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Bahia Marina OC’s Sportfishing Headquarters

24’ Pontoons

Judith M Deep Sea Charter Offering Daily Fishing Trips & Sunset Cruises 17’ Southern Skimmers

16’ Skiffs

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OC’s Largest Rental Fleet Large Selection 2015 of Tackle

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1 or 2 Person Kayak Rentals

Live, Fresh, or Frozen Bait for the bay, surf, or offshore.

Boats ranging from 25 ft to 50 ft

Fish for Bluefish, Shark, Tuna, Dolphin, Marlin, and more.

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Tackle Shop

410-289-7438

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American Legends® Medium $13.99

Build Your Own

Small Medium Large X-Large $12.49 $13.99 N/A N/A $1.89 $2.09

Large $16.99

$7.99 $9.99 Cheese Pizza Handmade Pan Pizza N/A $10.99 Additional Toppings $1.19 $1.59

X-Large $18.99 Honolulu Hawaiian

Open Late

Oven Baked Sandwiches

Feast® Pizzas

Medium $13.99 Large $16.99 X-Large $18.99

ExtravaganZZa Feast ®

American Favorite Feast ®

Deluxe Feast ®

MeatZZa Feast®

Loads of pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage, beef, fresh onions, fresh green peppers, fresh mushrooms and black olives, topped with extra cheese made with 100% real mozzarella.

Topped with pepperoni, Italian sausage, fresh green peppers, fresh mushrooms, fresh onions and cheese made with 100% mozzarella.

Ultimate Pepperoni Feast™ Made with two layers of pepperoni sandwiched between cheese made with 100% real mozzarella, Parmesan, Asiago, provolone and sprinkled with oregano.

Crust

Hand-Tossed

*Domino’s pizza made with a Gluten Free

Garlic-seasoned hand-tossed Crust is prepared in a common kitchen crust with a rich, buttery taste. with the risk of gluten exposure. Therefore,

Meats Pepperoni Italian Sausage Beef Salami Bacon Ham Chicken Steak

Veggies

Also Available

Black Olives Spinach Onions Fresh Mushrooms Green Pepper Roasted Red Pepper Pineapple Jalapeños Banana Peppers Tomatoes

Feta Cheese American Cheese Parmesan Cheese Provolone Cheese Cheddar Cheese Extra Cheese

Open Late

Artisan Pizzas

Serves 2

Bacon Cheeseburger Feast ® Smoked bacon, beef, cheeses made with 100% real mozzarella and topped with cheddar cheese.

Tuscan Salami & Roasted Veggie

Chicken & Bacon Cheeseburger

Italian Sausage & Pepper Trio

Spinach & Feta

Ideal proportions of salami, fresh baby spinach, fresh onions, roasted red peppers, banana peppers, and a dash of oregano, all over a garlic Parmesan sauce on an artisan-style crust.

Parmesan Asiago cheese and sliced Italian sausage complemented by a trio of fresh green peppers, banana peppers and roasted red peppers on an artisan-style crust, topped with a dash of oregano.

Pasta

Dominos Pasta

$8.99 each

Topped with pepperoni, Italian sausage, fresh mushrooms and cheese made with 100% real mozzarella.

Topped with pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage and beef topped with extra cheese made with 100% real mozzarella.

Domino’s DOES NOT recommend this pizza for customers with celiac disease. Customers with gluten sensitivities should exercise judgment in consuming this pizza.

Crunchy Thin Gluten Free Crust*

Topping

Sliced ham, smoked bacon, pineapple and roasted red peppers, cheeses made Pacific Veggie with 100% mozzarella and provolone Roasted red peppers, fresh baby spinach, fresh on a cheesy Parmesan Asiago crust. onions, fresh mushrooms, tomatoes, black olives, cheeses Memphis BBQ Chicken Fiery Hawaiian™ Grilled chicken breast, BBQ Sliced ham, smoked bacon, pineapple, made with 100% real mozzarella, feta and provolone, sprinkled with garlic sauce, fresh onions, cheeses roasted red peppers, hot sauce, made with 100% real mozzarella, herb seasoning on a cheesy Parmesan jalapeños, cheeses made with 100% Wisconsin 6 Cheese provolone and cheddar on a Asiago crust. real mozzarella and provolone on a Cheese made with 100% cheesy cheddar crust. cheesy Parmesan Asiago crust. real mozzarella, feta, provocheddar, Parmesan and Cali Chicken Bacon Ranch™ lone, Buffalo Chicken Philly Cheese Steak $1 extra Asiago cheeses, sprinkled Grilled chicken breast, white sauce, Grilled chicken breast, hot sauce Tender slices of steak, fresh onions, with oregano on a cheesy smoked bacon, tomatoes, cheeses and fresh onions with provolone, fresh green peppers and fresh Parmesan Asiago crust. made with 100% real mozzarella and American and cheddar cheeses mushrooms with provolone and provolone on a cheesy provolone on a cheesy cheddar crust.

American cheeses on a cheesy crust. provolone crust.

Cheesy crusts are not available on thin crusts.

An inspired blend of our robust marinara and Alfredo sauce, grilled chicken breast, smoked bacon, cheese, diced tomatoes and a dash of oregano on an artisan-style crust.

Alfredo sauce, feta and Parmesan Asiago cheeses, fresh baby spinach and fresh onion toppings. All balanced and baked to perfection on an artisan-style crust.

Oven Baked Sandwiches

Sides & More!

Stuffed Cheesy Bread

$6.99 each

Mediterranean Veggie

Sweet & Spicy Chicken Habanero

Philly Cheese Steak

Chicken Bacon Ranch

Roasted red peppers, banana peppers, diced tomatoes, fresh baby spinach, fresh onion, Feta, provolone and American cheese.

Tender slices of steak, American and provolone cheeses, fresh onions, fresh green peppers and fresh mushrooms.

Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese Grilled chicken breast, creamy blue cheese sauce, fresh onions, hot sauce, cheddar and provolone cheeses.

Italian

Pepperoni, salami and ham topped with banana peppers, fresh green peppers, fresh onions and provolone cheese.

Italian Sausage & Peppers

Sliced Italian sausage, roasted red peppers, fresh green peppers, banana peppers, fresh onions, provolone cheese and tomato basil marinara.

Grilled chicken breast, pineapple, jalapeños, sweet mango Habanero sauce, provolone and cheddar cheeses.

Grilled chicken breast, smoked bacon, creamy ranch and provolone cheese.

Chicken Parm

Grilled chicken breast, tomato basil marinara, Parmesan Asiago and provolone cheese.

Beverages Coca-Cola,® Diet Coke,® ® Sprite,®Barq’s Root-beer, Dasani Water® 20oz bottle $1.89 2 liter bottle $2.89 Flavors may vary by location.

Open Late Wings Open Late Italian Sausage Marinara

Penne pasta baked in a zesty tomato basil marinara sauce with Italian sausage, a blend of Italian seasoning and provolone cheese.

Chicken Alfredo

Grilled chicken breast and Alfredo sauce mixed with penne pasta and baked to cream perfection.

Chicken Carbonara

Grilled chicken breast, smoked bacon, fresh onions and fresh mushrooms mixed with penne pasta and baked to perfection with creamy Alfredo sauce.

Pasta Premavera

Fresh spinach, diced tomatoes, fresh mushrooms and fresh onions, mixed with penne pasta and baked with a creamy Alfredo sauce.

Build Your Own Dominos Penne Pasta Choose a sauce and up to 3 ingredients from more than a dozen meat or vegetable toppings.

Available with a bread bowl for $1 more.

Specialty Chicken

Oven baked breadsticks stuffed with cheese and covered in a blend of cheese made with 100% mozzarella and cheddar. Seasoned with a sprinkling of garlic, parsley and Romano cheese. Try all 3: Cheese only, spinach & Feta, or Bacon & Jalapeño. 8 pieces of delicious, cheesy indulgence! $5.99

Wings

Marinated and oven baked, then sauced with your choice of Hot, Sweet Mango Habanero or BBQ sauce. 8 for $6.99 14 for $10.00 40 for $26.99

Boneless Chicken

Lightly breaded with savory herbs, made with 100% whole white breast meat. Customize with your choice of dipping sauce. 8 for $6.99 14 for $10.00 40 for $36.99

Parmesan Bread Bites

Breadsticks

Oven baked, bite size breadsticks lightly sprinkled with Parmesan Asiago cheese and seasoned with garlic and more Parmesan.

16 piece $2.99 32- piece $5.00

Breadsticks baked to a golden brown, Cinna Stix Oven baked breadsticks sprinkled with seasoned with a savory blend of garlic, Romano cheese and parsley. Served with cinnamon and sugar. Served with a side of sweet icing. 8 per order $4.49 a side of marinara. 8 per order $3.99

Oven Fresh Pizza

Open Late

Classic Hot Buffalo

Tender bites of lightly breaded, 100% whole breast white meat chicken, topped A delicious combination of toppings, sauces and cheese layered over 12 tender with classic hot buffalo sauce, ranch, a blend of cheese made with mozzarella, cheddar, and Feta. bites of lightly breaded, 100% whole breast white meat chicken. $5.99 each Sweet BBQ Bacon Tender bites of lightly breaded, 100% whole breast white meat chicken, topped Crispy Bacon & Tomato with sweet and smoky BBQ sauce, a blend of cheese made with mozzarella, Tender bites of lightly breaded, cheddar and crispy bacon.

100% whole breast white meat Chocolate Covered Lava Crunch Cakes chicken topped with garlic Oven baked chocolate cakes, crunchy on the outside Parmesan white sauce, a blend with warm molten chocolate fudge on the inside. of cheese made with mozzarella Enjoy an order of 2 for just $3.99. and cheddar, crispy bacon and tomato.

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Spicy Jalapeño Pineapple

Tender bites of lightly breaded, 100% whole breast white meat chicken topped with sweet and spicy mango-habanero sauce, a blend of cheese made with mozzarella and cheddar, jalapeño and pineapple.

104 64th St. Coastal Highway

410-723-5400

11121 Ocean Gateway, Berlin

410-641-6900

Inside Ocean City Publisher Sandy Phillips Editors Susan Jones Lou Ann Davis Sales Andrea Bounds Creative Farin Phillips Director of Photography Kyle Hughes, Next Wave Studios Contributing Photography Town of Ocean City

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Kyle Hughes, Andrea Bounds, Sandy Phillips, and Farin Phillips

an you feel the excitement? You’re in Maryland’s world famous beach resort! Over nine miles of pristine beaches await your toes. Yet there is so much more to see and do. The bayside of the island offers an array of watersports, including jet skis, catamarans, paddleboards, bottom fishing and more. There are amazing restaurants, fun places for the whole family and adventures just a shells toss from the island. To find out more, just turn the pages of this book.

It’s going to be a great vacation!

On behalf of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association and the staff of Inside Ocean City, let the fun begin!

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For Advertising Information Inside Ocean City (410)726-7334 grandlivingmag@verizon.net Inside Ocean City is an annual publication, circulated throughout Ocean City, Maryland, published by Grand Living Magazine, LLC. It is an annual fundraiser for the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association.

Inside Ocean City is protected under trademark registration. No portion, in whole or part, of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means; electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the Publisher. Copyright 2015 ©, Grand Living Magazine, LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in China.

Content in Inside Ocean City is intended to provide information only. While the company makes every effort to ensure that all information presented is correct, we do not make any representations or warranties as to claims made by advertisers in this publication. Neither Grand Living Magazine LLC, Inside Ocean City or its staff are responsible for omissions or information that has been misrepresented to the publisher.

Welcome to Ocean City!

Visitors Note: This image was taken during a guard supervised swim, for your safety, please do not swim under the pier.

The Numbers Emergency Services : 911

AAA Emergency Road Service - 800-222-4357 Alcoholics Anonymous - 410-219-2117 Animal Control - 410-723-6649 Atlantic General Hospital - 410-641-1100 Beach Patrol - 410-289 -7556 Cape May Lewes Ferry - 800-64-FERRY City Hall - 410-289-8221 Coast Guard - 410-289-7559 Convention Center, 40th St. - 410-289-2800 District Court, 65th St. - 410-723-6935 Fire Dept. Headquarters, 15th St. - 410-289-4346 Greyhound/Carolina Trailways Buses - 800-231-2222 Hotel/Motel/Restaurant Assoc. - 410-289-6733 Library, 100th St. - 410-524-1818 Lost and Found (Police Dept.) - 410-723-6611 Marine Natural Resources Police - 410-548-7070 Maryland State Police - 410- 641-3101 Ocean City Animal Hospital -410-213-1170 Ocean City Municipal Airport - 410-213-2471 Ocean City Surfing Beaches - 410-289-7556 Peninsula Regional Medical Center - 410-546-6400 Salisbury - 410-546-6400 Police Dept., 65th St. - 410-723-6610 Recreation and Parks, 125th St. - 410-250-0125 Ticketmaster Toll Free - (800) 551-SEAT Visitor Information, 40th St. - 410-289-2800 Western Union - 800-325-6000 Worcester County Animal Control -410-632-1342

Lost or Stolen Credit Cards Discover - 800-347-2683 Master Card - 800-826-2181 Visa - 800-336-8472

Lost or Stolen Travelers Checks Am. Ex. - 800-528-4800 Mastercard - 800-223-7373 Travelers Cheque - 800-645-6556 Visa - 800-227-6811

The Trail Of The Whispering Giants The Whispering Giants are a collection of sculptures by Hungarian born artist, Peter Toth. In September of 1976, the artist gifted a statue to the town and currently, it keeps a watchful eye over the Ocean City Inlet. Standing at 20 foot tall, this statue, made of oak, resembles the Assateague Indians who occupied the Island until the mid-1700’s.

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Publishers Welcome Important Numbers Public Transportation Map Beyond The Beach What's New Must Haves Watersports Family Fun Rainy Day Activities Bayside Boat Rentals Four Legged Visitors Beach Safety Fishing 74 Do You Need A License?

76 Fish Identification 77 Fish Stories & Keepers Shopping Live At The Beach!

Golf History & Culture OC's Culinarians Dine Fresh Dining With The Kids?

Tipping In The Resort North Ocean City West Ocean City Happy Hour Nightlife Mixology Beach Weddings Outtakes Index

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42 Frontier Town Western Theme Park & Campground

56 OCBP Captain, Butch Arbin

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112 Brass Balls Saloon Celebrating 35 Years

Assateague Island National Seashore

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Why The Eastern Shore Of Maryland Is A Craft Beer Destination

160 Why Beer Certification Is Coming To Ocean City.

Duffy's Tavern Celebrating 30 Years

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• X-Ray Lab Orthopedic Supplies Pediatric To Adult Care Open Year Round No Appointment Needed

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Insurance Accepted

410-213-0119

12547 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City

URGENT CARE Superior Care In A Warm Environment

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Public Transportation The Boardwalk Tram Traveling from the Inlet to the North Station on 27th Street, the boardwalk tram will stop at most any location along the route to load or discharge passengers. This half hour ride traverses the entire boardwalk and offers a beautiful view of the beach, ocean and the boardwalk experience.

Tram fare is $3.00 per person, per boarding, one way ride. Discount fare punch cards are available for a fee of $20 for 8 rides, and are available at either the Tram Station or from a Tram Conductor.

The unlimited ride passes, at a cost of $6, allow a passenger to get on and off the Boardwalk tram as much as they like between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. Unfortunately, the unlimited ride pass is not available during Springfest, Sunfest, OC Air Show weekend, July 4th weekend or Labor Day weekend. Unlimited ride passes are available at both the Tram Stations and from the Conductor.

Please note: The tram operation is subject to prevailing weather conditions. See the station operators or call 410-289-5311 or 410-723-1606 for additional information.

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Coastal Highway Transit—Ride the B Take a ride on Ocean City’s municipal buses that travel along Coastal Highway. Our buses are safe, clean, reliable, and convenient. A $3 RideAll-Day pass allows you to ride from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. the next morning. Don’t forget, with your pass, you can transfer to one of our Park & Ride buses at no additional cost and go to beautiful West Ocean City.

All Ocean City buses are handicap accessible. If a vehicle lift/ramp and securement area can accommodate a mobility device, Ocean City Transportation will transport the device and user.

Free: Children 42 inches in height and under, ADA Certified Disabled card holders and Ocean City Resident Senior Bus Pass holders.

Proof of eligibility may be required.

(Fees & schedules are subject to change.)

Winter

Dates for 2015

Days

Times

Frequency

Oct. 26 - April 2

Sun. - Thur.

6:20 am - 11:35 pm 11:40 pm -6:15 am 6:00 am -6:00 am

Every 40 min.

NO SERVICE Every 30 min.

Daily

6:00 am - 10:00 pm 10:00 pm - 6:00 am

Every 15 min.

Every 30 min.

