Cottage Cafe
Popular Items
2 Crab Cakes Entrée
“The Best on the Beach” 1st Place Winner of the Coast Day Crab Cake Cook-Off. We use lump crab meat for these 5 oz. broiled cakes. Just enough bread crumbs to hold them together.
Blushing Crab Bowl
A mixture of our Cream of Crab and MD Crab soups. A local favorite!
Cream of Crab Bowl
Our most popular soup, creamy and crabby with a hint of sherry.
DINNER
Starters
Buffalo Flat Bread
Baked flat bread white pizza with Boursin and mozzarella cheeses. Topped with broiled chicken, bacon, and fresh -cut scallions. Finished with a drizzle of ranch dressing and buffalo sauce.
Chicken Fingers LG
"FRESH" Never Frozen Chicken Tenders, hand-dusted and fried. Served wirh our signature homemade honey-mustard dressing.
Chicken Fingers SM
FRESH" Never Frozen Chicken Tenders, hand-dusted and fried. Served wirh our signature homemade honey-mustard dressing.
Coconut Shrimp
Large shrimp lightly breaded with our coconut blend and fried to perfection. Served with Thai chili sauce.
Crab Pizza
Baked flat bread white pizza topped with a Boursin cheese mix, marinated grape tomatoes,spinach and lump crab. Finished wih a sweet balsamic drizzle.
Crabby Dune
Our signature appetizer with a seafood twist! Fresh hand-cut seasoned fries piled high and smothered with melted cheese, crab meat bacon, and scallions. Served with ranch dressing for dipping.
Crabby Pretzel
Hot cheesy crab dip over pretzel logs topped with melted cheddar jack cheese, green onions and Old Bay.
Dune Fries LG
Our signature appetizer! Fresh hand-cut seasoned fries piled high and smothered with melted cheese, bacon, and scallions. Served with ranch dressing for dipping.
Dune Fries SM
Our signature appetizer! Fresh hand-cut and seasoned fries piled high and smothered with melted cheeses, bacon and scallions. Served with ranch dressing for dipping.
Fiery Fingers LG
Our famous Cottage fingers coated with our homemade spicy buffalo sauce. Served with bleu cheese dressing.
Fiery Fingers SM
Our famous Cottage fingers coated with our homemade spicy buffalo sauce. Served with bleu cheese dressing.
Fried Mozzarella
Golden-fried mozzarella cheese served with marinara.
Fried Pickles
Fresh-cut dill pickle fries dipped and dusted that fry up light and crispy; complemented with freshly fried jalapenos to add a little zing. Served with Chipotle Ranch for dipping.
Steamed Shrimp 1 LB
Jumbo deveined 16 - 20 count peel and eat shrimp served piping hot. Dusted with old bay seasoning and served with cocktail sauce, lemon and extra napkins.
Steamed Shrimp 1/2 LB
Jumbo deveined 16 - 20 count peel and eat shrimp, served piping hot. Dusted with old bay seasoning and served with cocktail sauce, lemon and extra napkins.
Pretzel log
Sandwiches
Alpine Chicken Sandwich
No need to head to the Mountains! An All Natural Local Chicken Breast is marinated and grilled and then topped with sautéed mushrooms, hickory-smoked bacon, swiss cheese and horseradish ranch.
Beyond Burger
A new breed of burger made entirely from plants.
Bodacious BBQ
Tender pulled beef in our Jack Daniels BBQ sauce. Served on a kaiser roll and topped with fried onion frizzles.
Crab Cake Sandwich
“The best crab cake on the beach; 1st place winner of the Coast Day Crab Cake Cook Off”. Lump blue crab mixed with just enough filler to hold it together. Served on a toasted kaiser roll with tartar sauce.
Crabby Burger
This is where the land meats the sea (pun intended). Our famous Poffenburger chargrilled to your liking and topped with a crab cake. Finished with rich imperial sauce.
Poffen Burger
(Our Cottage Classic Burger) Half pound of seasoned fresh ground beef cooked the way you like it.
Roadhouse Burger
A southwestern style burger topped with cheddar jack cheese, barbecue sauce, bacon, jalapenos and fried onion frizzles.
The Sea Witch
Our bewitching sandwich made of broiled sea scallops, hickory bacon, and melted cheddar and jack cheese on a toasted roll.
Tom's Chicken Sandwich
A housemade marinade keeps this char-grilled chicken breast juicy.
