We’ve also added a really special new cocktails and pub menu for the rooftop.” JAM (Washington Blade photo by Daniel Truitt) Bethany Blues takes over Nicola “For those of you that are familiar with JAM, we’ve kept all the favorites and we’ve added some really great new items to the menu. “People keep telling us ‘Oh, I live on King Charles’ or ‘Oh, I live on Munson’ and they’re so excited for us to be there, because they never make the trip across Rehoboth Avenue,” said McCracken. With Henlopen City Oyster House, Mariachi, Salt Air, and now JAM, there’s no shortage of elevated cuisine on the other side of Rehoboth Avenue. More importantly, South Rehoboth now has another high-end restaurant in its backyard. There have been a number of businesses in and out of that space over the past few years - most notably the much-missed Azzurro - so a popular spot like JAM will give it some stability. Now, JAM has taken over the corner of Bayard and Wilmington, in the building occupied last year by UnWined at the Beach. with some of the best eats around for decades. Owners Jeff McCracken and Mark Hunker have been providing both Rehoboth and D.C. The sister restaurants provide two distinct yet equally elevated experiences of quality drinks, food, and service. The duo of Eden and JAM has been a mainstay on Baltimore Avenue for years. Second Block is committed to ensuring that gay community and culture not only stay alive in Rehoboth, but remain a focal point of the town. Townsend says that Rehoboth is evolving from the house party scene that he saw in years past to the bustling vacation center it is now. Provincetown is my favorite place in the world to go, and we just felt like Rehoboth was missing an opportunity to bring in big name acts and provide a different level of entertainment than what was in the town.” “We opened The Pines to bring something to Rehoboth that we felt was missing. He spoke extensively about the group’s desire to maintain and expand LGBTQ culture through events like drag shows. Tyler Townsend, who represents Bodhi, spoke about the impact that Second Block hopes to have on the gay community in Rehoboth. It was only recently that Drift, The Pines, and Aqua all merged to form the group, with Bodhi as the next restaurant under the umbrella. The Second Block Restaurant Group is fairly new to the Rehoboth scene. As of this writing, Bodhi had not yet opened, though the chef has been testing the menu at takeover events in sister restaurant The Pines each Sunday until opening the new space. Now, Second Block hopes to bring Asian cuisine back to downtown Rehoboth in that space, most recently occupied by Square One Grill. The restaurant will occupy the spot that was held for many years by Lily Thai, which closed a few years ago after a very successful run. The corporate chef of Second Block, Lion Gardner, has traveled extensively in Southeast Asia, inspiring a shared vision among the owners of a place for dishes like dumplings and noodles. This comes only a year after Drift opened on Baltimore Avenue, a high-end seafood restaurant and raw bar.īodhi’s dining experience was described by its owner as an Asian fusion experience inspired by street food. Second Block Restaurant Group - owner of favorites like The Pines and Aqua Grill - is bringing Southeast Asian fare to 1st Street. Bodhi and Drift Drift (Washington Blade photo by Daniel Truitt)
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