Daily

6:00 am - 3:00 am 3:00 am - 6:00 am

Every 10 min.

Every 20 min.

Fri. & Sat. Spring

April 3 - May 21

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Beyond the Beach Public Parks

Recreation Facilities

Public Boat Ramps

Inlet Park: Southernmost park with viewing binoculars and informational signs. Ocean City's time capsule is located here.

Downtown Recreation Complex: 3rd St., bayside. basketball courts, ballfields, skate park, (in-line skating and skateboarding), 2 tennis courts, playground equipment, area for bay fishing.

Robin Park: 28th St., landscaped open space with playground equipment.

OC Tennis Center: 61st St., lighted tennis courts, 6 premier courts, 3 Lee Fast-Dry clay courts.

Little Salisbury: 94th St. Park, bayside, next to the Art League building. Tennis courts, playground, basketball court, dog playground.

Jamestown Park: Landscaped promenade off 116th St., bayside.

Northside Park: 125th St, bayside. Fifty-eight acres with lighted ball fields, fishing lagoon, ADA accessible playground, picnic area, two piers, jogging paths, sports fields, indoor gymnasium.

Gorman Park: Derrickson Ave. at 136th St., bayside.

Tennis court, racquetball court, playground and picnic shelter.

Fiesta Park: Off 141 St., wooded park with nature trails and picnic area.

North Surf Park: Laurel Rd., bayside, turn left off 142nd St., open space for picnics with tot lot.

Sunset Park: S. Division St., bayside promenade with views of the bay and Assategue.

For complete information, contact the Recreation and Parks Office: 410-250-0125.

For sports enthusiasts, the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department operates a variety of activities to keep fit and have fun.

Assateague Island Park, Rt. 611 at Assateague Island Bridge Gum Point Road off Rt. 589, West Ocean City OC Commercial Harbor, 12806 Sunset Ave., West Ocean City

(This may not be a complete listing.)

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Tennis: Courts are located bayside at: 3rd St., 61st St., 94th St., and 136th St. For more information, or to reserve a tennis court, call 410-524-8337, in season.

Racquetball: One 3-wall court, 136th St., Gorman Park, bayside.

Skate Park: 3rd St. & St. Louis Ave, Open year-round.

Call 410-289-2695.

Basketball: Courts are located at 4th St. & St. Louis Ave; 94th St., bayside; 125th St., bayside (indoor).

Volleyball: Volleyball nets will be set up on the beach for summer. Open to everyone at no charge. Nets are available at the Inlet, 2nd St., 4th St., 5th St., 7th St., 9th St., and 11th St., and 10 courts at Dorchester Street.

Golf: Eagle's Landing off Rt. 611. 410-213-7277.

Other sports facilities are available. Certain fees and restrictions may apply. Please call 410-250-0125 for details.

Public Fishing Piers

Inlet Park, Downtown Ocean City at OC Inlet 3rd St. Pier, bayside 9th St. Pier, bayside Northside Park, 125th St., bayside

Candy Kitchen

Over 75 Years of Sweetness

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andy Kitchen has been making homemade salt water taffy, creamy fudge, and hand-dipped chocolates since 1937. Family owned and operated, Candy Kitchen has passed down original recipes from generation to generation using only the finest ingredients. Over the years, Candy Kitchen has expanded their product line to offer custom packaging, great gifts for all occasions, plush toys and novelties.

Candy Kitchen has 20 convenient locations throughout the beaches of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Enjoy chocolate covered strawberries and make-your-own sundaes during the summer season at several locations. Come visit one of their stores or shop online and see why Candy Kitchen has been the “Sweetest Place at the Beach� for over 75 years!

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Ocean City Locations Somerset & Boardwalk Dorchester & Boardwalk 2nd St. & Boardwalk 6th St. & Boardwalk 9th St. & Boardwalk 22nd St. & Philadelphia Ave. 28th St. & Philadelphia Ave. 53rd St. & Coastal Highway 64th St. & Coastal Highway 93rd St. & Coastal Highway Gold Coast Mall Coming Soon!

123rd St. & Coastal Highway Additional Locations Fenwick Island, DE Bethany Beach, DE Rehoboth Beach, DE Virginia Beach, VA

Corporate Office:

410-524-6002

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What’s New?

Looking For An Adrenaline Fix?

Insider Notes During the past summer, Paradise Watersports patrons were treated to a humpback sighting. The playful whale breached within 50 feet of the boat! What an exciting Parasail trip!

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Tourism supports 13,408 jobs in Worcester County, generates 15 billion in Maryland visitor spending and 401.3 million in tourism Maryland sales tax revenue.

Now You Can Fly & Surf the Air!

ooking for something new and totally different to do on your Ocean City vacation? Then get ready for the Jetovator or the HoverBoard. Check out the latest in watersports activities in town.

Now you can fly, and things look different from up in the air. OC Jetovator and its certified flight instructors can get you in the air quickly. They have flown hundreds of people from 15 to 85 years of age, both woman and men. And what a feeling when you break the surface of the water and start flying, it's like no other Watersport!

OC Jetovator is committed to bringing state of the art watersports activities to Ocean City and in keeping to that commitment, for 2015, we are also offering the HoverBoard by Zappta Racing. It's an amazing ride when your get as close as you can to surfing the air!

The future is right here in Ocean City, brought to you by OC Jetovator.

Call 410-524-0209 to schedule your rides now.

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Long & Foster Real Estate was founded in 1968 and has grown to be the largest independent real estate company in the nation. It is still family owned!

WOCM, aka Ocean 98, is one of only 10 independently owned commercial radio stations in the U.S.

Odyssea Watersports uses an average of 133 gallons of oil and 33,250 gallons of gas, each season, in their jetskis.

The Delmarva Shorebirds head Grounds Keeper mows, on average, the equivalent of 150 acres per year.

“Where Life is Good!”

Meet Me at Macky’s Where life is good!

Bayfront restaurant

Enjoy dining right on the bay!

Fresh Fish Daily, Crab Cakes, Certified Angus Beef, Baby Back Ribs, Pasta, plus all your Eastern Shore Favorites!

Serving Lunch, Dinner & Late Night Fare

• Full Carry-Out Menu

• Children’s Menu Available

On the Bay at 54th Street (Behind Chauncey’s Surf-O-Rama)

410-723-5565 www.mackys.com

“You had me at hello...”

21111 Arrington Drive | Selbyville, DE | 302.436.0808 Brandywine Senior Living has Locations throughout NJ, PA, DE, CT, NY

www.Brandycare.com • 1-877-4BRANDY Relax...We’re here.

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Must Have...

No Ocean City vacation is complete without...

Kidz & Petz Nanny

Special Advertising Section

-Daily, Weekly, Overnight -Date Night & Vacation Care -Child Care for Groups at Parties -Wedding, Party Assistance & More -Transport to Schools, -Sports, Vet’s & Groomers -House Sitting, Plant Care, -Daily Exercise & Errands too!

Vanishing Ocean City

Professional Veterinary Assistant ECE First Aid & CPR Certified Bonded

443.497.0261 Ocean City Coupon Book

OceanCity $10

This high-quality coffee table book will take you on an insightful tour of the

Ocean City of decades past. Featuring hundreds of historic photos as well as memories of Ocean City’s natives and locals. Vanishing Ocean City is a “Must Have” for anyone that has ever fallen in love with Maryland’s famous beach resort.

Revisit the old restaurants and vanished hotels, relive summer nights on the boardwalk and days relaxing on the beach, even fishing on the ocean or bay. Learn about the storms and fires that changed the town forever. Recall your own special Ocean City memories as you look back.

Get your copy today at VanishingOceanCity.com or throughout Ocean City at select retailers. Supply is limited.

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T/M 154 Pages

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2015 Dine & Fun Discount Coupon Book

T he Ocean City Coupon Book is filled with 137 coupons offering big savings at many popular restaurants, children’s activities, fishing, nightlife and golf courses in Ocean City. The Ocean City Coupon Book is the secret to savings for tens of thousands of families every year. Now you too can save hundreds of dollars too! Books sold at: Denny's, Pickles Pub, Convention Center, Ocean City. At the OC Chamber of Commerce in West Ocean City and A Bagel And in Ocean Pines.

www.oc-coupon.com

410-251-8888

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essica’s Fudge House has been an Ocean City “must-have” for close to 40 years. With more than 25 flavors made by hand in our store daily, there is something for everyone. And for those rare kids, of any age, that are not into fudge, there are hand-dipped strawberries, bananas, apples, blueberries & even bacon!!

720 S. Boardwalk (next to the Haunted House)

410-289-4100

jessicasfudge.com

Candy Kitchen

410-524-6002

Taffy Special: Buy 3 Boxes Get 1 Box Free!

Fudge Special: Buy 2 lbs. Get 1 lb. Free!

Coming Soon 123rd St. & Coastal Highway

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herish your beach memories for years with a keepsake photo from Next Wave Studios. Photographer Kyle Hughes is an expert in beach portraiture for families, children and seniors. Portraits booking daily.

410-430-2208

Somerset & Boardwalk 22nd St. & Philadelphia Ave. Dorchester & Boardwalk 28th St. & Philadelphia Ave. 2nd St. & Boardwalk 64th St. & Coastal Highway 6th St. & Boardwalk 93rd St. & Coastal Highway 9th St. & Boardwalk Gold Coast Mall 53rd St. & Coastal Highway Inside Ocean City

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Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain, Butch Arbin getting the “winning team� love from his staff.

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cean City offers so many ways to enjoy the water, from our pristine beaches to the thrill of the watersports, there are numerous ways to make your own waves. You can rent powerboats, waverunners, paddleboards, kayaks, wind surfers and of course surfboards. You can deep sea fish, small boat fish, or just rent a boat to relax on the water. It’s simple… just call a marina!

OC’s marinas have everything you need from bait, to rods and tackle, to sunblock and cold beer. All charter boats are licensed and certified by the Coast Guard, and our captains practice conservation. They will share not only helpful fishing advice, but will take time to share a special moment, such as a whale or dolphin sightings. Boats have different specialties, so check the docks and find out what’s biting and who’s catching, then cast off and have fun!

Miles of beautiful estuaries, calm waters and an abundance of wildlife lie just west of Ocean City. Kayak tours are available almost any time of year, weather permitting, and are a wonderful way to explore the quieter side of the resort. Many outfitters staff Naturalist that are well versed on local flora and fauna. Guided tours are not only fun but educational as well. Some tours take you to Assateague Island, a nearby barrier island, where you can view the world famous ponies in their island habitat. Get an up close look at local aquatic life, while netting for small fish. It’s a hands on experience, no touch tank can match!

Brought to you by Odyssea Watersports

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addle at your leisure, paddle to strengthen your core, paddle to see Ocean City from a totally different perspective. SUPS are easy to ride and easy to maneuver. It’s an OC experience you won’t forget!

5003 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD (50th St. Bayside)

Odyssea Watersports

410-723-4227

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Odyssea Watersports Family Fun on the Water

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dyssea Watersports has been the #1 rated jet ski rental in Ocean City, for more than 18 years! They offer a very reputable and highly trained staff at all of their locations.

Family owned and operated, they know the challenges of traveling with children and can make your water adventure fun for all. They’ve made lots of friends over the years and often know repeat visitors by name. Visit Odyssea and become part of the family. They are here to make your vacation more relaxing, more enjoyable, and more affordable.

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www.odysseawatersports.com

Odyssea Watersports What makes us different?

• Customer Service • Safe & Friendly Staff • Parents can take turns • Private beach • Board & exit from the beach • Can view riding area from beach • Beach toys for children • T-shirts & photos • Drinks & ice cream • Fresh water shower

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Call Now! 410-723-4227

Purchase Your Discounted Tickets Online!

5003 Coastal Highway, Bayside, Ocean City

410-723-4227

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Frontier Town

Western Theme Park & Campground I n the 1960s, when classic television shows like Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and The Lone Ranger were popular, Frontier Town was born and it brought the magic of those shows to life. For local families, taking the kids to Frontier Town was and still remains a “rite of passage.” The park has been delighting kids and families since 1960. While over the years they have evolved to add the Campground, Water Park, & High Ropes Adventure Park, the components that made the original Frontier Town a huge success in the 1960s still remain in place. These staples offer parents a chance to show their kids where some of their first childhood memories were made, all while creating new ones for the next generation. It seems Frontier Town moments are indelibly etched into your memory...I have never found anyone who has been, that doesn’t recount their ride on the stagecoach, and the “hold-up” by gun slingin' thieves, or being the kid on the real steam train who is asked to hide the gold. It’s wholesome fun that you just can’t find anywhere else.

There are real cowboys (yes, some are from the National Rodeo Association or National Federation of Professional Bull Riders), Can Can girls, and western actors that bring the Western Theme Park to life. The replica town, circa 1880, offers a taste of the west that helped shape America, and it’s just minutes from Ocean City. Enjoy the western shows and gunfight at “OK Corral,” feel the earth-pounding as the Cherokees perform their ceremonial dances, and after your rootin’ tootin’ good time, chow down in one of the town’s old fashioned eateries. There’s something for everyone’s dining pleasure.

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Images of Today's Park But wait, there’s more...so much more. Today’s Frontier Town offers a Water Park that will have you shakin' off that old town dust in no time. Experience the thrill of their triple lane water slide, relax on the lazy river, do a little tubin’ on the flumes, or splash around with the youngins' in the family activity pool. It’s more family fun, with the water element, that will cool off your summer day. There are bathhouses where you can don your bathing suit and even more eats while you relax around the pool. Once you're cooled off, head to the High Ropes Adventure Park, located right between the Water Park and Western Theme Park. Three high ropes courses suspended throughout the forest offer 47 obstacles to conquer, and over 1,200 feet of exhilarating zip lines. Again, with family in mind, each person chooses his or her own degree of difficulty. Experienced course monitors make the experience enjoyable and safe, so grab your harness 'n hard hat and climb on up!

With so much to do, including an 18 hole mini-golf course we haven’t even mentioned until now, the park needed a place for people to spend the night so they would be fresh for another full day of adventure...and so a western themed Campground was born. It too is complete with authentic covered wagons for the kids to bunk in! Details, details, it’s all here. We could just go on and on about all you need to see and experience. There’s more than a day's worth of things to do at Frontier Town, so if that's all you allowed for, you’ll just have to go back!

Did we menton the mine shaft? Panning for gold? The pulled pork sandwiches? How the lazy river, just goes on and on…

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hen the kids are ready for a break from the beach, you will find Ocean City offers a wealth of exciting activities the whole family can enjoy.

From kiddie rides and games to Ziplines and Parasails, there truly is something for everyone.

For the kid in all of us, the water parks offer daylong spills and thrills, as well as safe and fun play areas for the “little” visitors.

Are you ready to dry off and shake the sand from your shoes? There are go-karts and mini golf, laser tag and paintball. Adventure awaits on the Pirate Ships, at a Wild West Show or even at the Discovery Center.

Explore another side of O.C. on a nature cruise or bird watch along the Pocomoke River. Visit the wild ponies of Assateague or slip over to the Salisbury Zoo. Whale and dolphin watching are year-round treats and you might catch a glimpse on a thrilling speed boat ride!

Looking for more of a birds’ eye view? Fly high on a helicopter ride or soar through the air on a parasail. When you’ve seen all the things you can do from a higher perspective, you’ll have your next outing already planned.

Take time to explore O.C.’s world famous Boardwalk, where there are surrey bikes, segways and train rides, haunted houses, museums, carnival games, arcades, kiddie and thrill rides. A stroll or a run are much more pleasant with the Atlantic Ocean nearby. You will find beach gear, unique gifts and wonderful items found only in Ocean City.

For the budget conscious, Ocean City offers free events, including movies on the beach, family beach Olympics, laser show, fireworks and “Sundaes in the Park.” You can visit the weigh-in of a fishing tournament; not only the world-famous White Marlin Open, but you can often find smaller crowds at the weigh-in of the Shark and Tuna tournaments. These events draw scientists, whom you can often meet personally and learn first-hand about the big fish of the sea. For more information on these and more free events, visit www.ococean. com.

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The Largest Scooter Store in Ocean City

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Ocean City Life-Saving Museum

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t the south end of Ocean City’s boardwalk sits one of the oldest buildings in town, the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum. Built in 1891, the building once housed the U.S. Life-Saving Service and later the Coast Guard. Today it’s the home to an array of interesting exhibits documenting local history.

There is a “Boat Room” that echoes the original purpose of the building, complete with photos and artifacts from the era. There is an exhibit with information on the great storms that have shaped the town into the community that it is today and a bit about the local waterman and their life during those times.

The “Aquarium Room” houses several local marine species, including seahorses, flounder, horseshoe crabs and more. There is even an Aquarium Feeding Program during the months of July and August which is a wonderful experience for the entire family.

