1. Rick's Seafood, 435 W Spruce Ave, North Wildwood, NJ 08260 (609)
729-9443. Great fresh seafood. We order (6 hours in advance) 50 little neck clams, 2 pounds of jumbo shrimp, and 2 pounds
of sea scallops in a butter garlic sauce (cost approx. $100 to serve approx. 10). Bring it home and pour it over 2 pounds
of cappellini. Don't forget the fresh Italian bread. Also, the steamed Alaskan king crab legs, Maryland blue crabs
coated with old bay or the seafood platters are a nice treat.
2.
Sunset Bay Cafe, www.sunsetbayrestaurant.com 400 W Spruce Ave, Wildwood, NJ 08260, (609) 523-0411. Great dinner in the $20-$30 per plate price range.
Sit on the deck and watch the sun set over the bay. Unbelievable. Also, call and find out when they have live
Caribbean music playing. You can sit in the beach sand, enjoy the music and cool drinks, while dining on bar food.
Kids are welcome and miniature golf and ice cream is next door.
3.
Morey's Surf Side Pier and Ocean Oasis Water Park. 25th and the Boardwalk, http://www.moreyspiers.com/s1.php?pid=21 The water park is great. They have a swim-up pool bar for adults only, a kiddie
area for young kids, drink and food service to your chairs, and tons of water slides. The Surf Side pier has roller
coasters, go karts and kids rides. Check it out. Plan to spend a full day at the water park. The ride pier
is a nice way to spend an evening. Buy your tickets by Easter to save money.
4. The Lobster House, www.thelobsterhouse.com , US 109 & Route 9, Cape May, NJ 08204, (609) 884-8296. A Fodor's rated restaurant. The seafood is great
and you can order lobster by the pound, up to 10 pounds. Despite seating approximately 500 people, the wait can easily
exceed two hours in the summer. Go early or during the week. If you have a short wait, sit on the boat tied-up
in the harbor behind the restaurant and enjoy appetizers and drinks. They also, have a take out menu and outside bar
area. Last, but not least, be sure to show the kids the lobster tanks in the area the sells fresh seafood (on your left
on the way into the main restaurant). The lobsters are in huge tanks. Each tank contains hundreds of lobsters
ranging in size from a few pounds to nearly 10 pounds. The kids will love it.
5. Flipflopz, 300 New Jersey Ave, Wildwood, NJ 08260, (609) 522-3350. Outdoor and indoor seating.
Family friendly. Great sports bar area upstairs for adults only.
6.
Crabcake Hotline. 100 E 24th Ave, North Wildwood, NJ , (609) 523-2400. Who needs to cook. These are
the best southern crab cakes you will ever eat. No filling all back fin chunks of crab. Huge baked potatoes coated with
sea salt. Yummy. Take out only.
7. Bicycle ride on
the boardwalk. Bicycles are permitted on the three-mile-long boardwalk until 11:00 a.m. Stop at the end in Wildwood
Crest for a drink, ice cream or an arcade. Then hurry home before 11:00 a.m.
8. Walk on the seawall. The concrete seawall starts at 2nd ave and JFK and continues
for almost three miles along Hereford Inlet. The vistas are amazing. Follow the seawall to FlipFlopz, Westy's
(music and food on the deck), Sunset Bay Café, or the Irish Festival.
9. Sunrise on the beach. Get up early and watch the sunrise. You won't be disappointed. If
you are staying at our 2nd avenue properties, just walk out on your deck.
10. Fireworks. Fireworks are set off over the boardwalk at 10:30 p.m. on Friday throughout the summer.
11. Russo's Market. 901 Ocean Ave, Wildwood, NJ 08260, (609) 729-9318.
A great corner store with fresh lunch meat, hoagies, and cheesteaks. Very friendly staff. They have cheese-steaks that
are as good as Tony Lukes. Not to mention the fresh hoagies and lunch meat that is cut right in front of you.
Delicious sandwiches, wraps, the MaMa Russo hoagie is fabulous. Homemade salads that are great. Fresh dougnut go fast in the
summer. A neighborhood convenience store. Only take out. It gets extremely busy lunch and dinner hours.
12. The Bagel Store. Located in the Superfresh Shopping Plaza at 24th
and the Bay. They make giant bagels fresh daily. Get there early or call ahead to avoid the lines. The Dollar
store and CVS is next door for sundry items.
13. Fishing. Try the Silver Bullet or go out on a charter boat from Rio Grande
Avenue in Wildwood. http://www.njfishing.com/Cape_May_Wildwood_Fishing.php