Sea Isle City Reflections

We locals on the Island of Sea Isle are spoiled by the fresh seafood that can be purchased almost year round. Mike’s Seafood located at 42nd and Park Ave. has the freshest seafood around. As the weather gets warmer, the tables start to show up on the outside deck at Mike’s. Soon there will be dining on the outside dock, and everyone will enjoy seafood cooked to order. Whether you are cooking yourself, ordering take out, or dining on the dock, Mike’s Seafood is the place to go.

Recently, I wrote up an article on my favorite places to eat in Sea Isle. I figured that people visiting Sea Isle City for the first time might be able to find the information useful. One of my favorite parts of any vacation is finding good places to eat, so I hope this guide can help make planning your trip a little bit easier.

Check out my article on The Top Places to Eat In Sea Isle City

We took freinds visiting from central N.J. to the “Gourmet” restaurant located off the parkway around mile marker 45. To get to it you have to go into the service station and exit to Jimmy Leads Road. You make a right on Jimmy Leads Road and go about two miles and the Gourmet is on the Left.

We have been eating there for several years and it is a great casual place to go to dine out. You can get sandwiches and salads, pizza, or fine dining meals. The food is always good and the prices are fair. We usually go for the salads, pizza’s, and sandwiches, but occasionally we will get a fine meal. The atmosphere is friendly, and the food is great. The one misconception the place has is that it is just an Italian Cuisine. The Italian food is very good, but it also have many other options to offer.

If you are a salad person, the ingredients are fresh and the portion is large. You get great value for your dollar. The next time you are traveling the Parkway, try the Gourmet located just a few miles east of the service station around mile marker 45.

I recently ate at the Bonefish Grill in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. on Fire Road. What a pleasant surprise. I had heard that it was owned by Outback, so I figured it was going to be a typical “chain” food restaurant. After eating there, I would highly recommend it. The first thing I noticed when you walked in was that it did not seem like a chain restaurant. The decor was very nice. It had a large bar for patrons to wait until their table was ready. Everything inside was upscale. I would not have thought it to be anything less than an individual restaurant.
My wife had one of the specials which was salmon with a cream sauce and spinach, while I had the scallops and shrimp in a creamy butter sauce. For an appetizer we shared the “Bang Bang” shrimp which was very good. We were too full to try dessert, but it looked incredible. Our bill came to $50.00 with each of us having a coctail w/dinner, and the food was excellent. I would highly recommend this everyone.

On Friday March 24, 2006, my wife and I went to a restauarant in Avalon called the Sea Grill. We have been going there for several years. The meals can be pricey, but we’ve always had good meals. Unfortunately, this was not the case. My wife had scallops w/bacon and horseradish sause, and they were extremely rubbery. I had flounder w/ mustard sauce, and it tasted dry and bland.
We both walked out of the restaurant very disappointed. We decided that it was the last time we would be going there. We do not mind spending the money if the meals are good, but for both of us not to like our meals, we’ve decided that the quality of the food has gone down.