Ocean City Memories & Seacrets for Dinner

The kids and I drove two hours to Ocean City, Maryland, a beach town that holds a special place in my heart. I lived here in the late 1990s during an internship at a local advertising business, so returning felt nostalgic – it felt like I was returning home. We arrived around 3 PM on a slightly gloomy day. Since it’s off-season, the town was peaceful and uncrowded, though many shops were closed. My kids loved seeing where I used to live.

We kicked off our visit with a barefoot walk along the beach, hunting for seashells, then warmed up at Java Beach Cafe • Bakery. I enjoyed my usual hot chai latte (it’s my go-to wherever I go). The Ocean City Boardwalk is impressively long, about 30 blocks, but with night falling, we only made it to around 10th Street before turning back.

For dinner, we went to Seacrets, which I hadn’t visited in nearly three decades. The food was outstanding, and the menu clearly marked gluten-free options. Since I’m allergic to chicken, I swapped the Cobb Salad’s chicken for shrimp, and it was massive and delicious. I ate almost the entire salad, except for two halves of a hard-boiled egg that my daughter cheekily stole!

We’ll definitely return, especially since my older son wasn’t with us. He would have loved it just as much.

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 stars for: food, quality, and service. It was a bit pricey, but the quality is well worth it.

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Seacrets
117 49th St
Ocean City, MD 21842
(410) 524-4900
seacrets.com