Be sure to call ahead, groups meet at the nearby tram station to begin the adventure.

Visit the “Boardwalk Room” to step back in time and explore the treasures of the

See beach sand from all over the world!

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boardwalk past. Here you will find easily recognized boardwalk icons from their earlier days, like Trimper’s Rides and Dolle’s Candyland. You can also see an old boardwalk rolling chair of the 1920’s and vintage icons of an era gone by, like Laughing Sal from the old Fun House on Worcester Street and Bruno, the bulldog that would dart out from his house providing a scare to those who would walk too close, all in good fun of course.

Other areas of the museum house exhibits from a variety of topics that are all reflective of the heart and soul of Ocean City. You will even find a collection of artifacts recovered from offshore wrecks like the African Queen and the Andrea Doria.

Be sure to see the interesting exhibit of “sand.” The collection includes samples from all over the world offering a bird’s eye view of how unique beaches really are.

For more information, a calendar of events, tickets and more, visit ocmuseum.org. or via phone at 410-289-4991.

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2 Hour Wristband RIDE ALL RIDES Sold 10 am - 9:30 pm In Season

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hatever you can imagine, we can make it happen. Whether it is a day of fishing and crabbing or wake surfing, and touring Worcester County’s beautiful coastline... we do it all! Captain Jeff Hurley is an Ocean City native with over forty years of experience navigating Maryland’s coastal bays and the Atlantic Ocean. A life-long fisherman, surfer and outdoor enthusiast, he knows the Delmarva area better than anyone. Spend an unforgettable day on the water with us.

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Smith Island Cruises A Great Way To Spend the Day!

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Smith Island Cruise is a fun and inexpensive way to explore Maryland's last frontier, Smith Island.

It’s also the home of the Maryland State Dessert, the famous Smith Island Layer Cake. So much to explore; museums, gift shops, restaurants and more! Bike and golf cart rentals available on the island. Leaves daily from Crisfield at 12:30 p.m. and leaves Ewell at 3:45 p.m. Tickets at the Capt. Tyler Motel (left after the Crisfield Fire Dept).

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Rt. 413 to Crisfield, Tickets at the Capt. Tyler Motel

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maritime heritage. Our collection is one of the largest in the MidAtlantic and houses 10,000 artifacts at all times.

Queponco Railway Station

Assateague Island National Seashore Visitor Center

Furnace Town

The Assateague Island Visitor Center is located right before the entrance into Assategue. Exhibits include marine aquariums, touch tank, exhibits, maps, a film about the wild horses of the island, brochures, and a variety of educational opportunities are available.

The Queponco Station, silent and unused, is a symbol of earlier times when the railroad was a vital part of the daily life of the people living on Maryland’s eastern coast.

Heritage. Artistry. Nature. Fun. This museum uses living history format to re-create a vanished 19th Century community. See a blacksmith, woodworker, broom maker, printer, gardener, spinner and weaver.

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7307 Stephen Decatur Hwy. (410) 641-1441

Delmarva Discovery Center

2 Market Street, Pocomoke (410) 957-9933

The Delmarva Discovery Center on the Pocomoke River serves as a source of learning and discovery for the public through the preservation and interpretation of its cultural and natural heritage.

NASA Visitor Center Wallops Flight Facility

Route 175 Eastern Shore of VA (757) 824-2298

The NASA Wallops Visitor Center is the place to explore the past, present, and future of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Calvin B. Taylor House

208 N. Main Street, Berlin (410) 641-1019

Located in Berlin’s National Register Historic District, the main block of the house has been furnished as a house museum and the west wing as a gallery displaying local memorabilia.

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Old Pro Golf

68th St. & Coastal Hwy. or 136th St. & Coastal Hwy. (410) 524-2645 www.oldprogolf.com

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Old Furnace Rd. (off Route 12) 5 miles North of Snow Hill (410) 632-2032

Isaac Costen House

206 Market Street, Pocomoke (410) 957-3110

The Isaac Costen House was built by Dr. Costen shortly after the Civil War and was lived in by members of his family for over a century. It is sponsored by the Spirit of Newtown Committee, founded in 1974, by Myrtle A. Polk and a group of public-spirited citizens, when the home was threatened by demolition.

Julia A. Purnell Museum

208 W. Market Street, Snow Hill (410) 632-0515

The Purnell Museum is home to over 10,000 pieces that highlight local history, including artwork from the museum’s namesake, Julia A. Purnell.

Mt. Zion One-Room School

117 Ironshire St., Snow Hill (410) 632-1265

The Mt. Zion One Room School House, now located on Ironshire Street was built in 1869 near Whiton and used as a school until 1931. It stood empty until Dr. Paul Cooper, Superintendent of Schools, had the building moved to Snow Hill. It was opened to the public in 1964 and has since demonstrated to students and visitors how their forebears were taught in the days of one room schools.

Ocean City Life-Saving Station 813 S. Boardwalk (410) 289-4991

The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum displays exhibits on storms, sea life and lifesaving in Ocean City. Other exhibits include beach vacation artifacts, shipwreck finds, mermaids, over 200 samples of sand from around the world, and doll houses depicting local hotels and businesses. Several tanks house local marine animals.

8378 Patey Woods Road Newark, MD (410) 641-0067

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

11413 Worcester Hwy. (443) 430-2142

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located on Route 113 at the intersection with Route 589 in Showell, Worcester County, Maryland. Much of the original Flemish bond brick structure is retained. Built as the first parish church of Worcester Parish, which had been established in 1753, it was started in 1756 and completed in 1759.

Sturgis One-Room School

209 Willow Street, Pocomoke (410) 957-1913

The community used this one room school from 1900 to 1937. The historic U.S. school currently serves as The Sturgis One Room School Museum.

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Coastal Hospice Thrift Shop

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410-219-3112 | www.theshorebirds.com Arthur W. Perdue Stadium 20 Miles West of Ocean City - right off route 50

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Celebrating 20 years of family fun on the Eastern Shore!

OCBP Captain, Butch Arbin

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n the fall of 1972, a skinny teenager with flaming red hair walked into my physical education class. Mel Arbin was a young man eager to learn, possessing an outstanding athletic ability, and a true leader. He soon joined the Parkville High School track team, coached by yours truly.

As an athlete he excelled in every track event in which he competed. He did well in the pole vault, and the 400 meter dash. After completing the dash in 51 seconds in high school, he went on to improve his own personal best to 48 seconds on the University of Maryland’s track team, as a scholar athlete.

After college graduation, Mel began a very successful teaching career. He received numerous awards for his teaching abilities and was even named physical education teacher of the year in Charles County.

He moved forward in his career, working with at risk students, managing a technology department and even teaching aerospace engineering. Mel is currently assigned to the Charles County central administration office where he oversees the engineering program and supports all other Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives. He has even instructed graduate courses at his alma mater, the University of Maryland.

Mel (Butch) Arbin actually leads a duel life. When not at his teaching post, Mel serves at the Captain of the Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP). That same young athlete, at the age of 15, visited Ocean City with his family one summer. He was fascinated by the duties of the life guards and tried out for a position. After passing the required OCBP test, he stayed in town, after his family returned home, for the remainder of the summer.

As would be Mel’s nature, he moved through the ranks and stepped into the role of Captain of the Beach Patrol. He would move the group forward with new ideas and take the OCBP to the next level.

Butch provided CPR and first aid training for all employees. He was increasingly visible on television educating swimmers about rip currents and other beach threats. You can still, often find Butch offering campfire talks on the beach about beach safety, ever continuing his message.

The Ocean City Beach Patrol has become such a leader in Surf Rescue Technology and employee education, that it sets the pace along the eastern seaboard and is often emulated by other beach patrol units; all in part because of the dedication and leadership of Butch Arbin.

Butch is responsible for the designated surfing beaches in Ocean City. His goal was to find a safe way for surfers and swimmers to enjoy the entire beach day, not just surfing before 10:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. After years of negotiation with the Town of Ocean City and local vendors, Butch succeeded in the design of Ocean City’s rotational surf beaches. A system that is fair to surfers and bathers alike. In response to the continued growth of surfing in town, in the summer of 2007, Butch was even able to negotiate a third, non-rotational beach the surfers could call home.

Arbin continues to teach, not only in the classroom, but along the surf and sands of Maryland’s premier resort. He instills life habits that will shape the person and future of many young beach guards. Many become so dedicated to the OCBP that the group has many on staff whom have been there for decades.

When Butch’s predecessor, Captain Robert Craig, passed away in 2009, Butch captured the essence of the Beach Patrol at his eulogy. He said,” One doesn’t really join the Beach Patrol, the Beach Patrol just gets into you. It’s very special.”

Why do young men and women freely risk their lives to save others? It’s because of Captain Arbin’s leadership and the example set by the OCBP. It’s among the most respected organizations in Ocean City and among Beach Patrols up and down the eastern seaboard.

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Bayside Boat Rentals

Rally Helicopters It’s Like A Magic Carpet Ride!

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ayside Boat Rentals has a number of fun and exciting watersports options to offer. Family owned and operated since 1999, they pride themselves on catering to you and yours. They maintain a friendly, knowledgeable and certified staff as well as the most up-to-date, professionally serviced equipment.

Whether it’s enjoying a peaceful afternoon on a pontoon boat while fishing, crabbing or simply sunbathing; or it’s blasting across the waves at high speed on their Jet Skis, or Jet Boats, Bayside Boat Rentals can make the experience unforgettable.

The business is currently renting one of the newest jet skis on the market, the 2015 Kawasaki 1500cc. It’s capable of carrying up to 3 people (as long as weight limit is not exceeded) and ripping across the waves at as much as 50 mph. You will not find a more exciting ride on the water, and this business can provide plenty of space to let ‘em rip.

Their fleet of pontoon boats consists of only top quality manufacturers, capable of holding all of your family and friends (again within weight limits), all equipped with shade canopies. From the deck of a pontoon you can crab, fish, picnic or even swim.

In addition to cruisin’ the bay, they allow their pontoons to be docked so you can visit many of the local establishments along the Bayside.

Visit them online at www.baysideboatrentals.com or call 410-524-1948.

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ith our tours, you’ll see many things that you couldn’t see anywhere else, and discover things you didn’t know where there! With unobstructed views our tours are the best, the most fun and interesting. Chief pilot and owner Ken Cordrey is a veteran with 40+ years of aviation experience. The past 25 years he has been an agricultural pilot (crop-duster) working here on the Delmarva Peninsula and parts of the Midwest. Our roster of professional pilots includes our check pilot, Mr. Blair Messner, a retired U.S. Army Huey Helicopter Instructor Pilot, with over 35 years experience and pilot, Mr. Steve Cahall with more than 20 years in the helicopter tour business. “Come on out and see us – We bet we can make you smile!” Experience the beauty on a grand scale where you can really get the perspective from seeing the whole picture.

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Four-Legged Visitors?

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cean City permits furry four-legged visitors on the beach during the off-season, from October 1 through April 30. There’s more room to run, and frisbees are much easier to catch when there are no sunbathers to navigate. Please be sure to clean-up after your pooch. Off-season dates and clean-up laws are strictly enforced! Visit www.ococean.com for more on the rules.

When Fido travels with you in season, you can both enjoy a romp at the Ocean City Dog Playground, located on 94th Street, bayside. The playground is divided into two sections; one for small dogs (under 28 lbs), the other for larger dogs (over 28 lbs). A Dog Pass Access Card is required for admission and is available from Ocean City Recreation and Parks, located at 125th Street, bayside. The front desk is open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., closed on holidays. Dog Access Cards are available weekly and annually. All dogs must have proof of rabies vaccine and a valid dog license from a municipality. Details are available online at www.ococean.com or by calling 800-OCOCEAN. Ocean City also has several pet-friendly restaurants. Simply ask for a copy of Delmarva Unleashed at the front desk for more on where to find them.

Pooch Palooza Dog Festival ™

Canine Sports, Arcade Style Canine Games and Contest. It's all about the dogs!

Date: October 3, 2015

Venue: Frontier Town Western Theme Park

Advance tickets are available online at PoochPalooza.com.

Follow us on Facebook for details as they are available.

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Delmarva DockDogs Event Delmarva Unleashed Cover Model Shoot Canine Sport Exhibitions Dog Bites Gingerbread House Competition

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Stay right at the event! Bring your camper or stay in a Deluxe Cabin! After the event, enjoy the famous Ocean City Boardwalk and our amazing seafood restaurants near-by.

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Dog Bites Sandy Paws Gingerbread House Competition

Ocean City Animal Hospital

Pet Supplies & Dog Wash!

Quality Medicine With A Caring Heart

Mark your calendar!

Be a part of the inaugural Dog Bites Gingerbread House Competion!

Competition to be held October 3, 2015 at the Pooch Palooza Dog Festival Frontier Town Western Theme Park & Campground, Berlin, MD. Pre-entry required, visit PoochPalooza.com for registration form, rules and details.

Important Note: All entries must be made from dog treats or canine edible items.

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Don’t forg to stop and see Lucy!

Sandy Paws offers a full line of quality pet food products & supplies. It’s also home to Ocean City’s only self-service dog wash!

Now offering a full grooming services too.

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ffering quality care at the beach since 2003, John Maniatty, V.M.D. and associates offer the latest in diagnostic equipment and innovative treatments such as Laser Therapy and Acupuncture.

11843 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City

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Delmarva Unleashed The Shore’s Only Dog Magazine

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Beach Safety

Lifeguards — Introduce your child to the lifeguard on your beach. Explaing to them that if they get lost, go to the nearest lifeguard and tell them that they are lost. The lifeguards will help family members reunite.

Bodyboarding — When bodyboarding or bodysurfing, keep your arms out in front of you and remain on the back half of the board.

If you are using a leash, it should be attached to your wrist.

Never dive headfirst into the water! The water may not be as deep as it looks.

Never dive off of piers, rock jetties or surfboards. Diving in shallow water can be dangerous and can even cause you to become paralyzed.

Beach safety seminars are conducted daily by the Ocean City Beach Patrol.

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Shorebreak — Stay away from the big waves that crash onto the shore. This is called “shore break” and the waves can hurt you. Shore break is a condition when large waves break directly on shore.

These waves can throw swimmers onto the sand very hard.

These waves are unpredictable and dangerous because they can cause shoulder, neck and back injuries to even the most experienced swimmer.

When body surfing, it is recommended doing so with your head up and your arms out in front of your body to protect yourself.

Rip Currents — When people picture deadly threats at the beach, the heart-stopping image of a shark fin emerging from the water immediately comes to mind.

However, beachgoers are 10 times more likely to be killed by a rip current than a shark attack. Rip currents are fast moving streams of water that knock swimmers off of their feet and drag them further away from shore.

When this happens, it is best to swim with the current, not against it, as counterintuitive as it seems. Most victims of rip currents actually die of exhaustion, not drowning, because they tried to fight the rip current and ultimately lost. Swimmers are advised to swim parallel out of the current then back into the shore.

Lightning — is the third deadliest threat for carefree sunbathers and swimmers every year. When a storm rolls in, beaches will often close: that’s because even though beaches are not as tall as skyscrapers, they are common places for lightning to strike. Get out of the water and leave the beach if you see lightning or hear thunder. The lifeguards are in constant communication with the National Weather Service and will clear the beach if lightning is near. Listen to the directions of the lifeguard at your beach at all times and do what they say. So when the clouds start forming and the winds begin to howl, don’t wait for it to blow over—pack up that umbrella and head home.

Jelly Fish — Most jellyfish in our area are not toxic enough to give you more than a little sting and a rash. If stung by a jellyfish, get a medical professional or marine animal expert to help determine the type of jellyfish to help assess the proper method of treatment.

Sand Holes — You might want to think twice before digging that hold to China…beach dangers can occur in the sand as well as the surf! More people are killed or injured every year from a sand hole collapsing than a shark attack. When people dig really large holes, we’re talking multiple feet deep, they run the risk of the hole caving in on them. What’s more, the collapsing sand completely submerges the victim, leaving no evidence of what just occurred—a scary thought if no one was watching. Digging sand tunnels can also be dangerous and can collapse on the person digging the tunnel. How to avoid a sand trap? Don’t dig holes deeper than your knees and fill in any stray holes you may see at the beach.

Sunscreen — Remember to apply sunscreen with a minimum of SPF 30, thirty minutes before going outdoors and again every two hours even if your sunscreen is waterproof.

Apply sunscreen to your whole body; your bathing suit can move and expose unprotected skin. There is no such thing as all-day protection. Sunburn is the most common injury that happens to people at the beach. A blistering sunburn during adolescence doubles the chance of developing skin cancer later in life.

Fluids — When you are outside in warm weather, your body needs plenty of water. Remember to drink lots of water even if you are not thirsty. Dehydration can be a serious problem, so drink plenty of liquids. Water is best.

