery located in West Cape May. Michel Gras is a classically trained baker that has been baking for over 40 years; first in Paris, then in Cape May since 1984.
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Chez Michel
600 Park Blvd
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A small French Bakery located in West Cape May. Michel Gras is a classically trained baker that has been baking for over 40 years; first in Paris, then in Cape May since 1984.
Britton's bakery was established in 1965! Britton's Bakery is known for sticky buns, gourmet donuts, crumb cake, danish, croissants, muffins, french pastry, sfogliatelle, cinnamon coffee rolls, and their famous apple fritters.
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Britton's Gourmet Bakery
5600 Pacific Ave
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Britton's bakery was established in 1965! Britton's Bakery is known for sticky buns, gourmet donuts, crumb cake, danish, croissants, muffins, french pastry, sfogliatelle, cinnamon coffee rolls, and their famous apple fritters.

Nature

Beaches, parks, and Cape May's lighthouse. Climb the 199 steps up the original, cast iron spiral stairway to the top of the 1859 Cape May Lighthouse and see a staggering view of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean, the surrounding nature trails of Cape May Point State Park, and Cape May Point Borough. You can learn and see how the lighthouse operated in the pat as well as today.
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Cape May Point State Park
Light House Avenue
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Beaches, parks, and Cape May's lighthouse. Climb the 199 steps up the original, cast iron spiral stairway to the top of the 1859 Cape May Lighthouse and see a staggering view of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean, the surrounding nature trails of Cape May Point State Park, and Cape May Point Borough. You can learn and see how the lighthouse operated in the pat as well as today.
Our neighborhood beach is public + free, but never crowded. Guests can drive, walk, bike, etc 0.8 miles down to the bay! Morning strolls by the water are a nice start to vacation days.
Delaware Bay
Our neighborhood beach is public + free, but never crowded. Guests can drive, walk, bike, etc 0.8 miles down to the bay! Morning strolls by the water are a nice start to vacation days.
Beautiful views and spaces to explore nature.
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Garrett Family Preserve
801 Wilson St
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Beautiful views and spaces to explore nature.
Coastal-Farmhouse views that nature enthusiasts and bird watchers come to view from all over the US.
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South Cape May Meadows
692 Sunset Blvd
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Coastal-Farmhouse views that nature enthusiasts and bird watchers come to view from all over the US.
David Douglass memorial park is located on the north side of the mouth of the Cape May Canal. This is a beautiful area of wild dunes, a small boardwalk, a fishing jetty, and a few pavilions.
David Douglass Sr. Memorial Park
Beach Drive
David Douglass memorial park is located on the north side of the mouth of the Cape May Canal. This is a beautiful area of wild dunes, a small boardwalk, a fishing jetty, and a few pavilions.

Museum 🖼

Harriet Tubman lived in Cape May in the early 1850s, working to help fund her missions to guide enslaved people to freedom. After her initial journeys conducting freedom seekers to Canada, her friend and abolitionist leader Franklin Sanborn wrote, “She returned to the states, and as usual earned money by working in hotels and families as a cook. From Cape May, in the fall of 1852, she went back once more to Maryland, and brought away nine more fugitives.” The New Jersey Historical Commission says she spent two other summers in Cape May. Cape May played a pivotal role in the fight to end slavery. Several historic figures critical to the fight against slavery spent their summers in Cape May. The Harriet Tubman Museum is a tribute to the rich history of abolitionist activism on this block. The Harriet Tubman Museum highlights the pivotal role Cape May played in the fight for freedom.
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Harriet Tubman Museum
632 Lafayette St
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Harriet Tubman lived in Cape May in the early 1850s, working to help fund her missions to guide enslaved people to freedom. After her initial journeys conducting freedom seekers to Canada, her friend and abolitionist leader Franklin Sanborn wrote, “She returned to the states, and as usual earned money by working in hotels and families as a cook. From Cape May, in the fall of 1852, she went back once more to Maryland, and brought away nine more fugitives.” The New Jersey Historical Commission says she spent two other summers in Cape May. Cape May played a pivotal role in the fight to end slavery. Several historic figures critical to the fight against slavery spent their summers in Cape May. The Harriet Tubman Museum is a tribute to the rich history of abolitionist activism on this block. The Harriet Tubman Museum highlights the pivotal role Cape May played in the fight for freedom.
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Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
500 Forrestal Rd
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Fireman's Hall History Museum
Franklin Street
Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit educational institution established as an Early American open-air living history museum. Its purpose is three-fold: historic preservation, history education, and heritage tourism. This is accomplished by promoting New Jersey history through extensive programs utilizing the architecture, lifestyles, arts, history, and culture found in a rural South Jersey village during the early to mid-19th century. The Village endeavors to provide visitors from throughout New Jersey, the nation, and around the world with an understanding of their cultural heritage through a personal encounter with the past.
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Historic Cold Spring Village
735 Seashore Rd
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Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit educational institution established as an Early American open-air living history museum. Its purpose is three-fold: historic preservation, history education, and heritage tourism. This is accomplished by promoting New Jersey history through extensive programs utilizing the architecture, lifestyles, arts, history, and culture found in a rural South Jersey village during the early to mid-19th century. The Village endeavors to provide visitors from throughout New Jersey, the nation, and around the world with an understanding of their cultural heritage through a personal encounter with the past.
Take a guided tour of the first and second floors of the 1879 Physick House Museum, for an in-depth look at Victorian architecture and the period, reflecting one Victorian family’s lifestyle, and detailing the way the Physick family and their household lived, worked and spent their leisure time. Built in 1879, the 18-room mansion is an architectural wonder built by famed American architect Frank Furness and is one of the best examples of Victorian Stick Style architecture in the country. In 2020-21 the tour them “This Old House” focuses on the Physick House and the organization, Cape May MAC, that lovingly restored it 50 years ago and continues to do so today.
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Emlen Physick Estate
1048 Washington St
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Take a guided tour of the first and second floors of the 1879 Physick House Museum, for an in-depth look at Victorian architecture and the period, reflecting one Victorian family’s lifestyle, and detailing the way the Physick family and their household lived, worked and spent their leisure time. Built in 1879, the 18-room mansion is an architectural wonder built by famed American architect Frank Furness and is one of the best examples of Victorian Stick Style architecture in the country. In 2020-21 the tour them “This Old House” focuses on the Physick House and the organization, Cape May MAC, that lovingly restored it 50 years ago and continues to do so today.