Black & Bleu Burger
Soup
Blushing Crab Bowl
A mixture of our Cream of Crab and MD Crab soups. A local favorite!
Blushing Crab Cup
A mixture of our Cream of Crab and MD Crab soups. A local favorite!
Cream of Crab Bowl
Our most popular soup, creamy and crabby with a hint of sherry.
Cream of Crab Cup
Our most popular soup, creamy and crabby with a hint of sherry.
MD Crab Bowl
Loads of blue crab in a spicy tomato base with lots of vegetables.
MD Crab Cup
Loads of blue crab in a spicy tomato base with lots of vegetables.
Salad
Chicken Caesar Salad
Marinated and char-grilled chicken atop crisp romaine greens tossed with our homemade Caesar dressing, croutons and shaved parmesan cheese.
Classic Caesar Salad
Chopped and crisp hearts of romaine tossed with our homemade Caesar dressing, croutons and shaved parmesan cheese.
Cobb Salad
Avocado, chicken, tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, crumbled bleu cheese and bacon served atop a bed of romaine & chopped salad greens. Served with honey mustard dressing
LG Garden Salad
Mixed greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms and red onion slices. Served with croutons and your choice of dressing .
Nutty Berry Salad
A field of greens topped with frosted walnuts, fresh strawberries, dried cranberries, apple wedges and goat cheese. Served with raspberry-walnut vinaigrette.
Side Caesar
Side House
Entrees
1 Crab Cake Entrée
“The Best on the Beach” 1st Place Winner of the Coast Day Crab Cake Cook-Off. We use lump crab meat for these 5 oz. broiled cakes. Just enough bread crumbs to hold them together.
2 Crab Cakes Entrée
“The Best on the Beach” 1st Place Winner of the Coast Day Crab Cake Cook-Off. We use lump crab meat for these 5 oz. broiled cakes. Just enough bread crumbs to hold them together.
Chicken Parmesan
We use local all natural free range chicken for this classic dish. Served over linguini and comes with a side salad and garlic bread instead of two sides.
Chicken Chesapeake
A half-pound local all natural free range chicken breast topped with one of our crab cakes and then smothered with a combination of cheeses and rich imperial sauce. Awesome!!
Clopton's Flounder
The best fried flounder you’ve had. Hand-breaded and fried to golden brown.
Crab Cake Abella
Grand Prize Winner of the OLD BAY® National Seafood Contest. A large portabella mushroom cap stuffed with creamy spinach, topped with one of our lump crab cakes. Broiled to perfection with a rich imperial sauce. Served with your choice of a side dish.
Fried Oysters
Fresh and Local!! Lightly dusted with flour and fried to golden perfection. Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. A local favorite!
Fried Shrimp Entrée
Eight large butterflied prawns, lightly breaded and deep fried.
Meat Loaf
Baked with a light tomato glaze and topped with brown gravy. As close to Mom’s cooking as you can get! Add a heaping mound of Sautéed Mushrooms and/or onions.
Pot Roast Entrée
Our #1 Seller! Our tender chuck roll seasoned and cooked slowly overnight with carrots, onions and mushrooms. Topped with our homemade pan-drippings beef gravy. Add a heaping mound of Sautéed Mushrooms and/or onions .
Ribeye
Hand cut, marinated in rosemary and garlic then seared and topped with herbed compound butter.
Ribeye Imperial
12 ounce hand-cut ribeye cooked to your liking and topped with crab imperial. Add a heaping mound of Sautéed Mushrooms and/or onions .
Scallops Entrée
You know they have to be good when our logo is a scallop shell. Fresh and local sea scallops seasoned and broiled to perfection. Oh so Sweet!
Spicy Shrimp Scampi
A Cottage favorite special that’s now on the menu! Plump and juicy shrimp sautéed in a spicy and creamy scampi sauce and tossed with penne pasta. Served with a side salad and garlic bread.
Stuffed Flounder
Twin filets of flounder stuffed with a petite crab cake made with lump crab meat. Topped with imperial sauce and broiled to perfection.
Stuffed Scallops
Fresh and local sea scallops seasoned and broiled. Served atop a bed of spinach and topped with crab imperial.
Vegetable Lasagna
A generous portion of house made lasagna with fresh zucchini, squash, spinach, marinara, basil, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses. Served with a side salad and garlic bread instead of two sides.