Learn how to swim — If you don’t know how to swim, don’t go in the water!

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Assateague Island National Seashore

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ssateague Island is managed by three official park agencies. Assateague Island National Seashore is cared for and managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Visitors to the park in Virginia enjoy the beach, plus find opportunities for countless breathtaking experiences and adventures at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (established in 1943). The beach, wildlife, dunes, wetlands and marsh islands are protected for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment.

Like all barrier islands, Assateague has changed in form over the years. The structure of barrier islands is determined by movement of sand in the littoral zone, the land-facing side of the island. At one time, the island was connected to the lowest point of Fenwick Island, DE. However, in August 1933, a hurricane created an inlet south of Ocean City, Maryland.

This inlet separated the two landforms. Normally, it would have silted back due to the littoral drift that ran from north to south. However, after the storm, between 1933 and 1935 a permanent system of artificial jetties was built to preserve the inlet as a navigation channel. As a result, the island has drifted considerably westward, and the two landmasses are now over 0.62 miles (1.00 km) apart. While this process has benefitted Ocean City, creating wider beaches and better fishing access, it caused erosion problems on Assateague.

Between 1933 and the early 1960s, federal interest in creating a national seashore on the island alternated with periodic pushes for development. In 1950, a 15 mile section of the Maryland side of Assateague was platted for development, and a paved road, Baltimore Boulevard, was constructed to traverse the new development. A storm in 1962 destroyed or covered most of Baltimore Boulevard, and many of the structures on the island were destroyed. Although some private landowners on the island supported re-development, by this time the state of Maryland generally supported a national seashore and legislation was introduced in the United States Congress. After Congressional efforts did not produce final 68

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In 1962, Assateague Island National Seashore was established for the purpose of protecting Assateague Island in the states of Virginia and Maryland. The National Park Service and Fish & Wildlife Service help protect Assateague Island's splendor. Assateague Island National Seashore is administered to provide for recreational use and enjoyment consistent with the perpetuation and maintenance of the seashore's natural environment.

Assateague is vital for resting and feeding migratory shorebirds and other abundant bird species. Over 320 species of birds can be found here. Assateague Island is a priceless seashore ecosystem and a sustainable resource that all visitors can appreciate.

Assateague Island is a great vacation destination within easy reach for many East Coast residents. Sightseeing cruises, kayak tours, crabbing, bird watching, fishing, hunting, biking and other activities continually make this a paradise for visitors that enjoy outdoor recreation. Assateague Island has over 37 miles of beautiful beach. This is considered one of best beaches on the entire East Coast. Search for seashells as you walk the pristine white sands, swim in the picturesque waves along the Atlantic coastline or just relax on Assateague's vast unspoiled beaches. The Assateague Lighthouse is on the way to the beach and it is one of the most famous in the nation. You will find nearby amenities at Chincoteague Island and Ocean City such as seafood restaurants and lodging in the form of hotels, cottages, beach houses, campgrounds and bed & breakfasts. Visitor attractions and a relaxing atmosphere make Assateague Island a great destination. Be prepared to have fun, and you may want to visit Assateague again on your next vacation.

Assateague wild ponies have roamed the beaches, pine forest, and salt marsh of Assateague Island since the 1600's. Assateague Island National Seashore has a combined total of over 300 wild ponies in Maryland and Virginia. Some people believe the horses

arrived on Assateague's shores when a Spanish galleon ship (with a cargo of horses) sank offshore. Others believe the horses arrived by early colonial settlers that allowed them to graze there. A Spanish ship wreck was discovered recently in the waters off Assateague which lends credit to the first theory.

The ponies have become well-adapted and enjoy the solitude Assateague Island offers.

Marsh and sand dune grasses, rosehips, bayberry twigs and persimmons supply the bulk of their food. Assateague ponies are often found feeding on the salt marsh cord grass along Assateague's western shoreline. When traveling by boat, you may encounter Assateague ponies along extensive bay habitats and pine forest of the 37 mile barrier island.

Both Maryland and Virginia sides of Assateague have wild ponies, each has a herd of about 160. A fence at the Maryland/Virginia state line separates the two herds. The wild ponies of Assateague are usually seen in groups of about 5-10 animals. The National Park Service and Fish & Wildlife Service have conducted resource management studies to ensure the wild horse population is maintained at a level the seashore environment of Assateague can tolerate.

Resource management techniques are different in Maryland than in Virginia when it comes to maintaining a healthy population of wild ponies. In Maryland, some female horses annually undergo a contraceptive vaccine administered through a dart gun. This has proven to reduce high pregnancy rates with no harmful side effects. Wild horses in Virginia are part of the Annual Pony Swim. Started in 1924, approximately 150 wild horses are rounded up on Assateague the last Wednesday in July. The horses swim across the Assateague Channel to Chincoteague Island where an auction takes place to reduce their population on Assateague. After many of the foals are sold, the remaining herd swims back to Assateague a couple days later. These management techniques reduce the impact the horses pose to their natural environment and help provide a sustainable resource for

future generations. When excess numbers are removed from the island and they are placed into human ownership, they adapt quickly to domestication. Made famous by Marguerite Henry in her children's book Misty of Chincoteague, the animals are popular tourist attractions and subjects for photography.

Large populations of birds inhabit the island, including American Oystercatcher, Great Blue Heron, and Snowy Egret. There are over 320 species that are known to inhabit the island during some portion of the year. These include gulls, terns, and other shorebirds along with raptors, water birds, and waterfowl. The Piping Plover is a threatened species that nests on Assateague.

The feral horse population of Assateague Island is alternately known as the Assateague horse in Maryland and the Chincoteague pony in Virginia. This distinction, made both on per-breed and per-individual basis, is sometimes a matter of disagreement. The traditional definition of a horse or a pony is based on whether the animal in question falls over or under 14.2 hands. The equines on the island tend to be under 14.2, but have a horse phenotype. It is argued that their relatively small size is primarily due to environmental, rather than genetic conditions.

Two Spanish shipwrecks are part of the history of Assateague Island National Seashore.

Wrecked in 1750, the La Galga beached at Assateague Island while escorting Spanish merchants from Cuba. A second ship thought to be the transport vessel Juno was lost in 1802. Even though both lie off the coast near Assateague Island, hidden from view within an American park, the ships remain the property of the Spanish government. Visitors can see artifacts from the wrecks at the park visitor center. The tragic fates of the Juno and the La Galga are testaments to the dangers trans-Atlantic travelers faced when they sailed between Spain and its colonies. Assateague Island itself was an English colony and later became part of the United States.

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Do You Need A Fishing License?

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Rules are subject to change. Please check the MD DNR Fisheries Service regulations page for possible changes at ndr.maryland.gov. Information provided by the 2015 Maryland Guide to Fishing; dnr.maryland.gov

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Fish Identification

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Fish Stories And Keepers

For more information on fishing throughout Maryland see the Maryland Fishing Guide at www.dnr.maryland. gov.

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rom boutiques to outlets, shopping is part of any vacation.

When the beach gets a little too hot or the weather inclement, it’s time to shower off and explore the town. There are shops nestled all along Coastal Highway, including surf shops, specialty shops and beachwear superstores. The surf shops offer so much more than surf boards, many offer stylish beachwear and gear for everyone in the family. You’re sure to find apparel you will enjoy for years to come and as a pleasant reminder of your OC vacation. The outlets in West Ocean City offer name brand apparel at great savings, making them an excellent choice for that “back-to-school,” shopping before you head home. Be sure to take in the shops of the Boardwalk, they offer tasty treats you will want to take home to friends and family and maybe even a unique souvenir that is truly Ocean City.

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Live at the beach...

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ream of waking up to the sounds of the water? Everyday? Every weekend? When you retire? Looking for a regular place for family get-togethers? Your beach home awaits.

With so many options in town, from modestly priced, single family homes to million dollar condos, Ocean City offers something for everyone and every dream. You need only to explore the options to find your very own.

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all can be a magical time at the beach.

The color on the drive into town can be just stunning. Ocean City no longer “rolls up the streets,” as it did years ago. Today it remains a bustling town year round, hosting several popular events in the fall.

Ride into town for OC Bikefest.

Explore the tents at Sunfest, while you enjoy both local and national talent. Bring your dog and enjoy the Pooch Palooza Dog Festival. Sample wines from the region and local wineries at Winefest. In September, Ocean City welcomes back the Cruisers. The beach is not packed with visitors, hotel and dining deals are plentiful. If you’re here during the season, come back, we have so much more to share!

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cean City, one of the Mid-Atlantic’s most popular summer playgrounds, is also a championship golf resort. We offer courses designed by some of the best in the business.

Take in 18 holes of beautiful morning golf along the waterways of the Atlantic. Tame a pristine championship course winding the inland bays, with breathtaking sunsets. If you’re traveling with the family, book an early round, and be back in time to enjoy the water park with the kids. Or, shake the sand off after lunch for a game before dinner. If you’re new to the game, many courses offer professional instructors, as well as family rates that won’t break your budget.

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Lighthouse Sound

Rum Pointe

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Ocean City is a great place to introduce the sport to new golfers, and it’s even a great way to spend time with a teen! From driving ranges to executive courses, parkland layouts and extraordinary links tests, our area courses take pride in the conditions and amenities which live up to the standards demanded by the legendary architects who created them.

If you love Pete Dye, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Arthur Hills, Lester George, Brian Ault and Dr. Michael Hurdzdan, you’ll simply love the golf venues featured on the shore.

If you’re already here, try us out. When you come back, consider one of the many golf packages available all year long!

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hese Scottish-style links are the only area course to feature bent-grass on the fairways and greens. No less than 17 of the 18 holes have a bay view with several holes having direct bay frontage, where you can start your ball over the water to shorten the hole. The Dyes have certainly created situations of risk and reward that will quicken the heart rate of even the most experienced golfer. From the back tees this championship quality course is capable of hosting a PGA Tour stop but forgiving enough from the middle tees to satisfy golfers of all skill levels.

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lenRiddle Golf Club is the centerpiece of the GlenRiddle residential development located just minutes from Ocean City, Maryland. The club features two 18-hole championship courses: the daily fee course "Man O'War" and the private course "War Admiral Members Course." The club is owned by Thomas H. Ruark, Inc., developer and owner of award-winning, "The Links at Lighthouse Sound" and "Rum Pointe" golf clubs in Ocean City, as well as "Nutters Crossing Golf Club" in Salisbury, Maryland.

GlenRiddle Golf Club provides a truly spectacular golf experience. In addition to the 36 memorable holes of golf, our facilities offer exciting teaching opportunities and a pro shop to help you perfect your game. Just like their namesakes, Man O'War and War Admiral, these courses will become legendary.

They will provide the supreme challenge for the seasoned golfer with their distinctive fairways while offering those new to golf an opportunity to fall in love with the game.

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Ruark Golf Properties offers golf at its finest. Each course provides the highest level of customer service with excellent course conditioning in spectacular settings. Our professionally trained staff will go beyond expectation to achieve the finest golf experience for you and your guests. We are dedicated to the traditions of golf and invite you to play our exquisite Eastern Shore golf courses that were created in harmony with the land. A variety of Ocean City golf courses and golf packages are available to make sure your next Ocean City golf trip is the perfect golf vacation. You may also want to visit nearby Nutter’s Crossing in Salisbury, MD too!

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Links at Lighthouse Sound

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elcome to the Links at Lighthouse Sound. Not often is a golf course architect provided a site with so much natural diversity. Our goal from the beginning was to create a course that allows Mother Nature to show off her beauty.

Lighthouse Sound offers great variety in terms of visual excitement and strategy. As often as possible we tried to take advantage of the expansive views of the bay and Ocean City skyline. Ten holes border the pristine marshlands found within the 1,000-acre site while others are framed with mature hardwoods.

Together, this collection of holes will hopefully provide a challenging and memorable golf experience. We hope you will come back often to test your skill, experience and the exceptional beauty of Lighthouse Sound.

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oin us Thursday evenings for Concerts on the Green! Enjoy a variety of live bands, great food and drink specials.

A wonderful way to enjoy an evening at the beach. We will have outside stations available for food and beverage purchases. Bring your lawn chairs and the family!

2015 Scheduled Events: Select Thursdays 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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Enjoy free events and fun festivals all year long! Plus, find great deals and discounts on dining, entertainment and much more. So don’t waste any more time. Get out there and start enjoying your vacation!

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The Hurricane of 1933

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History & Culture

he Hurricane of 1933 was the single most important event in the history of Ocean City. It created the Inlet, ended the railroad era, and separated Assateague from Ocean City forever. The creation of the Inlet caused the end of the pound fishing camps and made possible a The Salisbury Times printed an “Extra” edition on August 24, 1933, commercial harbor in West Ocean City. The deep sea sports fishing industry was born and withto announce the widespread damage caused by the storm. in a few years Ocean City would become known as “The White Marlin Capital of the World.”

Officially a hurricane (the National Weather Service did not assign names to tropical storms back in 1933) its low force winds caused many locals to refer to it simply as “The Storm.” A few realized the treasure that had been given them on August 23rd in the form of the new inlet and plans were quickly made to preserve it. Because of the Great Depression and the coming interruption in tourism due to World War II much of the benefit of this connection to the ocean would not be immediately realized. In time however it would do much to change a small seasonal resort and fishing village into a modern regional destination.

Without the Inlet, Ocean City would be a much different place today.

Ocean City was a small town in 1933 with a year-round population of less than 600. The tourist season was Memorial Day to Labor Day and the town shut down immediately afterwards. There was no “second season.”

“You could fire a cannon down Baltimore Avenue the day after Labor Day and not hit a soul,” remembered Ocean City local the late Mary “Boots” Mason.

In the southern part of town the commercial fishing camps stretched from S. 1st Street to S. 7th Street. In the years before the Inlet, wooden boats were launched through the surf to reach the fish pounds a mile or so offshore. This was dangerous and backbreaking work and not a job for the timid. In the late 1920’s there had been talk of dredging a man-made Inlet between the ocean and the bay but money was no longer available due to the national economic crisis.

The railroad had played a major role in Ocean City since 1876 and crossed a wooden trestle bridge to enter town on S. Division Street. The train brought pasPhoto courtesy Rick Cropper sengers to the hotels and materials to supply the stores and fishing camps.

The Inlet was formed by water from the bay cutting through to the ocean and not, as many Most of early Ocean City had been built with lumber carried across Sinepuxent Bay on trains. The 57-year-old railroad bridge was the supply line for the fish believe, from the storm surge of the ocean. In this view the Sinepuxent Bay is in the rear and the sandy area is the beach near the ocean. Remains of the railroad tracks and a few of the fish camps as trains carried the barrels of fresh fish north to Philadelphia and New camps can still be seen as the Inlet is being formed on August 24th, 1933.

York City. Without the railroad the pound fishing camps could not survive.

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Photo from the Bunk Mann Collection Photo courtesy of Pat Schrawder

This aerial view taken on August 25, 1933, shows downtown Ocean City still flooded and impassible to vehicles. The wide street in the foreground is Worcester Street. People can be seen walking through knee deep water and there are several shanties that washed across the bay during the storm laying on the edge of Worcester Street. The railroad depot can be seen in the upper right of the photo.

Taken on August 24, 1933, this historic photo shows the birth of the Inlet. Bay waters rushing to the ocean cut an inlet between S. 4th and S. 5th Streets and undermined the railroad tracks leading to the pound fishing camps in the background.

Ocean City was open for business in 1933. Even though most of the country was in the grip of the Great Depression the Boardwalk was crowded and the hotels and boarding house full. Three major hotels had opened in the past three years – the Commander, the Stephen Decatur, and the George Washington – and the town had extended the Boardwalk north to 15th Street. Trimper’s was busy as usual and people lined up to ride their popular “Whip” attraction. The Alaska Stand had opened that summer and rolling chairs and Dolle’s salt water taffy were popular on the Boardwalk. Kids laughed and screamed in Jester’s Fun House and on Worcester Street the Capital Theatre featured movies with Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, and Clark Gable. In spite of the Depression, business was good in Ocean City.

It was not business, however, but the weather that had been Ocean City’s biggest problem that summer. With only a three-month tourist season no businessman or hotel owner could afford to lose any days to bad weather and in the summer of 1933 there had already been five rainy weekends.

As Labor Day and the end of the season approached no one was happy to hear that a tropical storm was brewing in the south Atlantic on August 17th. There were no computer generated forecasts or maps in those days and weather forecasting was in its infancy; by August 19th the fringes of the storm had reached the Maryland coastline and rain was falling in Ocean City.

The rain continued to fall and by noon on Monday, August 21st, over 10 inches had fallen. The back bays and streams were overflowing and the Sinepuxent Bay was swollen. Water had backed up to Golf Course Road and at the foot of the approach to the State Roads Bridge that carried automobile traffic into Ocean City between Worcester Street and the mainland.