Sightseeing 🚣🚵‍♂️🤹‍♀️👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🧖‍♀️

Pop over to Lewes for the day on the Ferry. You can ride with or without your car.
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Cape May-Lewes Ferry
1200 Lincoln Blvd
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Pop over to Lewes for the day on the Ferry. You can ride with or without your car.
The Washington Street Mall is Cape May’s picturesque town square lined with unique shopping, dining, and more. It is the heart of America’s Original Seaside Resort! Cape May's gamble of turning a street into a pedestrian-only outdoor mall paid off, and since 1971, thousands of people from across America and even the world have visited the Washington Street Mall each year.
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Washington Street Mall
401 Washington St
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The Washington Street Mall is Cape May’s picturesque town square lined with unique shopping, dining, and more. It is the heart of America’s Original Seaside Resort! Cape May's gamble of turning a street into a pedestrian-only outdoor mall paid off, and since 1971, thousands of people from across America and even the world have visited the Washington Street Mall each year.
Fun + affordable family fun! it is free, but donations help keep it so.
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Cape May County Park & Zoo
707 U.S. 9
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Fun + affordable family fun! it is free, but donations help keep it so.
The Wildwoods’ award-winning Boardwalk features 38 blocks packed end to end with shops, waterparks, eateries, entertainment and amusement piers with over 100 rides and attractions. The sights, the sounds and the smells of the Wildwoods Boardwalk are just pure sensory overload! Day or night, whether you’re out for a morning bike ride, taking in the carnival-like atmosphere or simply out for a stroll enjoying the refreshing salt air, there’s always something happening.
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Wildwood Boardwalk
3500 Boardwalk
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The Wildwoods’ award-winning Boardwalk features 38 blocks packed end to end with shops, waterparks, eateries, entertainment and amusement piers with over 100 rides and attractions. The sights, the sounds and the smells of the Wildwoods Boardwalk are just pure sensory overload! Day or night, whether you’re out for a morning bike ride, taking in the carnival-like atmosphere or simply out for a stroll enjoying the refreshing salt air, there’s always something happening.
New in 2020, our Cape May run takes riders from the heart of Cape May for a 4 mile out-and-back trip alongside the Garrett Family Preserve. Riders check in behind the Welcome Center at 609 Lafayette Street and enjoy the expansive native wildflower meadows and flora, as well as world-class viewing opportunities for migrating songbirds, raptors, and pollinators like bumblebees and monarch butterflies, made possible by the wonderful folks at The Nature Conservancy and the Garrett Family Preserve.
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Revolution Rail Co.
609 Lafayette St
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New in 2020, our Cape May run takes riders from the heart of Cape May for a 4 mile out-and-back trip alongside the Garrett Family Preserve. Riders check in behind the Welcome Center at 609 Lafayette Street and enjoy the expansive native wildflower meadows and flora, as well as world-class viewing opportunities for migrating songbirds, raptors, and pollinators like bumblebees and monarch butterflies, made possible by the wonderful folks at The Nature Conservancy and the Garrett Family Preserve.
Beach Plum offers a market, farm, and great lunch and dinner options as well that are all farm to table. I highly recommend their jams!
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Пляж Плам Фарм
140 Stevens St
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Beach Plum offers a market, farm, and great lunch and dinner options as well that are all farm to table. I highly recommend their jams!
All sorts of Honey + bee products. (I ❤️ their Royal Jelly body and hand creams!)
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Cape May Wicker
203 Sunset Blvd
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All sorts of Honey + bee products. (I ❤️ their Royal Jelly body and hand creams!)
Winding for several blocks through downtown, the Cape May Carriage Company offers rides for holiday light shows or tours of the historic district. Maybe you have “take a carriage ride” on your bucket list. Maybe you just want to go sightseeing in New Jersey in a fun and utterly unique way.
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Cape May Carriage LLC
315 Ocean St
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Winding for several blocks through downtown, the Cape May Carriage Company offers rides for holiday light shows or tours of the historic district. Maybe you have “take a carriage ride” on your bucket list. Maybe you just want to go sightseeing in New Jersey in a fun and utterly unique way.

Last Minute Stops + Quick bites

Located right outside of the neighborhood. Breakfast, lunch, coffee & drinks.
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Avalon Coffee
3860 Bayshore Rd
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Located right outside of the neighborhood. Breakfast, lunch, coffee & drinks.
Convenient store and gas. Located 0.4 miles from the villa.
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Wawa
3601 Rte 9 S
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Convenient store and gas. Located 0.4 miles from the villa.
coffee, donuts, and small breakfast bites
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Dunkin'
1 Midway Shopping Ctr
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coffee, donuts, and small breakfast bites
McDonald's
3857 Bayshore Rd

Grocery🛍

The closest grocery store is right around the corner (0.4 miles)
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ACME Markets
5300 Park Blvd
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The closest grocery store is right around the corner (0.4 miles)
All grocery + beach needs
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Walmart Supercenter
3159 Rte 9 S
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All grocery + beach needs