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TACO CABALLITO TEQUILERIA
429 Beach Avenue, Cape May
(609) 884-4800
www. tacocaballitotequileria.com
TISHA’S
318 Washington Street Mall, Cape May
(609) 884-9119
www.tishasfinedining.com
TOMMY’S FOLLY CAFE
200 Congress Place, Cape May
(609) 884-6566
www.caperesorts.com
THE UGLY MUG
426 Washington Street Mall, Cape May
(609) 884-3459
UNCLE BILL’S PANCAKE HOUSE
Beach Avenue and Perry, Cape May
(609) 884-7199
UNION PARK
Beach Avenue and Howard Street
(609) 884-8811
www.unionparkdiningroom.com
VIGGIANO’S ON SUNSET
109 Sunset Blvd, West Cape May
(609) 435-5026
www.viggianosbyob.com
VINCENZO’S LITTLE ITALY
3704 Bayshore Road, North Cape May
(609) 889-6610
www.vincenzoslittleitaly.com
VINTAGE
1048 Washington Street
609-224-6064
www.capemaymac.org
WASHINGTON INN
801 Washington Street, Cape May
(609) 884-5697
www.washingtoninn.com
YOUNGER BROTHER
314 Beach Avenue, Cape May
(609) 898-2009
www.kararestaurantgroup.com
THE ULTIMATE CAPE MAY FOOD & DRINK GUIDE
What You Need To
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Food And The Vibe
Enjoy this two-story, vibrant beachfront restaurant
that offers authentic Mexican dishes and handcrafted
margaritas made with artisanal tequilas.
This local favorite serves delicious food for lunch and
dinner. And they have a pet-firendly patio too. Check
out their sister restaurant, 5 West Pub, too.
Filled with everything you need to keep you going
all day long. Enjoy fresh-brewed La Colombe coffee,
specialty drinks and an assortment of baked goods
and breakfast paninis.
A Cape May legend. Inside, you’ll enjoy a classic
pub atmosphere. Outside, it’s a great spot for
people watching. Check their ad for upcoming live
entertainment.
Reliably good food — there is a reason why people
wait in line. You can sit outside with ocean and beach
views — and dine with your dog if the weather is
nice.
Fine dining in a classic old hotel, where both the
decor and the food are inspired. Voted one of the
best restaurants in the state by New Jersey Monthly
magazine.
A new family-friendly Italian restaurant, from the
same owners as the popular Conshocken restaurant.
Expect classic Italian food done right and a welcome
as hearty as the pasta dishes.
If you want to bring the family for a fine and fun
Italian meal, look no further. The kids will love it.
Excellent pasta dishes, and they’ve recently expanded
their pizzeria.
The newest addition to the grounds of the Emlen
Physick Estate. Cape May MAC partnered with the
folks behind George’s Place to create a modern,
eclectic and delicious dining experience.
Superb gourmet food, and a cool-but-cozy bar. Check
out an amazing wine list of over 10,000 bottles;
they’ve got the largest wine cellar in South Jersey.
Another fine eating experience from the Kara Group.
Enjoy brunch and dinner in this cozy beachfront
eatery. Their lobster brunch is one of the more
innovative menu creations in town.
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As autumn winds down, birders gird
themselves for the privations of
winter, fewer birds and less daylight.
Happily, in Cape May, privations
are mitigated by the wealth of
wintering species. Cape May’s Christmas Bird
Count leads all northeaster counts.
Waterfowl abound on unfrozen lakes and
just offshore, to get a taste of our seabird
wealth, take a transect across Delaware Bay on
the ferry. Not only will you see lots of scooters
and Lesser Scaup, but you’ll also be treated
to Northern Gannet, Red-throated Loon and
on the Lewes breakwater, Great Cormorant.
Some years Razorbills, a penguin-like alcid,
may be seen on morning trips. I suspect they
forage over the shoals in the bay.
If you want to save the cost of a walk-on
ferry crossing, many of these birds can also
be seen around the Second Avenue Jetty in
Cape May. The hardy Purple Sandpipers
scrambling over the jetty are just a bonus.
While most Arctic breeding shorebirds elect
to winter farther south, the doughty Purple
Bird Droppings
Dispatches from the nation’s birdwatching capital… by Seymore Thanu
Sandpiper winters on rocky coasts and jetties
all the way to Greenland. As the planet’s
northernmost wintering sandpiper, Some
North American breeders even winter in
Spitzbergen and Iceland.
On sandy beaches strollers are treated
to waves of Sanderling whose feeding antics
make it seem the birds are playing tag with the
waves. Wintering gulls, in assorted plumages
line the beach but you will search in vain for
Laughing Gull, our “summer gull.” These have
moved farther south.
This winter, cardinals, Blue Jays, and Redbellied
Woodpeckers add splashes of color to
the winter landscape at your feeders. But if all
your feeders attract are Carolina Chickadees,
you will be well served. Across winter woodlands
chickadees form the core of mixed feeding
flocks. Being attuned to the lively banter of
chickadees may lead you to a blizzard of birds.
The key to attracting a variety of species
to your feeders is to offer a diversity of food
types. Mixed seed, Black-oil Sunflower seed,
suet, raisons, and shelled peanuts are all relished.
Don’t forget the water. In winter, birds
still need to drink and bathe. A shallow tray
of water will attract birds even when feeders
do not. Robins are compulsive bathers, and
they winter here by the thousands, feasting on
holly berries. The raspberry headed birds at
your thistle feeder are probably House Finch.
Goldfinch, too relish thistle but don’t expect
brightly plumaged birds, in winter the state
bird is in drabber plumage.
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be enough to heal a fractured family
in time for Christmas?
A Celebration of Family & Love
In America’s First Seaside Resort.
Available October 10, 2023
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