People began to realize that something bad was about to happen as the wind picked up and the streets flooded throughout downtown. By Tuesday afternoon a voluntary evacuation had begun.

The Eastern Shore Times reported, “The most spectacular feature of the storm was the exodus from the resort which began late Tuesday and reached its height in the forenoon of Wednesday. About two thousand persons came over from Ocean City on Wednesday with 1000 to 1500 of them finding accommodations in the hotels and private homes in Berlin. It is said there was not a home in Berlin that did not provide for some of the visitors.”

The newspaper also reported, “Occupants of cottages in the upper part of the city (4th to 15th Street in those days) found their places so surrounded by water that they donned their bathing suits to get out and many later appeared in swimming garb in the Berlin hotels.”

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The corner of Wicomico Street and Philadelphia Avenue shows the flooding that occurred in downtown Ocean City on August 24th. In this view, looking west toward the Sinepuxent Bay, the edge of the railroad station can be seen in the right foreground.

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The area around the Ocean City Ice Company at Somerset Street and Philadelphia Avenue was heavily flooded during the storm.

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afternoon and the winds and rain continued into the evening. The winds at their peak never exceeded 68 mph but as they shifted and came out of the west pushed the swollen bay waters eastward. The water trapped in the Sinepuxent Bay found the lowest spot along the Ocean City beach and broke through the pound fishing camps between S. 4th Street and S. 5th Street. On the night of August 23, 1933 the Inlet was born and Ocean City was separated from Assateague forever.

The fishing camps were wiped out as water rushed from the bay to the ocean. Recalls former mayor Roland “Fish” Powell, “the water flowed from the bay to the ocean to form the Inlet and not the other way around. Most people today don’t know that that’s how it happened.”

Five blocks north of the new Inlet another event that would change Ocean City was taking place. The draw span of the railroad bridge was hit by a houseboat which had been swept against it in the storm.

The bridge collapsed and pieces of it floated around the bay and through the Inlet.

The railroad was dealt a second blow as its major customer in 1933 was the pound fishing industry. Prior to the storm there were seven fishing camps on the south end of town and all shipped their product to market via the railroad. On the morning of August 24th only one camp had not been totally destroyed. To make matters worse, the tracks had extended down Philadelphia Avenue as far as S. 7th Street. Where the Inlet had cut through near S. 4th Street the tracks had been undercut and this area widened with each tide. Within hours the tracks buckled and several boxcars were swept into the water. Both the railroad bridge and the fishing camps themselves were gone.

Recalls eyewitness Floyd “Doc” Turner, “I remember watching the tracks bend and then the boxcars fall in. The locomotives were not there but the boxcars were ready to be loaded with fish.”

At first the Inlet was small – less than 50 feet wide and less than 7 feet deep. As the bay waters continued to rush to the ocean (some say it continued for three days) they widened it and eventually the Inlet spanned three blocks. On August 24th few saw this as a blessing; most were just shocked at the damage throughout Ocean City.

Destruction was everywhere. The Boardwalk was ripped up and water covered the streets downtown. Flooding was most severe in the low lying areas along Philadelphia Avenue. Electricity was lost for two days and those who stayed in town had only the use of candles, kerosene lamps, and flashlights. Cooking was less of a problem because many still relied on woodstoves in that era. The only telephone service was between Ocean City and Berlin and phone service to

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The”State Roads Bridge” entered at Worcester Street and became one of the casualties of the hurricane. It was out of service for three days following the storm and passable only by foot during that time. Repaired in time for the Labor Day Weekend, this bridge was the only way in or out of Ocean City for the remainder of the ‘33 season.

Salisbury, Snow Hill and Pocomoke was interrupted for several days. Mail delays occurred throughout Worcester County due to flooding and road washouts and in Public Landing a major amusement park was completely destroyed by the hurricane.

The biggest problem to be faced right after the storm was the need to quickly repair the “State Roads Bridge.” This was the only automobile route into Ocean City in 1933 and entered the town at Worcester Street. It had suffered a partial washout on its mainland side and, with the nearby railroad bridge destroyed, left Ocean City isolated to all but pedestrian traffic.

Working around the clock under the supervision of Phillip “Pete” Cooper, a crew from the Maryland State Highway Department repaired the bridge by jerry-rigging a 30 yard barrier of telephone poles to replace the sections that had flooded away. It was open for traffic in only three days. On Labor Day Weekend cars were pouring into town, the hotels were full and the Boardwalk crowded.

Locals and visitors alike marveled at the new Inlet which by the weekend had grown to over 200 feet wide. Talk had already began about plans to keep it open. On August 31st US Senator Milliard Tydings and Congressman Alan Goldsborough met with the Federal Public Works Board to request that the Inlet be kept open by building a jetty system to preserve it.

The Public Works Board quickly approved the project to take advantage of nature’s bounty and to relieve unemployment on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It was expected that as many as 10,000 jobs might be created to help build the jetties and deepen the existing inlet.

On September 14, 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the project with work to begin immediately under control of the War Department and the Army Corps of Engineers. It was a great day for Ocean City and the beginning of the modern era. The Hurricane of 1933 had provided the town with a magnificent gift.

“The storm hit in the daylight and lasted into the night. It was frightful – loud and scary with waves cutting through town. I was 15 years old and I just hoped our house would stay up.”

(Esther Pusey Carney) “We were living at 102 St. Louis Avenue and it kept raining so hard. The Coast Guard came with a lifeboat to get us out but my father wouldn’t leave. Since my mother wouldn’t leave him, we all stayed.” (Lilly Farlow)

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“My future husband, Turner Cropper, was 16 years old and lived on Dorchester Street at St. Louis Avenue and the bay. When the storm started he tied his rowboat to his bedpost through the window – it was still there the next day after the storm had passed.” (Marion Cropper) “I’ve always seen it as the signal event for Ocean City; everything changed after the Inlet was cut. It became a resort and a destination for sport fishermen where before it had been a fishing village for the pound fishermen.” (John Whaley)

As the flood waters receded, sand filled the streets of Ocean City. This car was one of many that had to be dug out following the storm.

For more memories from the Hurricane of 1933, pick up a copy of Vanishing Ocean City at retailers across town or visit them online at VanishingOceanCity.com.

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Looking for a little culture while in town? Be sure to catch, or come back for, a Brown Box Theatre Project event!

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“ ike the traveling medieval troupe that brought their shows from the cities to the villages on the back of a wagon, this traveling theater group brings theater to the people.” Created in 2009 by Ocean City native, director Kyler Taustin, the Brown Box Theatre Project presents a show you won’t want to miss. The full professional set is brought to life by many talented actors from a variety of backgrounds.

This theatre group has brought its energetic productions to Maryland’s Eastern Shore for the past six years. When asked by Inside Ocean City “why Brown Box,” there were responses from the actors that demonstrated a true passion for the craft. “We love the fast paced, exciting presentations Brown Box produces, offering a huge variety of productions both large and small,” says actor Patrick Curran. “I love the fact that we are expanding awareness of the medium,” says education coordinator Rosalie Norris. “Brown Box offers so much more than a community theatre,” she continues. Actor Emma Weigand, a three year veteran of the group, tells us that she loves the travel aspect of the Brown Box Theatre Project and how each presentation of a play is unique as they acclimate into the individual surroundings of each set-up. “The diversity of each event, and our adaptations to the actual surroundings, help us make each presentation unique,” says Taustin.

Not only does the group perform within Ocean City and surrounding communities, they now take their show into the classroom, introducing young minds to the magic of true theatre. “We love to expose people to the acting arts, to share our craft with people who may never have had the opportunity to experience the theatre,” says Taustin. We are even taking our shows to other countries and it’s so exciting,” he continues.

The company’s productions change each year and with the seasons.

If you are here during September, when they are here for their annual productions, or if you have plans to return at another time, be sure to visit their Facebook page to see what shows are coming up. Some events are ticketed, others like their Shakespeare productions, are free of charge. Take the family; the plays are fun and engaging for everyone. www.brownboxtheatre.org

OC's Culinarians The masters that make your dining experience memorable.

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Jay James

Brent Creeger

Jeb Vetock

Jay has been creating delecious meals for over 30 years. His talents provide for an outstanding menu. For your dining pleasure, Jay would suggest the Rockfish, which is often the fresh catch.

In the kitchen for 31 years, Brent is also the President of the local American Culinary Federation of Delmarva.

From the Princess Royale menu, Chef Creeger recommends any of the "Eastern Shore" dishes.

Jeb has been creating seafood dishes at Harborwatch for 17 years. He would suggest selections from the house Raw Bar, as it's truly one of the most unique presentations on the East Coast.

Lighthouse Sound 12723 St. Martin's Neck Rd. Bishopville 410-641-1199

Princess Royale 9100 Coastal Highway 410-524-7777

Harrison's Harborwatch 806 S. Atlantic Ave. (The Inlet) 410-289-5121

Chad Olenchick

Fausto DiCarlo

Robert Conner

With over 20 years of cooking behind him, Chad continues to create exciting dishes. When dining with Chad he would suggest the Cream of Crab soup for an opener and Prime Rib for dinner.

Hemingway's 1701 Atlantic Ave. #1 410-289-2612

A professional cook since his youth, Fausto brings true old world Italy to your table. His signature dish Timballo is a true dining experience.

Crafting great dishes for 23 years, Robert's dish of choice would be the Seafood Pasta— a signature saute dish with a wonderful blend of fresh local seafood.

Ristorante Antipasti 3101 Philadelphia Ave. 410-289-4588

Harborside Bar & Grill 12841 Harbor Rd. West OC 410-213-1846

OC’s Pâtissier

Bruce Peabody

Mr. B. Cheng

Christa Brack

With over 38 years of experience, your steak will be cooked to pure perfection. Bruce would recommend the house Cowboy Rib-Eye, because the marbling and bone-on add so much to the flavor of the steak.

Ruth's Chris 11501 Maid at Arms Lane, Berlin 888-632-4747

Cooking professionally for over 32 years, Mr. B's food is outstanding!

From his menu, B would suggest any fish item or steak, as he feels they are just so much fun to cook with.

Christa has been baking since childhood and oh the creations she whips-up! While there are many on the menu, Christa would recommend the Crème Brûlée since it's nothing short of amazing!

Ruth's Chris 11501 Maid at Arms Lane Berlin 888-632-4747

Rice House 9921 Stephen Decatur Highway West OC 410-213-8388

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ver 100 eateries in Ocean City are ready to serve you a coastal dining experience. From Eastern Shore traditions to a variety of ethnic cuisines, you’re sure to find something delectable.

Seafood is caught daily from local waters and fresh catch often includes mahi mahi, tuna, sea bass, sword and even shark! Some of the world’s finest shellfish are found right off our coast and local chefs are experts in its preparation.

There are raw bars offering a wide selection of mollusk and most menus offer raw items on the half shell. Seafood can be prepared in so many ways; steamed, broiled, blackened, sautéed, the list goes on. Whichever you choose, don’t miss out on the local seafood!

Maryland is famous for its Maryland Crab Soup and Maryland Style Crab Cakes. Don’t forget the soft shells when they are in season and the Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich. It’s a great treat after a day on the beach. Crab is available for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even snacks, so be sure to indulge while you’re here.

Family style restaurants and buffets offer seafood and more, including our Delmarvalous fried chicken, ham, and prime-rib. Most are served with locally grown veggies from the many local farms that surround the resort and these dining spots are sure to offer something on the menu for everyone.

If you’re looking for fine dining, a world premier resort would not be complete without world class dining. Award winning chefs present excellent menus to delight your palette. From signature dishes to that gourmet touch on tradition, Ocean City’s fine dining establishments are a great way to experience the taste of the beach.

In addition to the many dining fares, Ocean city offers a variety of dining styles as well. You can experience some amazing sunsets on the bay, while enjoying your dinner. Many restaurants offer outdoor or deck dining, so be sure to take advantage of the stunning views. Fine food and that fresh salt air combine to make the meal even more memorable.

The boardwalk’s three mile promenade offers an assortment of treats, from world famous fries, saltwater taffy and popcorn to fine dining restaurants and sports bars. You can enjoy a snack or a meal and never leave the boards.

Ocean City has over 125 years of hospitality. From what was once a sleepy fishing village to the world class resort this has become, there are mouth watering morsels at every turn. Experience Ocean City to its fullest!

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features local favorites as well as an innovative interpretation of Floridian and island cuisine. Enjoy our fresh fish with tropical salsas, grilled steaks, frenched pork chops with grilled pineapple and banana fritters and our specialty entree salads. We offer an extensive wine list and tempting tropical drinks. Finish your meal with one of our homemade desserts, such as key lime pie or cheesecake xango.

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There is always something happening at Hooter’s, and we mean more than drink specials; there are special events every month. The 123rd Street location is the home of Ocean City’s Original Bikini Fashion Show, presented on their waterside deck. Relax in the sun, as the Hooters Girls model the latest bikini swimwear. You will want to visit their website often to see what’s happening now and happening next, so you don’t miss a moment of the fun and great food served by the World Famous Hooters Girls.

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12513 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City

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Menu Highlights Chicken Wings: Wing Sauces: Mild • Medium • Hot • 3 Mile Island • 911 • Lemon Pepper • BBQ New England Style Clam Chowder The “Big Twin Platter” A beautiful pair of Eastern Shore jumbo lump “Crab Cakes” served with crackers and dipping sauces.

Snow Crab Legs (1lb) From the icy waters of Alaska.

Dangerous to catch, fun to eat.

Buffalo Shrimp Fried butterflied shrimp shaken in your favorite wing sauce.

Big Fish Sandwich A BFOC (Big Fish On Campus). Better than other fish in its school, try it grilled.

Crab Cake Sandwich We took the lumps to bring you this Eastern Shore Delicacy Philly Cheese Steak (Beef or Chicken) Onions, Green Peppers, Mushrooms, Provolone Cheese. We have a big steak in this one! *Menu items subject to change

5th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City

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The Burke’s brought a wealth of experience to their new venture. Their earlier boardwalk endeavors include a cache of Ocean City memories: Casey’s Games (most notably at the pier, but also at Trimper’s Rides and Jolly Rogers), By-­The-­Sea Wear and Joker’s Wild at the Rideau, Journey’s End Hotel and Love’s Lemonade (with locations at the pier, the Rideau and in the street level of what is now the Brass Balls). They also owned numerous rentals around town. In their pre-­Ocean City lives, Ed was an electrician who installed the lighting of the Verrazano Bridge in NYC during it’s construction and Kathy ran a motel and restaurant in Seaside Heights, NJ.

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The Burke’s were aficionados of antiques and unusual items. Their many travels were filled with visits to local flea markets, auctions and pawn shops. Their collection decorated their homes, offices and even filled two warehouses. They devised a way for their new venture to be a showcase for these items; a restaurant with a pawn shop theme. Even the name “Brass Balls” is a nod toward the universal symbol for pawn shops as the iconic 3 brass balls hang outside many of the world’s pawn shops. Their favorite items, collected from around the world, were augmented with items brought in by customers in exchange for drinks and meals. In the early years, many of the items decorating the walls had pawn shop tickets hanging from them detailing the price paid to the customer.

Their plans and hard work became reality as the doors opened that June day. It was the first of many crazy days and nights. Their opening day was so busy that servers couldn’t

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Insider Notes Ristorante Antipasti is the oldest fine dining Italian restaurant in Ocean City. It is the only one featured on the Food Network, to date, and the only one which offers cooking classes. (In the off season)

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squeeze through the main floor. They had to take the food out the kitchen’s back door and run it through the alley to the boardwalk to get to the customers on the deck. By that evening the food and cold beer had been sold out. The guests hung in there until closing time drinking warm beer. They didn’t seem to mind; they were having a great time.

The business continued to grow and in the next decade the second and third floors of the hotel were converted to restaurant and bar use, and the Bad Ass Cafe was born. That era also saw The Jackspot on Coastal Highway at 73rd Street undergo renovations and join the family business as Big Pecker’s Bar & Grill.

In 2006, the torch was passed to the next generation. Ed and Kathy’s son, Steve, and daughter in-­law, Debbie, took the reigns of the Brass Balls Saloon and Bad Ass Cafe Debbie tells Inside Ocean City that she just loves the business and what the family has built. She loves seeing visitors return year after year. Many make the Brass Balls a regular part of their Ocean City vacations; some coming for multiple visits a day. “We’ve had couples get married here and come back to celebrate their anniversaries each year.

Many a romance has started here, as patrons, and also our employees, meet and later marry.” She continues, “just so many good things happen here.” When asked what it is that makes the establishment so successful, her reply was simple, “we serve good food, good drinks and offer friendly service, in a fun and beautiful location.”

There is some debate as to exactly when the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce was formed. It is generally believed that a group of businessmen conceived the idea in the late 1940's. However, it was not until 1950 that the Chamber was formally founded.

