Saturday, July 25, 2009

Clary's Country Corner, Cape May Court House, NJ

You are at the shore. You get up to enjoy the sunrise. You grab some coffee from Wawa. But you are hungry. Really hungry. Before the beach and sun and swimming hungry. There are a lot of places in Wildwood and North Wildwood serving breakfast, some specializing in pancakes, others in McDfood.

The best place to go is away from the beach and the madding fray. On Route 9 in Cape May Court House is Clary's Country Corner. Not only is the food wonderful but wallet-friendly and the staff is home-grown and charming to boot. We knew we were in the right place when Cape May Courthouse's finest came in and joined us after duty.

The corned-beef hash is fresh. The pancakes tender. The eggs not over-cooked. The coffee good. One of my dining partners ordered a ham omelet that actually had ham in it. And they didn't slap in cheese as some do when he orders "A Ham Omelet No Cheese," possibly to hide the fact that at most diners the ham looks like pepper specs.

A young mother told me to have breakfast with 3 kids at a famous pancake restaurant close by cost $60. At Clary's you can get the 222-2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 meat, for $2.22.

Had she gone to Clary's, she'd have had enough money for lunch.

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