![]() ![]() It’s now home to another tasty Greek-flavored breakfast spot, Goolee’s Grill. The place was home away from home for many. His daughter Irene kept at least 10 conversations going at once while dad whipped up comfort food. At First & Wilmington, George Vrentzos was happiest frying eggs, scrapple and gyro meat at his Corner Grille. After that, a(MUSE.) took over, and now it’s Theo’s. Made from scratch before your eyes, it doesn’t get any fresher than that.Ĭafé Solé on Baltimore Avenue served some of the best lunches I’ve had downtown. One of the go-to dining events at Café Azafran is Chef Richard’s reservations-only paella feast. ![]() Also on the ocean block of Baltimore Avenue was Ginger Breneman’s MIXX, and the Steele family’s Café Azafran is still there. Locals remember the sad story of the Camel’s Hump, which morphed into JAM, which recently moved south to the old Chez la Mer space. We also miss their Pickled Pig out on the highway, but the remaining pigs live on in Lewes as Pig & Publican. Which of course brings up another loss in that space: Pig & Fish Restaurant Company. No retrospective is complete without mentioning Wilmington Avenue’s Fusion, Ground Zero and Celsius, Stoney Lonen (now Aroma), and Sydney’s, a Creole and jazz joint just around the corner, owned by Sydney Arzt. He was also instrumental in helping to put O.C.’s Grove Market on the map. They reminded me of his popular Garden Gourmet restaurants in Ocean City and Rehoboth. I loved reading former Gazette wine columnist John McDonald’s articles. Google it!) And if my email inbox is to be believed, there will never be a replacement for Doris Lynch’s chicken & dumplings at the Captain’s Table out there on the Forgotten Mile. Who can forget La La Land, with its bubbles, hand-painted tablecloths, and sheet-draped bar manned every day – yes, every day – by master barkeep David Engel (now at Café Azafran)? Just slightly west of there, the late Nancy Wolfe Wayson’s bouillabaisse at Chez La Mer is still the stuff of legend. Thanks to her and so many others, my list of restaurant history is waaayyy longer than my allotted space on this page, but here’s a quick hit on some of the other fondly remembered local eateries. So much dining history here at the beach! And I’ve been blessed to learn so much from so many local notables, including one of my favorite people, the sadly late Trish Vernon, the original editor of this very Cape Gazette you’re reading now. But the “Beach Eats” tie-in is that his grandma Ruth was the founder and owner of the Dinner Bell Inn at the corner of Second and Christian streets in downtown Rehoboth Beach. At the tender age of 18, Butch had the distinction of being the youngest Realtor in Delaware. “What does a Realtor have to do with Beach Eats,” you might ask? (Please ask … or this all ends right here.)ĭelaware native Butch Emmert’s family has a long history here at the beach. Case in point: A short time ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing local Realtor and auctioneer Butch Emmert on my show. Well, surprise, surprise, the last 10 years of bringing you “Beach Eats” every week on the radio are no different. Everything from kind words and heartwarming compliments all the way to hordes of unruly peasants showing up at the Cape Gazette office with pitchforks and torches. I’ve written many times that it’s anybody’s guess as to what sort of nerve you’ll hit when writing a weekly column.
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