OC Beach Wax is the only dedicated waxing and skincare studio in Ocean City and the surrounding area.

Barefoot Bride used over 10,000 yards of fabric for draping during the summer of 2014.

Pink is the most requested color for their beach weddings.

On St. Patricks day, Duffy's Tavern, where "Irish Meets the Beach," serves approximately 700 pounds of corned beef & cabbage.

Happy Jack Pancake House serves an average of 55 gallons of orange juice every day.

Hungry for Pizza? On a busy summer day, area Dominos sell an average of 1500 pizzas, all piping hot!

Whisker's Pub served 212 famous Mustache Ride cocktails during Bike Week!

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eal time is important to families, particularly on vacation. You want a restaurant that welcomes families, can accommodate larger groups, and offers a menu just right for pint size diners. The restaurants listed here will not only welcome you with open arms, but offer kid friendly food and entertainment. Here Mom & Dad can relax and enjoy a quality meal, while the kids dine on their favorites and maybe enjoy a little play time on the side.

Everyone will drink their milk when it's a

"Dirty Johnny!" Only at Whisker's Pub. 120th Street, Bayside

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Fish Tales

Fish Tales harbors Ocean City’s original and largest enclosed playground whose main attraction is a run-around pirate ship on the bay. This playground features plenty of seating for parents to relax while watching the little ones sail the seas or enjoy the outdoor cartoon central television. There is also daily face painting for kids of all ages and an air conditioned arcade for the older kids. Of course there is kid friendly food and eclectic choices for the adults from both the dock and the farm.

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28th St. Pit & Pub

Duffy’s Tavern

If your family has a wide variety of ages, 28th St. Pit & Pub is an excellent choice. Here you’ll find all the kids favorites, including chicken tenders, pizza, and mac & cheese, and also outstanding barbeque, nachos and sliders for the maturing palate. The adults can choose from a variety of traditional and creative barbeque items as well as seafood and sandwiches. Voted Best Smoked Wings at the Beach, by the Baltimore Sun!

Take the kids to a tavern? You can when it’s Duffy’s!

While you dine on a variety of foods from the Celtic Kettle and the Emerald Isle, all the kids favorites are on the menu and their oversized tables on the patio provide plenty of room for the whole family. A cornerstone pub for over 25 years!

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Buxy’s Salty Dog

Brass Balls Saloon

At Buxy’s you and the kids can enjoy the flavor of the ‘Burgh. Not only are their burgers dog gone good, they go the extra mile for the experience, serving the kids “puppy chow,” (chicken and fries) right in a dog bowl. All the kids favorites are here and you can even take home souvenir cups and dog food bowl,! Buxy’s is Ocean City’s home of the Steelers, and it’s a great place to watch the games with the young fans!

You and the kids will love dining right on the boards.

There is nothing quite like the fresh ocean air and a great meal. The Brass Balls is all about fun and serves up kid favorites right in a bucket and shovel that’s ready to enjoy in the sand, right after the meal. Offering the best Boike Burgers on the boards, it’s win, win here!

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Conner’s Beach Cafe If the boardwalk is your destination, visit Conner's Beach Cafe in the Park Place Hotel. Kids love to dine on the deck and watch all of the activity on the boardwalk and beach. The cafe’s over-sized colorful booths can accommodate any size family. The kid's menu includes all of the favorites plus 99¢ ice cream sundaes. Healthy options such as sweet potato fries, fresh fruit, frozen yogurt and fruit smoothes. No peanuts or peanut oils are used. Gluten free chicken tenders and rolls are available upon request.

410-289-4105

Between 2nd & 3rd St. Boardwalk

410-289-0069

Marina Deck Restaurant & Crab House The Marina Deck Restaurant & Crab House offers a brand new state of the art play area and it’s waiting to help make your dining experience even better! Let the kids play while you enjoy your meal near by - each kids meal includes an hour of play! Perfect for parties too!

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Dorchester St. & the Bay

Between 11th & 12th St. Boardwalk

32 Palm

Menu Highlights The Palm Chop Salad: Finely chopped romaine lettuce topped with jerk chicken, crisp pancetta, avocado, tomato, and gorgonzola cheese.

Western Caribbean cuisine with an Eastern Shore flair.

Located in the exclusive Hilton Suites Oceanfront.

Jerk Chicken Quesadilla: Griddled large soft flour tortilla stuffed with jerk chicken breast, red onion, mushrooms, and a shredded blend of monterey jack and cheddar cheese served with salsa, sour cream and guacamole.

Bermuda Triangle: Cinnamon seared sea scallops finished with an ancho mango coulis; along with house broiled crab cake, with sweet chili remoulade; and finally, applewood smoked bacon wrapped around jumbo shrimp, grilled to perfection, with a jalapeno barbeque sauce.

Scottish Salmon: This is a fresh artisan grown salmon that is grown in pristine water, and the highest possible standards for taste, safety, and sustainability: grilled and basted with guava BBQ sauce served on Caribbean fruit chutney.

Palm Duet: Pan seared duck breast and sweet chili based shrimp with a blackberry ginger sauce.

Chicken Cabo: Scallopinis of chicken breast, pounded thin and lightly breaded with almond and panko, fried and topped with lump crabmeat, chorizo sausage and Gouda cheese.

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roviding an atmosphere, like no other in town, 32 Palm’s Western Caribbean-based cuisine mixes with traditional Eastern Shore favorites. We offer a superior dining experience and a fine selection of tasty, unique, gourmet liquid desserts.

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www.oceancityhilton.com/dining

Menu Highlights

Ruth’s Chris

Filet:The most tender cut of corn-fed Midwestern beef.

Exceptional Service. Sizzling Taste.

Petite Filet: A smaller, but equally tender filet.

Ribeye: An outstanding example of USDA Prime at its best. Well marbled for peak flavor, deliciously juicy.

New York Strip: This USDA Prime cut has a full-bodied texture that is slightly firmer than a rib eye.

Porterhouse for Two: This USDA Prime cut combines the rich flavor of a strip with the tenderness of a filet.

T-Bone: A full-flavored, classic cut of Prime beef Entrees: Market Fresh Seafood Selection: Your server will describe the seafood our Chef has selected for today.

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uth’s Chris Steak House is located within the GlenRiddle Clubhouse and is open to the public. The clubhouse was built in the 1920's and was home to the legendary racehorses, Man O’ War and War Admiral. Much of the original woodwork was restored and is used in the decor of the restaurant. The stall doors are used as table tops in the bar and grill and you can also find some original woodwork throughout the clubhouse and restaurant. Reservations suggested.

11501 Maid at Arms Way, Berlin

410-213-9444 or 888-632-4747

Lamb Chops: Three chops cut extra thick, served with fresh mint. They are naturally tender and flavorful.

Serving Lunch too! *Menu items subject to change

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Menu Highlights

A little slice of paradise right in Ocean City.

The Big Tale It doesn’t get more Italian than this...Genoa salami, Cappicola ham, Prosciutto ham and Provolone cheese topped with lettuce, tomato , hot & sweet peppers, onions, oil & vinegar and roasted peppers, all stuffed into a warm crusty loaf of Italian Ciabatta Bread.

Double Header A “Fish Tales” classic cheese steak chopped and served on a sub roll with your choice of toppings . Lettuce, tomato, mayo, hot & sweet peppers, mushrooms, and raw or fried onions...sure to cure what ails you!

Tale Wrap “Maryland Style Shrimp Salad” tender gulf shrimp blended in our homemade dressing, tucked away on a “Eastern Shore” Old Bay wrap.

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verlooking the Bay on 21st street, located in Bahia Marina, used to be just a locals hideout. Throughout the years the “word” has spread about this treasure-on-the-bay!

Still keeping its quaint, relaxed feel, Fish Tales has grown immensely since its doors opened in 1983. Whether you come by boat, car or bike, we have parking for all means of transportation. Enjoy the nostalgia of our original dock bar by watching our expert fish cutters clean the charter fleets daily catch. If you choose to sit on the beach, you can enjoy an umbrella shaded table by day and tiki torch lit by night.

To satisfy your taste buds we offer a wide selection of lite fare, full entrees and kid’s meals, in addition to our eclectic daily specials.

Got kids? Perfect! We harbor Ocean City’s original pirate ship playground, complete with face painter. Our playground features plenty of seating for parents to relax while watching the little ones sail the seas or enjoy our outdoor cartoon central television. For the bigger kids we offer an air conditioned arcade with all your favorite boardwalk games.

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Conch Fritters A favorite in the “Keys” served with your choice of tartar, raspberry pepper, or cocktail sauce.

*Menu items subject to change

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Ristorante Antipasti

Menu Highlights Filetto ai Pepi Center cut filet grilled with garlic and fine Italian Herbs

Where only the freshest foods are prepared

Agnello Rosmarino Lamb in a rosemary demi-glace Nodini di Vitello ai Pepi Veal chop with peppercorns, rosmarino and demi-glace Timballo Abruzzese Thin layers of pasta with ground veal, Buffalo Mozzarella and nutmeg Risotto Erotico al Pesce Lump crabmeat with saffron over Arborio rice Dove Sole A gourmet white fish, fileted table-side.

Jill Cordes & Marc Silverstein, with Food Network, offers the best summary of this exquisite dining experience.

“Tanned and fit, with a hearty Italian accent, owner Fausto DiCarlo makes it a point to greet every guest - especially women. In true European style, he bestows them with a friendly kiss, the men receive a firm handshake. He's become famous for it. Women remind him if he forgets. Given the large crowds at his restaurant, this guy could make Richard Dawson blush.

Talented enough to have once been a cooking sensation in the Philadelphia area, DiCarlo relocated to this vacation playground in 1993.

Fausto figured he could work hard in the summer and enjoy golf in the off-season.

He might have a six handicap, but he's busy year 'round. Ristorante Antipasti is a first-class Italian restaurant, but the fact that it's in a resort town best known for all-you-can-eat buffets, makes it a true standout.

Fausto's signature dish, Timballo Di Mamma, is made of thin layers of homemade pasta filled with ground veal, tomatoes and a bechamel sauce. DiCarlo used to call it a "Sunday Dish," and offer it as an occasional special because it required so much work. However, it became so popular, he had to add it to the menu. Another mouth-watering speciality is the Garlic Steak, a center-cut filet covered in Italian herbs and then grilled black. You won't find this anywhere else.

Golf will have to wait. There are guests to be greeted and many kisses to be bestowed.”

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Branzini A mild Italian whitefish, fresh from the Mediterranean Sea Pollo Cacciatore Fausto’s Specialty Zuppa di Pesce Posillipo Langoustine, mussels, calamari in olive oil, garlic, fresh tomato and hot pepper over linguine

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Lighthouse Sound

Menu Highlights

Make your next event a breathtaking event.

Light “House” Salad: Mesculin Greens, Cherry Tomatoes, toasted Walnuts, Mandarin oranges with our honey poppyseed dressing Crab Bruschetta: A traditional tomato & basil bruschetta topped with lump crab and a sweet drizzle of balsamic reduction Filet Mignon: 8 oz of the finest beef tenderloin wrapped in Applewood smoked bacon and grilled to perfection, topped with a roasted Shallot Demi glaze Lighthouse Crab Cakes: Jumbo Lump Crab Meat blended with our secret ingredients. Served with a Roasted Corn and Tomato Relish Broiled Scallops Casino: Day Boat scallops broiled with Casino butter, Applewood smoked bacon, and topped with a blend of Italian cheeses

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ighthouse Sound Restaurant invites you to join us for dinner overlooking the breathtaking Assawoman Bay and Ocean City skyline. Whether a family outing, corporate meeting, banquet or wedding, Lighthouse Sound Restaurant will cater to your every need and have your guests raving for years to come. Serving Sunday brunch, lunch and dinner, our culinary staff will prepare the finest cuisine East of the Chesapeake.

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Salmon Oscar: Fresh Atlantic Salmon broiled, topped with roasted asparagus, lump crabmeat, and Hollandaise

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Mexican Street Fare & Tequila Cantina

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Marina Deck Restaurant & Crab House Spectacular Views & Very Family Friendly

Menu Highlights Stuffed Flounder The Steamer Crab Imperial Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes Scallops Oysters on the Half-Shell New York Strip Filet Mignon Prime Rib Baby Back Ribs AWARD WINNING Crab Soup!

Seafood Skins Seared Ahi Tuna Soups Salads Burgers and more!

Serving Lunch & Dinner

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verlooking the Bay on Dorchester Street, where you can let the kids enjoy the 1500 square foot play area! Family friendly, the Marina Deck is home to award winning crab soup and superior seafood entrees. Watch the charter boats returning from a day on the water while you enjoy breath-taking sunsets on the bay. Arrive early and enjoy the waterfront bar and dining area.

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www.marinadeckrestaurant.com

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Conquer the Ballbuster!

Win an Exclusive Tee!

Karaoke Thur., Fri., Sat.

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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Late-Nite Munchies Frozen Drinks, Fresh Fruit Crushes, Kids Meals, Live Entertainment Between 11th & 12th Streets on the Boardwalk

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Bayside Breakfast Seafood Omelet: Sauteed shrimp, crabmeat and scallop wrapped in cheese and egg Toasty Breakfast Paninis Luscious Bananas Foster French Toast Lunch, Dinner & Lite Fare Angler's Famous Grouper Fingers The Mahini Panini Amazing Fish & ShrimpTacos Fresh Local Green Salads Daily Catch Lists with Exciting Preparations

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traditional Maryland seafood house, open seasonally, where you can sit on the dock of the bay and enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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MENU HIGHLIGHTS Fresh Dough Pizza

The Dough Roller

Hot & Cold Subs, Sandwiches, Salads, Italian & Seafood Dinners

An Ocean City Boardwalk Tradition for over 30 years.

Buttermilk Pancakes served all day Omelets, Buckwheat Pancakes, Creamed Chipped Beef, French Toast Children’s Menu Full menus and locations available online

South Division Street & Boardwalk 410-289-3501 by the Inlet Third Street & Boardwalk 410-289-2599 41st Street & Coastal Highway 410-524-9254 by Convention Center 70th Street & Coastal Highway 410-524-7981

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he Dough Roller is known for it's fresh dough pizza and buttermilk pancakes. Offering full Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, there is something on the menu for everyone. Breakfast is served at 3rd Street, 41st Street and 70th Street locations. Dayton’s Boardwalk Famous Fried Chicken and Seafood is served at South Division Street, 41st Street and 70th Street locations.

Bill Gibbs, Jr. opened The Dough Roller in 1980 on the porch of the Breakers Hotel. Since then, The Dough Roller has expanded. Four locations all conveniently located around Ocean City, MD! We invite you and your family to relax and enjoy great food, served fast, from our family to yours!

Four Ocean City Locations

www.DoughRollerRestaurants.com

Served at: South Division Street & Boardwalk 41st Street & Coastal Hwy 70th Street & Coastal Hwy

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Vacation days are for surfing.

Not surfing the web.

OC’S OFFICIAL TOURISM WEBSITE

OCOCEAN.COM NOW WITH A SUPER MOBILE-FRIENDLY SITE

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OCOcean.com is the only website you need to enjoy your trip.

Every minute of your vacation here in Ocean City, MD should be spent having fun. So don’t waste your time searching for things to do. Just go to ococean.com, the official tourism site of OCMD. Plan your day, find free events and get great deals and discounts.

And you can enjoy all of these great features on our super mobile-friendly site! It’s like having a tiny, beachy tour guide right in the palm of your hand!

Pizza Pasta Seafood Subs Come see why we are the Local’s Favorite Pizza!

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roper tipping shows others that you’re “socially groomed.” You’re not a cheapskate nor a show-off. It is, however, better to over tip than under tip. There are critical limits on both ends of the spectrum. Proper tipping also ensures good service, particularly from a bartender. If there is a party of four or more, tip the bartender $10 on your first round. He/she will remember your generosity and pay particular attention to the group. Thereafter tip the standard for each round; $1 for a beer, $2 for a mixed drink.

The amount of gratuity depends on the service being provided and is usually a percentage of the total bill. If a service is already expensive, and you cannot afford to tip the proper percentage, then you cannot afford the service.

The acceptable tip for food servers, cocktail servers, and bartenders is 15% to 20% of the total bill. The American wait staff is paid an average hourly wage of $3.63 by their employer. If about $145.00, for a week’s worth of carting food and beverage back and forth from grumpy kitchen cooks to waiting customers sounds low to you, that’s because it is.

The National Restaurant Association explains this issue, by citing the federal minimum wage law, which allows employers to pay employees, who receive tips, a lesser wage. Employees, who are tipped, count on gratuities to make up for this huge difference. You may feel that paying your waiter’s salary should not be your responsibility, but if you are eating out, you will be expected to tip and to do so appropriately.

