In May 1994, a second Cottage Cafe location opened in Bethany Beach in the former Peppermill restaurant building on Coastal Highway. Today, the Cottage is one of the most popular eateries on the Maryland and Delaware coast. The key to success has been a unique menu that features homestyle entrees such as pot roast, pork chops and meat loaf along with traditional beach fare like crab cakes and shrimp. There aren't many people that offer the same things as we do. But homestyle food doesn't mean that atmosphere has been sacrificed.
Cottage offers a cozy setting with table clothes, a fireplace and a full-service bar.
We try to offer a decent menu at fair prices. He cites the pot roast, pork chops, meat loaf, fried oysters and crab cakes as the house specialties. The goal of owning a restaurant began for Poffenberger, Neville and Clopton at Shepherd College in West Virginia, where they were fraternity brothers. When Neville and Clopton graduated a couple years later, they joined up with Poffenberger and Hopkins, who also worked for Black Eyed Pea, and formulated plans for their own restaurant. Ocean City, where Poffenberger had vacationed as a child and done a college externship at the Marina Deck, seemed like a logical choice.