Chefs

  1. Dot, left, and Lucille on the Chalfonte porch

    Fried Chicken & Soul at the Chalfonte Hotel

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2012 in Cape May Magazine • Chefs • Recipes

    At the Chalfonte, Cape May’s oldest continuous operating hotel, the Magnolia Room’s southern menu has been a tradition for 101 years.

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    Chefs of Cape May- Godmothers

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Chefs • Restaurants

    “We’re still here.” Scott Abendschein said with a smile. This year Godmothers Restaurant begins a ninth season under the direction and ownership of Scott and Kathy Abendschein. Ten years ago, the Abendscheins enjoyed a successful catering business on the Main Line in Pennsylvania. But since everything they did was “off-site,” they felt a need for [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May- Tisha’s

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Chefs • Restaurants

    Chef Paul Negro of Tisha’s Restaurant was a mechanic restoring Porches in South Philadelphia when his mother, Tisha, a graduate of the Restaurant School in Philadelphia, said “You should be a chef.  That’s how I see you.” Move to the shore with me. We’ll open up a breakfast place and we’ll be partners. I was [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May – The Merion Inn

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • History of Restaurants • Restaurants

    Vicki Watson didn’t want to be a restaurateur. She already had a successful law career in Manhattan when her father, owner of Watson’s Merion Inn, died in 1992. As executrix of Warren Watson’s will she tried to abide by his wishes and sell The Merion Inn but the restaurant was losing so much money by [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May- Merion Inn

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Chefs • Restaurants

    Vicki Watson didn’t want to be a restaurateur. She already had a successful law career in Manhattan when her father, owner of Watson’s Merion Inn, died in 1992. As executrix of Warren Watson’s will she tried to abide by his wishes and sell The Merion Inn but the restaurant was losing so much money by [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May- Gecko’s

    Text by | Published May 1st, 2003 in Chefs • Restaurants

    When Susi Bithell and her husband Randy, the former chef at Fresco’s on Bank Street, left Cape May for Santa Fe in search of a place to open a restaurant, they didn’t expect to be  back in Cape May. But it’ is in Cape May that they opened the restaurant of Randy’s dreams -Gecko’s, where [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May – Union Park

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a year-round population of under 5,000. These creative people were looking for independence, small town life, [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May- Waters Edge Restaurant

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a year-round population of under 5,000. These creative people were looking for independence, small town life, [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May – Alexander’s Inn

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a year-round population of under 5,000. These creative people were looking for independence, small town life, [...]

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    Chefs of Cape May- Freda’s Cafe

    Text by | Published April 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Characters • Chefs • Restaurants

    One of the joys of living and visiting Cape May, along with the beach and the rich Victorian history, is the food. The diversity of culinary delights which Cape May has to offer is exceeded by few cities with a year-round population of under 5,000. These creative people were looking for independence, small town life, [...]