If you are hesitant to tip because you received poor service, do not skip out on gratuity; instead ask to speak to the manager. Most will be very appreciative to learn of less than quality service, and sometimes all the wait staff needs is a little direction to improve their level of service.

Other than wait staff at a restaurant, there are others in the resort who appreciate tips for quality service. In some instances you will find a “tip jar” in a central location.

Proper standards are very much appreciated here too. See our tip guide for those standards.

Bellboy $1-$2 Cabbie 15% of the total fare Caddy 50% of the caddy fee Dock Boy $5

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Golf Cart Attendant $2 Jet Ski & Parasail Attendant $5-$10 depending on the size of your party

Bartender $1 for a beer, $2 for mixed drinks Maid Service $1-$10 per day depending on the mess you made

Pizza Delivery Person 5% Spa Services 15% to 20% of the of the bill Tow Truck Driver $5

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Conner’s Beach Cafe Oceanfront Deck Overlooking the Boardwalk

28th St. Pit & Pub

Barbeque, Smokehouse & Seafood

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ceanfront dining on Conner's open air deck offering spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean and famous boardwalk. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner on either level of the restaurant. Families love the affordable menu prices and children's menu featuring fresh fruit smoothies and .99 ice cream sundaes. Specialties include jumbo lump crab cakes, soft crabs, fish & chips, fish tacos, fresh cut fries and sweet potato fries, ribs, crab mac & cheese and hand made chicken cheesesteak egg rolls. Happy Hour every day of the week on Conner's Deck Bar. Margarita and Corona specials from 3pm -6pm. A selection of local craft brews are offered. Located between 2nd & 3rd Sts. at the Park Place Hotel. Warning: Warm funnel cakes, dusted with powdered sugar and topped with fresh strawberries, are irresistible!

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t the “DD” you get real honest homestyle cooking that includes many traditional favorites, along with popular local dishes, including crab stuffed omelettes & fresh fish served daily! Every meal is made from scratch right on the premises. The “DD” also serves up West OC’s best old fashioned thick milkshakes and malts plus many other fountain favorites. Stop in today! There is a whole lot more to our classic 1960’s style restaurant where great specials are offered every day.

Minutes from the Boardwalk on the way to Assateague.

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ince 1986, the Rice House Bistro has combined the art and precision of Asian cuisine with the freshest ingredients. This family owned restaurant has become an Ocean City landmark, offering dine-in or carry out.

Savory sushi rolls and nigiri for the sushi connoisseur, featuring items like their Volcano Roll: spicy salmon and avocado wrapped in rice paper, topped with spicy mayo, lump crab meat and Old Bay. Mr. B puts his personal stamp on sushi with an Eastern Shore twist.

However, the menu at the Rice House Bistro goes way beyond sushi. There is an impressive selection of Asian, seafood, and steak dishes too. They offer a warm, family friendly environment in the Emperor’s Dining Room or sushi bar. The commitment to deliver fabulous food and excellent service ensures your dining experience will be a memorable one. www.ricehousebistro.com

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Good Quality Food with a Friendly Smile

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ocated inside the Sea Bay Hotel on 61st Street, serving breakfast and lunch year 'round. This family owned and operated business offers a wide variety of menu options including omelets, homemade cream-chipped beef, pancakes, french toast, waffles and traditional breakfast sandwiches.

For lunch enjoy their house specialities and sandwiches, including Angus burgers, cheesesteak subs, club sandwiches, and daily homemade soups.

GolfersWelcome!

Open Early April-October

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Special Advertising Section

Ocean City is only a 10-mile barrier island. With so much to see and do, we thought we’d make it easier for you by highlighting a few places “up-town" for great food and fun.

Duffy's Tavern — 130th St. Coastal Highway Duffy’s offers a wide variety of the area’s best food and drink. From steaks and seafood, to soups, appetizers and sandwiches. Locals favorites include Duffy’s “Emerald Isle Specialties,” a collection of original Irish dishes created by Chef, Ms. Bev and Owner, Matt Bayline. Featuring Shepherds and Cottage Pies, Signature Boxtys and of course, corned beef and cabbage. Join them on the deck for your favorite pub games!

Whisker's Pub — 120th St. Coastal Highway Serving locally famous burgers for 25 years! Ocean City’s only true pub offers lunch and dinner daily with fresh seafood specials always available. Sit back and relax in the traditional style pub and enjoy a generous cocktail or a locally brewed pint.

Whiskers features a new menu while still offering the old favorites that made it famous.

Redskins Fan? Whiskers is the Ocean City spot to root for your team Come check out our specials, our awesome new flat screen TVs and our new menu. Happy Hour everyday 4-7.

Hooter's — 123rd St. Coastal Highway Where’s the “greatest place on earth?” It’s Hooters at the beach! Offering great sandwiches, awesome seafood, delicious cocktails, cold beer and those World Famous Hooters Wings.

There is always something happening at Hooter’s, and we mean more than drink specials; there are special events every month. The 123rd Street location is the home of Ocean City’s Original Bikini Fashion Show, presented on their waterside deck. Relax in the sun, as the Hooters Girls model the latest bikini swimwear. You will want to visit their website often to see what’s happening now and happening next, so you don’t miss a moment of the fun and great food served by the World Famous Hooters Girls.

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Harborside Bar & Grill — 9921 Stephen Decatur Hwy. #2 This rustic Waterfront bar and restaurant located in West Ocean City serves up great food, fun and the Original Fresh Squeezed Orange Crush. Happy Hour specials include rail drinks, and brews, both on tap and in bottles. All of which pair excellently with the fresh seafood right off the dock! 410-213-8388

Rice House — 9921 Stephen Decatur Hwy. #2 Since 1986 the Rice House Bistro has combined the art and preci-

sion of Asian cuisine with the freshest ingredients. This family owned restaurant has become an Ocean City landmark, offering dine-in or carry out.

Savory sushi rolls and nigiri for the sushi connoisseur, featuring items like their Volcano Roll: spicy salmon and avocado wrapped in rice paper, topped with spicy mayo, lump crab meat and Old Bay. Mr. B puts his personal stamp on sushi with an Eastern Shore twist.

However, the menu at the Rice House Bistro goes way beyond sushi.

There is an impressive selection of Asian, seafood, and steak dishes too. They offer a warm, family friendly environment in the Emperor’s Dining Room or sushi bar. The commitment to deliver fabulous food and excellent service ensures your dining experience will be a memorable one. 410-213-8388

Decatur Diner

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— 9609 Stephen Decatur Hwy. At the “DD” you get real honest home style cooking that includes many traditional favorites, along with popular local dishes, including crab stuffed omelettes & fresh fish served daily! Every meal is made from scratch right on the premises. The “DD” also serves up West OC’s best old fashioned thick milkshakes and malts plus many other fountain favorites. Stop in today! There is a whole lot more to our classic 1960’s style restaurant where great specials are offered every day. 443-664-6779

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Ocean City spilled over into West Ocean City several years ago, and each year it just gets better. If you have never ventured back across the bridge to explore, you are missing so very much!

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cean City and the surrounding Delmarva Peninsula are some of the fastest emerging brewery destinations on the East Coast and comprise the focus of ShoreCraftBeer.com, a new site that brings all the information you need to experience the Eastern Shore and the many craft beers being produced here. If you don’t think you like beer, it’s time you tried again...

“A man who doesn’t care about the beer he drinks may as well not care about the bread he eats. Beer may have been man’s staple diet before bread was invented, and these two staffs of life are as comparable as they are closely related. Each can offer an everyday experience or a rare pleasure. In each case, what we seek is a measure of what we deserve.”

—Michael Jackson’s The World Guide To Beer, 1977 Because the Shore is home to countless miles of spectacular scenery, quaint small towns with historic pasts, ample opportunities for biking, kayaking, paddleboarding, and exploring nature, you will want to come for a getaway. Because it is also home to 18 local breweries producing award-winning craft beer of all styles and flavors, you’ll want to relish in the unique, local offerings. We guarantee you’ll be hard pressed to find a greater concentration of locally produced beer, great hotels and inns, phenomenal food, outdoor activities, and breathtaking scenery anywhere in the country.

We invite you to experience Delmarva and our Shore in a unique way: as a craft beer destination with so much more!

A recent national beer boom has given rise to an array of new breweries offering unique atmospheres and creative takes on craft beer. Delmarva’s microbrewery heritage can be traced back to 1995 and the launch of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE. When it first opened, Dogfish Head was the smallest commercial brewery in America, but has since grown in both size and stature into a nationally known powerhouse in the craft beer world. Dogfish Head serves nearly 20 styles of ‘Off Centered Ales,’including the iconic 60 Minute IPA in, over 25 states and now has a brewpub in Rehoboth Beach to go along with its production brewery, both of which are less than an hour from Ocean City.

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Another nationally known and distri buted brand migrated to Delmarva in the early 2000s when Fordham relocated from Maryland’s capital of Annapolis to Delaware’s capital of Dover. Fordham, which consolidated operations with Old Dominion Brewery in 2009, not only brews beers for Maryland’s Rams Head Group but is widely distributed throughout the region.

Seeing the success of their Delaware brethren, Maryland restaurateurs Tom and John Knorr took over an abandoned grocery store in Delmar, DE in 2009 and transformed it into a brew house known as the Evolution Craft Brewing Company. Dedicating their brewery to the highest quality ingredients and true craftsmanship, the Knorr brothers set out to change what beer can be. Since then, Evo’s success led the Knorrs to relocate to a bigger facility in nearby Salisbury, which includes a production brewery, tasting room, and a full-service gastropub featuring an upscale menu, sourced from the bounty of local ingredients, designed to pair with Evo’s fantastic beers. The Knorrs also own numerous restaurants throughout the lower Eastern Shore and Baltimore area that feature great food and great beer. Evolution may be the most widely distributed of the Eastern Shore’s breweries, but it was not the first.

Following in the footsteps of the early pioneers, and fueled by a rapidly growing local beer culture, many other homebrewers and business owners sought to join the beer movement and breweries have been popping up across Delmarva since 2011.

Now, you’ll find 5 breweries in Ocean City, with 7 more along Maryland’s Eastern Shore and six more in Delaware within an hour of the beach.

In Ocean City, you’ll find Ocean City Brewing Company at 55th Street and Coastal Highway; Assawoman Bay Brewing Co. at 45th Street in the TapHouse complex; Backshore Brewing at 10th Street and the Boardwalk; Fin City located inside of Hooper’s Crab House on Route 50 just before the bridge onto the island.; and De Lazy Lizard Brewing Co., which produces beer for their wildly popular restaurant at 1st Street and the Bay as well as local distribution.

Each of these breweries offer many varieties of local brews with unique atmospheres that reflect beach culture and Shore-lifestyle. Want to tour the breweries? Each Ocean City brewery is easily accessible by public transportation, allowing you to be responsible as you taste the best the beach has to offer. You can also find beers from these, and many other Delmarva breweries, on tap at your favorite Ocean City bar or restaurant.

Look for the official ShoreCraftBeer.com ‘Local Beer Here’ decal to guide you to the establishments dedicated to serving craft beer and let the tasting begin.

Venturing out of Ocean City, you’ll find numerous Maryland and Delaware brewery options within a short drive. Head east on Route 50 about 9 miles and you’ll find “America’s Coolest Small Town,” Berlin, Maryland. Here, Burley Oak Brewing Co, a small craft brewery, is producing award-winning beer in small batches. Burley Oak, which is rated as ‘world-class’ by Beer Advocate magazine, makes beer for beer drinkers and offers a wide range of distinctive brews.

Take a trip south from Berlin to the historic waterman’s town of Crisfield and find the brand new Chesapeake Brewing Company; or head east and find Parsonsburg and the Tall Tales Brewing Co., which is known for its folklore inspired brews and brick oven pizza.

Further up the Shore you’ll find Realerevival Brewing (RAR) in historic downtown Cambridge, the brand new Federal Brewing Co. slightly off the beaten path in Federalsburg, Md, and the Eastern Shore Brewing Co. in the historic mill complex in St. Michael’s, MD. Having opened in 2008, the Eastern Shore Brewing Company is the longest continually operating brewery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

In Delaware, you’ll find 3rd Wave Brewing Co., which opened its doors in 2012 in Evolution’s old brewing space in Delmar and is now establishing its own legacy centered around “Good friends, good waves, and great beer.” You can also visit the Mispillion River Brewing in nearby Milford and 16 Mile Brewery in historic Georgetown, DE, just half an hour from Ocean City, MD. You will see bike tours combined with craft beer and brewery tours. You can find hotel packages that feature craft beer from St. Michael’s to Crisfield and throughout Ocean City.

You will find craft beer events throughout the year scattered all over the Eastern Shore from Delaware to Virginia. Come back to the Shore for a Craft Beer Getaway and be sure you watch ShoreCraftBeer.com for all the information you need to ensure a fabulous experience with award winning, locally produced craft beer; spectacular oceanfront rooms or rooms with water views in historic towns; and enough activities to occupy your days enjoying Maryland’s bounty.

Take a Challenge: Shore Craft Beer brings you two challenges for 2015 that will earn you prizes and a place in our gallery of challenge winners: 1.

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Shore Craft Beer – OC 9 Challenge Shore Craft Beer – Shore 18 Challenge

Each challenge requires that you take a picture of yourself drinking a beer in each of the breweries on the Shore between now and December 31, 2015. Then, you have to post your picture on one of ShoreCraftBeer.com’s Facebook, Twitter, OR Instagram pages. Just mark your pictures with #ShoreCraftBeer so we know you are competing to win.

For the OC 9 Challenge, you have to try each of the Ocean City area’s 9 breweries.

For the Shore 18 Challenge, you have to accumulate photos from 18 Shore Breweries before the end of 2015.

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Offering light fare and creative libations, it’s time to dust off the sand and head to one of these great places!

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Duffy’s Tavern

Ocean City’s Cornerstone Neighborhood Bar & Grill

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ituated on 130th and Coastal Highway, Duffy’s offers a wide variety of the area’s best food and drink. From steaks and seafood, to soups, appetizers and sandwiches, Chef Beverly Criner prepares only the finest cuisine for her long time customers (Chef Criner is the original Duffy’s chef of 30 years). Locals favorites include Duffy’s “Emerald Isle Specialties”, a collection of original Irish dishes created by Ms. Bev and Owner, Matt Bayline. Featuring Shepherds and Cottage Pies, Signature Boxtys and of course, corned beef and cabbage.

130th Street Ocean City

410-250-1449 www.duffysoc.com

Marina Deck

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he spectacular views along wharf make happy hour at the Marina Deck a memorable time. Offering both food and drink specials to while away the heat of the day, the Marina Deck is must for your afternoon delight!

306 Dorchester Street, Ocean City

410-289-4411

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resh ocean air, accompanied by sumptuous food and a cool brew, make Happy Hour at the Bad Ass Cafe a beach experience not to be missed. It’s one you will be talking about long after vacation is over!

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Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon The Locals Favorite Hometown Tavern

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Buxy’s is the place to come to meet friends, relax and be social with no attitudes. We just lay back and let it roll, enjoying OC’s best cheesesteaks, cold drinks, friendly staff, live entertainment, sports action and good friends.

Between 11th & 12th Streets on the Boardwalk Ocean City

28th Street, Bayside Ocean City

410-289-0069

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Harborside Bar & Grill

28th St. Pit & Pub

Home of the Original Orange Crush

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his rustic Waterfront bar and restaurant located in West Ocean City serves up great food, fun and the Original Fresh Squeezed Orange Crush. Happy Hour specials include rail drinks and brews, both on tap and in bottles. All of which pair superbly with the fresh seafood right off the dock!

9921 Stephen Decatur Hwy #2, West Ocean City

410-213-8388 www.weocharborside.com

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ungry for BBQ? Stop into the 28th St. Pit & Pub, Ocean City’s only real smokehouse BBQ restaurant. Try our fresh, smoked meats and homemade BBQ.

Happy Hour: Monday-Friday 3:00-6:00 P.M.

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hen Matt Bayline and his partner Jr Emanuele took over Duffy’s Tavern 11 years ago, the business was already an established landmark. For Matt, who grew up amongst a family that included Chef’s, Restaurateurs and Beer Purveyors, it was only logical that he carve his niche in town and this was his chance.

After honing his skills at Fager’s Island and Buxy’s Salty Dog, Matt was ready to move on. He wanted a place of his own and the combination of his talents, combined with Jr’s, who had been perfecting his skills at Fagers for the previous 15 years, seemed the perfect match. Both brought something unique to the table. Matt offered the OC Local perspective and Jr, a Pittsburgh native, the needs and wants of the frequent visitor. It was a successful “two-world” blend. “Our plan was to take the existing bar and make it a place where Irish meets the beach," says Matt. “We did renovations from floor to ceiling, and added lots of windows for a bright, cheery environment. We implemented modern services as we brought a vintage bar into the 21st Century,” he continues.

