Head to Grove Market, a six-table restaurant west of Assawoman Bay. Hundreds of wine bottles rest on their sides. Linen cloth covers molded-plastic tables. The list is extensive, with possibly five appetizers, eight to 10 entrees and three desserts. Foodwise, the team of chefs, none of whom has studied at official culinary school, is creative but not pretentious.
Ingredients are primarily home-grown and freshly fished, caught or picked.
The shop also showcases local artists, in particular Dana Simpson's Chesapeake East Pottery, known for its whimsical shapes, and Colleen Everett's gorgeous mosaic-tiled benches. Equally intriguing are fish sculptures made out of sheet metal by Wayne Baron, a Florida artist. Besides its clubhouse gourmet restaurant, Lighthouse Sound installed Pro Link computers on its carts to help golfers measure the distance of drives or get pro tips at each hole. There's also a medical-emergency button wired to the clubhouse, and, according to Lighthouse head pro Dennis Winters, a former pro at Chevy Chase's Columbia Country Club, you can order your lunch, say, from the 14th hole and it'll be ready when you arrive. The melding of two relatively divergent cultures is just one sign that Seacret's isn't your typical beachside bar.