The Captain's Table Restaurant at the Coutyard Marriott must be one of Ocean City's best kept dining secrets, http://www.captainstableoc.com/. The service and food were absolutely fabulous! We put in a full day of sight seeing in inclement weather - nor'easter blew through and we were in the middle of it. We went to the Salisbury Zoo, Assateague Island, and Ocean Downs Casino - whew! We deserved a delicious meal.
If you're looking for a special treat, this is the place for a terrific evening out. With our drinks, our server brought out a bread basket with warm rolls and a small butter bowl. Hubby had the wedge salad and I enjoyed a Ceasar salad for starters. Hubby's broiled scallops were huge and delicious (yes, I scarfed one) swimming in butter. My crab cakes were cooked to perfection and I shared with hubby. Our sides were yummy - hubby had his usual baked potato and I enjoyed smoked salmon mashed potatoes.
The menu was a la carte with salads $8 to $9. Entrees ranged from $25 to $30 for seafood, $25 to $35 for beef, and $17 to $28 for poultry, lamb, and other. We decided on seafood for this meal because we planned to have a special steak dinner Sunday night.
The restaurant is on the second or third floor of the hotel, not right on the boardwalk. It's plush and you immediately know that you're in a place where they care about your dining experience. If you have a trip to Ocean City in your future, this restaurant is a nice splurge.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Acorn Market, 805 E Main Street, Salisbury, MD
Have you ever been to The Country House - a terrific shop that reminds me of a cross between The Apple Basket and Cecil's Country Store - you have to walk through it first one way and then the other because you will miss things if you only go through one way. Anyway, before or after your shopping spree, walk across the parking lot and indulge at the Acorn Market, http://www.theacornmarket.com/.
There is nothing on the menu that reaches $7.00 - okay, $6.99 tops. On the way to Ocean City a couple of weeks ago, hubby and I stopped at this place on the recommendation of a close friend. We had a late breakfast in Prince Frederick at a chain restaurant (I won't even comment) so we weren't very hungry but wanted to try the Acorn. We split a Pilgrim sandwich - roast turkey, cranberry sauce, lettuce on homemade stuffing bread. You would not believe the taste - it was fabulous - Thanksgiving in a sandwich. I knew hubby would want chips and said as much to the server at the counter (you place your order, pay for it, take a seat, and they bring it to you when ready). He asked what I would prefer and I told him grapes sounded good. He said that we could have both. Would you believe ... we each got our own serving tray with half a sandwich, hubby got chips and I got a huge bunch of luscious purple grapes, and we each had coffee and the bill was less than $10?!?!?!?!?!?! Gosh I wish this place were closer to where I live; I'd be there at least once a week.
You can choose to eat in the well decorated dining area or on the porch; we enjoyed the porch on the last gorgeous day before the nor'easter blew through. The Acorn Market has a limited, specialized, homemade menu of items including freshly baked goodies. Hubby and I eyed the bakery cabinet when we were ordering lunch and discussed getting something to take with us for dessert for our first night in Ocean City. While we were having lunch on the porch, I heard a customer who came in shortly after us ask the server to pack up everything in the bakery cabinet. Is that a testament to how delicious those homemade goodies were - somebody bought out the entire stock for the day. The server said that they didn't even have a spare anything sweet in the kitchen. He who hesitates is lost! Next time I won't hesitate.
There is nothing on the menu that reaches $7.00 - okay, $6.99 tops. On the way to Ocean City a couple of weeks ago, hubby and I stopped at this place on the recommendation of a close friend. We had a late breakfast in Prince Frederick at a chain restaurant (I won't even comment) so we weren't very hungry but wanted to try the Acorn. We split a Pilgrim sandwich - roast turkey, cranberry sauce, lettuce on homemade stuffing bread. You would not believe the taste - it was fabulous - Thanksgiving in a sandwich. I knew hubby would want chips and said as much to the server at the counter (you place your order, pay for it, take a seat, and they bring it to you when ready). He asked what I would prefer and I told him grapes sounded good. He said that we could have both. Would you believe ... we each got our own serving tray with half a sandwich, hubby got chips and I got a huge bunch of luscious purple grapes, and we each had coffee and the bill was less than $10?!?!?!?!?!?! Gosh I wish this place were closer to where I live; I'd be there at least once a week.
You can choose to eat in the well decorated dining area or on the porch; we enjoyed the porch on the last gorgeous day before the nor'easter blew through. The Acorn Market has a limited, specialized, homemade menu of items including freshly baked goodies. Hubby and I eyed the bakery cabinet when we were ordering lunch and discussed getting something to take with us for dessert for our first night in Ocean City. While we were having lunch on the porch, I heard a customer who came in shortly after us ask the server to pack up everything in the bakery cabinet. Is that a testament to how delicious those homemade goodies were - somebody bought out the entire stock for the day. The server said that they didn't even have a spare anything sweet in the kitchen. He who hesitates is lost! Next time I won't hesitate.
Sacred Heart Church dinner, 23080 Maddox Road, Bushwood, MD
What a glorious day for a church dinner on October 23rd! Making the rounds at church dinners has become a Southern Maryland sport. If you can only hit one fall dinner in 2012, this is the one (assuming it will be as good next year as it was in 2011).
First, you pay for your dinner and are then are seated at a long rectangular table with lots of other folks. A server takes your drink order - iced tea or coffee. You are then invited to go through the buffet line. Dinner is buffet style so everything you get is HOT (if it's supposed to be hot). The oysters were incredibly delicious as were the other items on the buffet - roast turkey with dressing, ham, parsley potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, green beans, cole slaw. Dinner rolls, beets, and a few other items are on the table so you help yourself during dinner. If you want seconds of anything, there are youngsters on standby to bring you smaller plates of whatever specialty you request. I had more oysters and slaw - the young may brought be close to a dozen oysters and a small bowl of slaw. Several folks at our table went back through the buffet line themselves - guess they wanted more of everything. Nobody raised an eyebrow and they thoroughly enjoyed their meal.
There were a couple of things about the buffet that I especially appreciated:
(1) As stated above, the food that's supposed to be hot was hot. (2) There were serving spoons or forks for each dish. (Sometimes at those family style dinners there aren't enough serving spoons and people use the forks they've been eating with to serve themselves more food from the community platter. I have issued with that.)
Put this dinner on your list. I will keep a watchful eye on my church bulletin and the local newspaper for announcement of this dinner. It is #1!
First, you pay for your dinner and are then are seated at a long rectangular table with lots of other folks. A server takes your drink order - iced tea or coffee. You are then invited to go through the buffet line. Dinner is buffet style so everything you get is HOT (if it's supposed to be hot). The oysters were incredibly delicious as were the other items on the buffet - roast turkey with dressing, ham, parsley potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, green beans, cole slaw. Dinner rolls, beets, and a few other items are on the table so you help yourself during dinner. If you want seconds of anything, there are youngsters on standby to bring you smaller plates of whatever specialty you request. I had more oysters and slaw - the young may brought be close to a dozen oysters and a small bowl of slaw. Several folks at our table went back through the buffet line themselves - guess they wanted more of everything. Nobody raised an eyebrow and they thoroughly enjoyed their meal.
There were a couple of things about the buffet that I especially appreciated:
(1) As stated above, the food that's supposed to be hot was hot. (2) There were serving spoons or forks for each dish. (Sometimes at those family style dinners there aren't enough serving spoons and people use the forks they've been eating with to serve themselves more food from the community platter. I have issued with that.)
Put this dinner on your list. I will keep a watchful eye on my church bulletin and the local newspaper for announcement of this dinner. It is #1!
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