Actually, it's David....and here's the Dogfish scoop
David (dstrother@pop.dn.net)
Sat, 26 Sep 1998 11:29:07 -0400
Fran Saunders wrote:
>
> Dave....We, of course know LL BEAN and the outlet in Rehoboth, but Dogfish
> Head? Is this by any chance a restaurant.....that opens
> EARLY. We are often in Lewes and will be attempting future
> pelagics with FONT, but had wondered where we could eat a
> nice warm full breakfast before the trip. So, please, any
> information along these lines would be helpful.
....and David replied....
Here's the URL for Dogfish http://www.dogfish.com/ from which I've
pasted the following information:
We are located at 320 Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Once
you turn onto 1A from route 1, we are 1 mile up on your right. The
brewpub is open 5 days a week, W-F at 4pm, Sat & Sun at noon. WE ARE
CLOSED MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS.
It's a terrific place, with outstanding brews (in the NSHO of this
bierfeinschmecker) and wonderful food. It's a must-do.....for dinner,
though on Fridays and Saturdays you would want to eat on the early side
since it's got really good live music that draws good crowds.
.....and any place that has the words "beer and benevolence" stitched on
the back of their caps has got to be a good place. In fact, their caps
are particularly good for birding in the wind since they are cut very
full and can be adjusted to fit your head very snugly and comfortably.
They've got a small parking lot. If you park on the street be aware
that those are 24/7 meters and the local constabulary has a very strict
interpretation of "Keep Delaware Green".
No one (except maybe a truck stop out on Route 1) serves a nice warm
breakfast at 4:00AM prior to the 5:00AM departure of the good ship
Skipjack. Our advice is to stay at the Anglers Motel. It's a very
friendly and reasonably priced place right across the road from the dock
where the Skipjack is berthed. All rooms have refrigerators, so you
simply take some stuff to eat at that hour (bagels, cream cheese, OJ,
and the like) and a Hot-Shot to make your coffee or tea. The
refrigerator availability also makes it possible to keep cold overnight
whatever it is you take to eat and drink on the trip, since nothing to
eat or drink is available on the boat.
Locating the dock the night before is VERY important. It's not
something you want to do through bleary eyes in the pre-dawn dark. It's
particularly important to prevent such near-misses as we did, having
failed to note that the two alarm clocks we set were still running on
Louisiana daylight time, where we'd been the week before. I've no doubt
that Greg Miller, Jim Stasz, and others are still chuckling at the
spectacle of me running across the parking lot to the slip in my pj's at
5:05 asking forbearance while Toni and I threw on some clothes and our
vittles into the cooler. Birders being a generally good lot, we were
treated very kindly.....with benvolence, one might say....and Armas and
the other leaders made sure that we didn't have to feel embarassed about
delaying things for a few moments.
David Strother
Bethesda, Maryland
dstrother@pop.dn.net