Here are the results of the survey!

^{Made a new thread from here at mod request, to avoid the off-site link}

Best Full-Service Breakfast 

1. The Mad Batter
2. Uncle Bill's Pancake House
3. McGlades / Mel's Place (tie)

Best Quick-Stop Breakfast

1. Ostara’s Coffee House
2. Magic Brain Cafe / The Bagel Shop (tie)
3. Salty Acres Cafe

Best Full-Service Lunch

1. Lucky Bones
2. C-View
3. Tishas

Best Quick-Stop Lunch

1. Hot Dog Tommy's
2. Cam and Pucci's
3. Westside Market

Best Full-Service Dinner

1. Taco Caballito Tequileria
2. Freda's Cafe
3. 410 Bank Street / Mayer's Tavern (tie)

Best Quick-Stop Dinner

1. Quincy's Original Lobster Rolls
2. Cappy's Pizza
3. Cam and Pucci's / El Pueblo Taqueria (tie)

Best Dessert Spot

1. Fine Fellows Creamery
2. Peace Pie
3. Uncle Charley's Ice Cream

Best Kid-Friendly Spot

1. Mad Viking
2. McGlades
3. The Rusty Nail

Best Vegetarian / Vegan Spot

1. Taco Caballito Tequileria
2. Good Earth Organic Eatery

Best Happy Hour

1. The Rusty Nail
2. Lucky Bones
3. Hemmingway's

Best Pizza

1. Roman's
2. Cappy's
3. Mario's / Brother's II / Boiler Room / Panico's (tie)

Best Ice Cream

1. Fine Fellows Creamery
2. Uncle Charley's
3. Flecks

Best Burger (only 3 entries, so in no particular order)

• 5 West
• Rusty Nail
• C-View

Best Chinese Food (only 1 entry)

1. Dragon House

Best Sandwiches

1. Fish House
2. Cam and Pucci's
3. Erma Deli / Gaiss' Market (tie)

Best Bagel

1. The Bagel Shop
2. Coffee Tyme / Bagel Time (tie)

Best Breakfast Sandwich

1. Ostara’s Coffee House
2. The Bagel Shop / Bravado Coffee Cafe (tie)
3. Golden Stop / Coffee Tyme (tie)

Best Sushi (only 1 entry)

1. Yozu

Best Mexican / Latin American (all entries tied, so no particular order)

• Taqueria Casa Mia
• El Pueblo
• Taco Caballito Tequileria

Best Seafood

1. McGlades
2. Fish House
3. Fish & Fancy / Cape May Fish Market / Dockside Dave's / Blue Pig (tie)

Best Bakery/Patisserie

1. Chez Michel
2. Beach Plum
3. A Ca Mia / A Piece of Cake (tie)

Best Coffee Spot

1. Ostara’s Coffee House
2. Magic Brain / Coffee Tyme (tie)
3. Salty Acres Cafe

Best Cocktail Spot

1. Nauti Spirits / Brown Room (tie)
2. Taco Caballito Tequileria / Cricket Club (tie)
3. Oyster Bay

Best Brewery

1. Gusto Brewing Company / Cape May Brewing Company (tie)
2. Behr Brewing / Obscura Brewing (tie)
3. Slack Tide

Best Winery

1. Cape May Winery
2. Hawk Haven / Turdo (tie)
3. Willow Creek

Best Sports Bar

1. C-View
2. Red Brick Ale House / The Local Tavern (tie)

Best Taplist (only 3 entries, so in no particular order)

• Lucky Bones
• 5 West
• Ugly Mug

Best Mocktails (only 2 entries, so in no particular order)

• Bee's Knees
• The Ebbitt Room

Best Indoor / Rainy Day Activities

1. Cape Square
2. Washington Street Mall / Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum / Congress Hall (tie)

Best Outdoor Activities

1. Cape May County Zoo
2. Beach Plum Farm
3. Cape May Lighthouse

Best Nature Area

1. Cox Hall Creek WMA (Ponderlodge)
2. South Cape May Meadows Preserve
3. Higbee Beach / Cape May Lighthouse (tie)

Best Spots offering Niche Activities

1. Ostara’s Coffee House
2. Gusto Brewing / Behr Brewing / Congress Hall (tie)

Best Nightlife / Dancing (only 3 entries, so no particular order)

• Boiler Room
• Harpoons
• Taco Caballito Tequileria

Best Live Music

1. The Chalfonte
2. Rusty Nail / Obscura Brewing / King Edward's Bar (tie)

Most Unique / 'Can't Miss' Spots or Activities

1. Cape May County Zoo / Washington Street Mall / Sunset Beach (tie)
2. Rusty Nail (editor's note: really?)

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Original Post:

Greetings, neighbors. As discussed here, let's get another comprehensive list going of ALL the spots that we recommend to people looking to visit our little resort town this year... or perhaps even clue in some of our longtime residents to spots they might be unfamiliar with or operating on outdated info. This thread will hopefully get pinned for easy reference for potential visitors. If you care to see 2025's results, look here

On or about May 20th, I will edit this body with the tabulated results for each category, giving the Top 3 recommendations for places to go here in Cape May OR surrounding areas (definitely stay within Cape May County, but preferably within 10-15 miles). Big chains - Wawa, Dominos, Starbucks, etc. - will be discarded.

If you want to qualify your answers with some testimonials (i.e: "__________ is the best winery because their staff is top notch" or "________ is the greatest spot for breakfast, you have to try This or That") go for it; if it makes the cut I'll add in footnotes or otherwise annotate if it's particularly insightful. This may be more important for the final category: which places here in Cape May to avoid - overpriced, diminished quality, horrible wait times, etc. (Removed at mod request)

The form is set that all answers are optional, so if you have nothing to suggest for a category, you can just leave it blank and move on.