The pub advanced again in 2008, when they expanded the outdoor patio providing more casual seating and a larger area for family gatherings. The expansion area is also is a great place to enjoy outdoor pub games like cornhole and ring toss during warmer months.

The year 2015 will see even more from the growing Irish pub, with the addition of breakfast services year round. “There aren’t a lot of places to have breakfast in North Ocean City during the off- season,” says Matt. “We wanted to fill a need and expand options for our seasonal clientele too. Lots of people will have breakfast before heading to the beach and come back for a drink when they dust off the sand,” stated Matt.

While the physical attributes of Duffy’s have evolved over the years, the quality of food has always been superior. Long time Chef, Beverly Criner has been over-seeing the kitchen for more than 30 years. Combining original Irish fare, Duffy's offers signature sandwiches, sizzling steaks and only the freshest seafood.

Matt is proud of all they have accomplished in the last decade. Jr is not on site as much these days, he spends his days enriching youngs minds as a local teacher. They are both avid sports fans and still complimentary, as Matt roots for Maryland's own, Baltimore Ravens and Orioles, and Jr true to home, supports the Steelers and Penn State. Duffy’s Tavern, now 30 years old, is a true Ocean City landmark. Many locals, particularly in the Montego Bay community, refer to it as the “corner bar,” but Duffy’s is so much more. It’s great for the entire family. There are even arcade games for the kids and free Wi-Fi these days. While you will find lots of Irish choices for your dining experience, there are kids favorites prepared just the way they like.

Check them out on the corner of the Montego Bay Shopping Center on 130th St. Tell them we sent you!

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hen the sun goes down, the nightlife heats up in Ocean City. We offer world famous bars and entertainment for just about everyone. Dance the night away with a band or one of our nationally famous DJ’s. You can “bar-hop” at Seacrets and never leave the property. Offering 18 bars, all in one place, you can also enjoy the different musical venues, all in one visit.

Looking for a more quiet atmosphere? Take in a bar with a jazz band, or a solo artist, or simply relax on the bay with your favorite libation.

What about that game you wanted to see?

Ocean City offers numerous sports bars. Of course we have a Raven’s Roost, a Steelers Bar and you can catch almost any sporting event on many a big screen.

Many of our nightlife haunts offer their own signature drinks and mixologist that have a reputation all of their own. Be sure to experience the flavor that is Ocean City, but please remember to drink responsibly.

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Seacrets

Game Room Including Billiards Pinball Souvenir Photo Booth Ping Pong Corn Toss

Where the Celebrities Hang Out Above the Brass Balls Saloon

Fresh Fruit Crushes

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Seacrets Hotel

“Stay Where You Play!”

Dine under the palms

The Infamous Bay Party on the rafts or tables Morely Hall

State of the art nite club

Seacrets Trading Company!

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A sampling of some of Ocean City's great bars, including the bartenders that make them great!

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Legends are made from outstanding achievement.

If you're looking for some of OC’s finest barbecue and seafood, big screen T.V.’s for all your live sports action and great brew, you need to be at the 28th St. Pit & Pub. Serving up a full menu until 1:00 am, for you night owls.

28th St. Coastal Hwy.

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“Because it’s good to have fun!”

Harborside Bar & Grill

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he home of the Original Orange Crush. A refreshing citrus libation that is often imitated, yet never duplicated.

This rustic waterfront bar, located in the commercial harbor in West Ocean City, is a locals’ favorite you just have to experience.

Their extensive menu offers a wide variety of appetizers, fresh seafood, steak & pasta entrées, as well as juicy burgers and sandwiches.

On many nights, you can find live entertainment to dance the night away.

It’s just the place to be!

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12841 Harbor Rd., West Ocean City www.weocharborside.com

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Whiskers Pub

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erving locally famous burgers for 25 years! Ocean City’s only true pub offers lunch and dinner daily with fresh seafood specials always available. Sit back and relax in the traditional style pub and enjoy a generous cocktail or a locally brewed pint.

Whiskers features a new menu while still offering the old favorites that made it famous.

Redskins Fan? Whiskers is the Ocean City spot to root for your team Come check out our specials, our awesome new flat screen TVs and our new menu. Happy Hour everyday 4-7 p.m.

120th Street, Bayside Ocean City www.whiskerspub.com

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" aughter, and lots of it," gleams Bonnie Stockton, popular mixologist and hostess of Duffy’s legendary happy hour. "It’s what makes our world go 'round!" Duffy’s is proud to host one of Ocean City's friendliest, economical and entertaining happy hours.

Bartenders, patrons and friends gather each day for their daily dose of natures best medicine... laughter! Along with the shenanigans of the daily crowd, Duffy’s provides cold beer and cocktails, American and original Irish fare, and good ol' Irish fun. For a rollicking good time, it's Duffy’s Tavern. Sliante'

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Brass Ball’s Saloon

verlooking the Beach and Boardwalk, the bar at Brass Ball’s Saloon is Lynn’s natural habitat. Friends, old and new, will find him serving up O.C.’s Original Frozen Rum Runner, Real Ice Cream Drinks and Fresh Fruit Crushes.

He’ll also be happy to make your favorites, or, if you’re feeling adventurous, try his fruit infused “Donkey Punch” or a “Got Balls?” shot.

Friday and Saturday nights find him upstairs at Bad Ass Cafe’s crazy Karaoke Party. Here you can mingle with the crowd or view the stage from overhead swinging chairs.

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Why Beer Certification is Coming to Ocean City

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ith 18 local breweries located in, or a short distance from, Ocean City, our resort area is one of the fastest growing craft beer destinations on the East Coast. As OC improves its local craft beer reputation, it’s imperative that bartenders and servers at bars and restaurants that carry local craft beer be able to educate beer drinkers. We want to ensure a visitor’s exploration of our local beer scene is an enjoyable experience. Too often light beer drinkers experimenting with local beer for the first time have a less than optimal experience due to ill informed or misguided choices about what to try. A poor first impression can turn a person off of all craft beer forever, so it’s essential to make sure their first tastes are memorable and pleasurable. Positive first impressions will allow beer drinkers to take an interest in the world of craft and be more adventurous, investing their time and money to explore new beers.

Creating an exceptional craft beer experience for a first-timer hinges on a server’s ability to help that customer make informed choices and to alter the mindset that keeps many people loyal to one brand of light beer. This ability boils down to education about what constitutes craft beer, how it should be served, and why its worth the higher price tag. As the popularity of Ocean City’s beer scene grows, servers and bartenders must have strong working knowledge of beer styles, flavor profiles, terminology, proper serving technique, and what makes craft beer a better product.

ShoreCraftBeer.com is teaming up with local brewers, the OCHMRA and the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce to develop a server certification program for 2015 aimed at providing bartenders and servers the knowledge they need to help customers make informed craft beer decisions. This certification program will be available for the first time in our region this year.

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Certified beer servers will have a strong working knowledge of beer styles and the defining characteristics of each. Knowing the key ingredients, characteristics, and flavor profiles that differentiate IPAs, Stouts, Porters, Lagers, and other beer types can help quickly narrow down a guest’s preference from multiple- sometimes daunting- amounts of choices to a select few based on preferences about light vs. dark and bitter vs. sweet, and other layman's terms.

A certified server will be able to help a guest decode the meanings of ABV (alcohol by volume), IBUs (International Bittering Units), and the other numerical scales used to define a beer’s characteristics on labels and menus. Helping a guest pick a beer higher or lower in alcohol content depending on the situation can greatly enhance the overall drinking experience, as can ensuring a guest picks beers appropriate for their preferred level of bitterness.

Grasping important terminology- grassy, crisp, bitter, citrusy, roasty- and the beer styles they characterize is another essential part of the certification program. Knowing and understanding such terms allows servers to effectively communicate with guests and answer questions posed by more experienced craft beer drinkers looking for information to help narrow down which local products to try.

Craft beer, which is as complex and diverse as fine wine, can highlight flavors in food, so understanding how the tastes of each play off each other is another important step to creating an enjoyable craft beer experience. Knowing how grains produce sweetness

and hops create bitterness allows servers to make recommendations to guests about what beers pair well with what they’re eating. Proper recommendations can encourage further experimentation with food and beer pairings.

Another essential skill that will be mastered by certified craft beer servers is learning the art of a proper pour. To maximize the taste of a draft craft beer, the server must pour into the proper glassware at the proper temperature. Perhaps most importantly, a beer with the right head retention effectively releases aromas that get lost when poured improperly.

Craft beer is fresher, healthier and more flavorful than its mass-produced counterparts and connosieurs and novices alike can have amazing experiences with it, whether at a brewery, bar or restaurant. These experiences available in Ocean City and along the Eastern Shore, can forever change the life of a beer drinker. If you want to be sure your exploration of the Ocean City beer scene is a memorable one, make sure to visit any bar or restaurant bearing the Shore Craft Beer Certified seal and let the tasting begin!

For updates on our certification process and, eventually, a complete list of the bars and restaurants that have gone through the certification process in 2015, please check ShoreCraftBeer.com.

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ith all of the ingredients for a memorable wedding, beginning with the sun, sand and surf, Ocean City is the perfect destination for a beach wedding. Of course everything else is close by; restaurants, country clubs and hotels for receptions, many offering stunning ocean or bayside views. There are florists, photographers and churches. Be it a small or large affair, Ocean City offers the perfect venue. The atmosphere is family friendly and there is entertainment for both the kids and grandparents before and after the event.

Best of all, when the magical moment arrives, there is no better romantic setting than a beach backdrop, nothing more spectacular than rolling surf and the sound of crashing waves. It’s no surprise that hundreds of couples choose Ocean City every year.

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Barefoot Bride For Your Destination Beach Wedding

Barefoot Bride for beautiful beach weddings & receptions. Leave all the details to us! We offer pre-event planning — enjoy our exclusive list of vendors, venues and locations. barefootbrideoc.com

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Next Wave Studios Destination Photography and More...

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rom the mountains to the beach, and all places in between, award-winning photographer Kyle Hughes, is your photographer for destination weddings. Kyle completed an intensive education program at one of the most prestigious photography schools in the United States, the Hallmark Institute of Photography, in Turner Falls, Mass. He will bring an impressive set of skills and creativity to your wedding, capturing that special day in a spectacular way. His schedule fills quickly, so call today to secure your date.

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Sit Back...

Relax... and Wax! Provides full body waxing & skin care for men and women. We make your waxing experience as clean, comfortable, and fun as possible. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp

410-524-1686 www.ocbeachwax.com

103-J 120th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842

Rest, Rejuvenate, Revitalize…

Enjoy a relaxing massage for just you or you and someone special.

• Couples massage • Individual therapeutic massage • Hot stone foot massages

Schedule an appointment with our licensed professional(s) today!

410-390-3318

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It's a Lifestyle!

Beach lover and CEO, Lou Ann Davis, refers to Live In Flip Flops as a "Lifestyle." Her growing company creates unique products to remind customers of the beach all year 'round. Dangle them from a wine glass, ceiling fan, set of keys and of course a beach bag.

Made from colorful and durable yoga-mat material, these adorable flip flops can be personalized with a logo, monogram, embellishments and "bling." With a date on the back, they make a fun keepsake for weddings, reunions, birth announcements and fundraisers. Live in Flip Flops has even dedicated a pink version to promote breast cancer awareness.

As a side note, because they FLOAT, use them with boat keys or in a creative, unsinkable flip-flop centerpiece.

LiveinFlipFlops.com 301-466-1544

DJ Tuff

When Only The Best DJ Will Do!

“Thanks again for doing such a great job at our wedding! Anyone needing a fabulous DJ look no farther. Tuff had our guests dancing all night long. Honestly, no one wanted the party to end. We continue to get compliments on how great the music was.” — A very happy bride

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ruly one of the most electrifying acts on the Eastern Seaboard, this is the man to get the party moving! But this entertainer is not just for any wedding; DJ Tuff is exclusively for those who want their after party, to be truly memorable.

Book Now!

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inter in Ocean City is a great time to be in the resort. It’s the perfect sweetheart getaway destination. Cozy hotel rooms at winter prices.

Gourmet restaurants, serving mouth watering dishes, without the wait. And a glimpse of the locals life, without all the hustle and bustle.

Come during the holidays and enjoy the Winterfest of Lights, the Holiday Shoppers Fair or visit our surf shops and the outlets. With board shorts and bikini’s under the tree, the excitement will last for months, in anticipation of that Ocean City summer vacation!

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Outtakes Because compiling Inside Ocean City is as much fun as vacationing here!

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You can also purchase some of the great photographic spreads shown in this book by professional photographer, Kyle Hughes, of Next Wave Studios. Prices start at just $30 for a 10-inch print. Larger sizes and canvas’ are available too!

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Index of Sponsors Restaurants

130 28th St. Pit & Pub 116 32 Palm 7 Blu Crabhouse & Raw Bar 123 Brass Balls Saloon 108 Caribbean Pool Bar & Grill 130 Conners Beach Café 8 Domino's Pizza 123 Dough Roller 6 Ember's Restaurant 118 Fish Tales 121 Guidos Burritos 133 Happy Jack Pancake House 109 Harrison’s Harborwatch 109 Hemingway’s 110 Hooters of Ocean City 120 Lighthouse Sound 25 Macky’s Bar & Grill 122 Marina Deck 108 Paul Revere Smorgasboard 132 Princess Royale 131 Rice House Bistro 119 Ristorante Antipasti 117 Ruth's Chris 132 Seabay Café 124 The Angler

Retail Shops 22 81 82

Candy Kitchen Coastal Hospice Thrift Store South Moon Under

Golf

93 Eagle's Landing Golf 90 GlenRiddle 91 Links at Lighthouse Sound 90 Rum Pointe

Family Fun

47 91 55 52 176 48 51 53 99 57 48 52 52

Baja Amusements Concerts on the Green Delmarva Shorebirds Embers Island Golf Frontier Town Fun Cycle Grand Prix Amusements Next Wave Studios Old Pro Golf Rally Helicopters Salisbury Zoo Smith Island Cruises Whatever Guide Services

Sport Fishing 3 72 72 73

Bahia Marina OC Fishing Center Ocean Princess The Angler

Watersports 39 38 33 34 37 19

Bayside Boat Rentals OC Parasail Odyssea Paddle Odyssea Watersports Paradise Watersports Under The Bridge Watersports

Real Estate 85

Happy Hour 145 144 144 143 145 143

28th St. Pit & Pub Bad Ass Café Buxy's Salty Dog Saloon Duffy's Tavern Harborside Bar & Grill Marina Deck

Beach Weddings 165 166 163 167 166 164 166

AB Makeup Artist Beach Wax Barefoot Bride DJ Tuff Live In Flip Flops Next Wave Studios OC Massage

Medical Care

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Peninsula Regional Medical Center West Ocean City Illness & Injury Your Doc’s In

Senior Services Mixology 154 159 158 157 155 156

28th St. Pit & Pub Brass Balls Saloon Buxy's Salty Dog Saloon Duffy's Tavern Harborside Bar & Grill Whiskers Pub

Nightlife

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Pet Services 65 64 64 65 62 64

Other 27 80 129 133 92 126 60

Delmarva Unleashed Dog Bites Gingerbread House Ocean City Animal Hospital Paws & Claws Etc… Pooch Palooza™ Sandy Paws

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If you really want to know who has the best crabcake or the best crabs, which Boardwalk stand is worth your money, or where you can find the best sunsets and live music, go to OceanCity.com/Best-of-Ocean-City.

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Frontier Town 5 minutes from Ocean City • 4.5 miles south of Rt. 50, on Rt. 611 • FrontierTown.com

water park & miniature golf

western theme park

May 23 - September 7

June 13 - September 7

Family Activity Pool • Wagon Mini-Slides Water Sprays • Giant Water Slide • Tubing Flumes Lazy River • 18 Hole Mini-Golf • Poolside Bar & Grill Bath House • Lockers • Free Parking

Gunfights • Holdups • Can Can Shows Pan For Gold • Native American Ceremonial Dancing Pony Rides • Stagecoach & Steam Train Rides Gift Shops • Western Eateries

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Adult Admission to the Water Park or Mini-Golf. Valid Friday - Monday only.

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Adult Admission to the Western Theme Park. Valid Friday - Monday only.

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High Ropes Adventure Park April 3 - November 29 3 High Ropes Courses • 47 Obstacles 1,200 Feet Of Zip Lines • Age 7 & Up Team-Building Programs • Group Rates Available Experienced Course Monitors

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Age & weight restrictions applicable at the High Ropes Adventure Park.

Not valid with other offers. Expires 11/29/15. Code: InsideOC-Ropes

Snap a photo of this cover and present at our ticket booths for park discounts!