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FOOD & DRINK<br />
AN ALL-IMPROVED, EXPANDED AND, GASP!, ORGANIZED GUIDE TO THE FINEST TREATS IN TOWN<br />
FINE DINING<br />
A CA MIA<br />
A superb northern Italian restaurant on the Mall,<br />
where the menu is as alluring as the location itself<br />
– it’s the perfect people-watching spot as you dine<br />
al fresco. Try the smoked fish sampler, a wonderful<br />
appetizer, served with horseradish, mustard, sauce<br />
and roasted pepper. A Ca Mia recently expanded<br />
and now has a little market next door where you<br />
can buy gourmet cheese, salads and wines from<br />
the local Turdo vineyard and go on a beach picnic,<br />
even though you’re technically not supposed to do<br />
that. 524 Washington Street Mall. 884-6661.<br />
ALEATHEA’S<br />
This restaurant is found inside the Inn of Cape<br />
May, an imposing and intriguing off-white (it’s<br />
kinda purply-white) hotel that sits on the oceanfront<br />
at Ocean Street. The inn has a fascinating<br />
lobby with lots of knick-knacks for sale and a very<br />
cool little bar with a porch that’s fanned by the sea<br />
breeze. So make your reservation, turn up early,<br />
browse the lobby, sit at the bar and soak in the vibe<br />
from this classic old seaside hotel – the only thing<br />
that will make you think you’re living in this century<br />
is the food, which is excellent. Highlights include<br />
the crab and penne pomodori, the grilled flounder<br />
and the pork chop. 801 Beach Ave. 884-5555.<br />
BLACK DUCK<br />
Visit executive chef Christopher Hubert’s latest<br />
restaurant (his other is Union Park – see the other<br />
listing) and tuck in to the fresh local and global<br />
seafood in a cool and casual environment. It’s all<br />
white-painted woods and lots of plants – a perfect<br />
place to park yourself after a hot day on the beach.<br />
Chris calls the style “casual dining,” but that’s a<br />
tiny bit misleading. A good meal at the Black Duck<br />
is among the finest dining experiences in town.<br />
Everything is excellent. But for a change, try the<br />
PuPu Platter or the Raw Bar Tray – both serve<br />
two. There’s plenty of onsite parking and a nonsmoking<br />
dining room. BYOB. 1 Sunset Boulevard.<br />
898-0100.<br />
COPPER FISH<br />
A beautifully-designed restaurant, which is in only<br />
its second season. White leather chairs sit on polished<br />
dark wooden floors, and the walls are adorned<br />
with cool copper ornaments. (Sophisticates from<br />
New York, Philly and D.C. will approve.) There’s<br />
also a large brick fireplace to keep you nice and<br />
toasty during breezy fall nights. But forget that<br />
– right now it’s hot in the city, and Copper Fish<br />
is fanned by the breezes that come off the harbor.<br />
It sits on the bridge, just along from the Lobster<br />
House. The crab cakes are great, as is the Mojo<br />
Pork. Open Tue-Sun. 1246 Rt. 109, 898-0354.<br />
CUCINA ROSA<br />
NJ Monthly said that it’s the “best casual dining<br />
SWEETS, IT’S ALMOST<br />
LABOR DAY, CAN YOU<br />
BELIEVE THE SUMMER<br />
WENT BY SO FAST?<br />
PRETTY SOON IT’LL BE<br />
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR<br />
THE KIDS.<br />
in south Jersey,” but we think it’s a little on the<br />
fine side, too, especially when you consider a dish<br />
like tenderloin Tuscany, a 9-ounce filet mignon<br />
stuffed with Gorgonzola cheese, roasted red peppers,<br />
caramelized onions, then grilled medium.<br />
Like the taste? Go on their website and purchase<br />
Cucina Rosa’s specialty sauces and spices. Open six<br />
days for dinner from 5 pm, closed on Wednesday.<br />
BYO, but house table wine can be purchased by<br />
the bottle. 301 Washington 898-9800. www.<br />
cucinarosa.com.<br />
DANIEL’S<br />
Chef/Owner Harry Gleason’s restaurant was voted<br />
by The Food Network as one of the five best BYO<br />
restaurants in America and most recently took<br />
home the prestigious Five-Star Diamond award.<br />
The taste is modern American with some Asian<br />
and Caribbean thrown in, resulting in amazing<br />
fusions, sometimes made up right on the spot.<br />
Acclaimed dishes include the pan-seared diver<br />
scallops, macadamia-crusted lamb and sesameand-herb<br />
crusted mahi mahi. 416 S. Broadway.<br />
898-8770. www.danielscapemay.com.<br />
EBBITT ROOM<br />
Honored as one of only four restaurants in Cape<br />
May to win the Five-Star Diamond award (only<br />
YES, DARLING. I<br />
MET MR. RACINE<br />
LAST WEEK IN THE<br />
TEACHER’S LOUNGE.<br />
HE TOOK ME IN THE<br />
NEW CLASSROOM.<br />
I GIVE HIM AN “A.”<br />
10 were awarded in all of New York City!). Bring<br />
someone you want to impress to this spot at the<br />
Virginia Hotel. Chef Andy Carthy serves up superb<br />
dishes such as fennel-dusted local scallops and<br />
grass-fed veal T-bone. And the calamari is the best<br />
we’ve ever tasted. What more could you ask for?<br />
Philadelphia magazine calls it “easily the town’s<br />
most sophisticated eatery.” 25 Jackson St. 884-<br />
5700. www.virginiahotel.com<br />
410 BANK STREET<br />
Fresh from winning the internationally-recognized<br />
Five-Star Diamond award, this New<br />
Orleans French and Caribbean restaurant has<br />
received other props from several notable publications<br />
including New York Times, Fodor’s<br />
and New Jersey Monthly, who once again<br />
gave their “Best of the Best” award to the<br />
restaurant. Let chef Henry Sing Cheng whip<br />
you up New Orleans Voodoo Shrimp while you<br />
dine by candlelight or outside on the veranda.<br />
BYOB. Located, not so surprisingly, at 410<br />
Bank Street, 884-2127.<br />
FRESCOS<br />
Dining al fresco is so inviting you may want to<br />
eat out on the porch every time you visit this<br />
charming eatery, which shares the same own-