The boardwalk.
These innocent-looking birds will hang out in gangs near their favorite restaurants and dive-bomb people who leave their food uncovered. The plucked a Chickie’s & Pete’s Famous Crabfry from someone’s hand while I was there.
Chickie’s & Pete’s Famous Crabfries. The boardwalk plays host to a variety of fantastic eating establishments.
This one isn’t technically from the boardwalk. But I’m including because it was one of the many new foods I ate that day.
Mack & Manco supposedly has the best pizza on earth. I was a skeptic. But it’s true. I can’t explain why, you just have to try it.
Selling almond macaroons in one of the historic boardwalk buildings.
Almond macaroon. Again, you have to try it to understand it’s amazing-ness.
TLC’s Polish Water Ice “Proudly Featured on the Food Network Channel!”
Polish Water Ice, lemon and watermelon.
Shriver’s. The place to go for saltwater taffy. “Quality Candies Since 1898.”
They make fudge, too.
Shriver’s taffy and a mint.
Mr. Taffy.
Fudge Kitchen. The place to go for fudge. And for Irish Potatoes.
Irish potatoes are some sort of coconut creation rolled in cinnamon.
Johnson’s Popcorn. World-famous caramel corn.
They say “Do you wanna top it off?” And you say, “Noooo.” So instead of putting a lid on it, they fill the bucket in a plastic bag so the popcorn can spill over, and the slip the lid in on the side.
The boardwalk has four lanes, “Runners,” “Bikes,” “Surrey,” and “Pedestrians.”
“The Flanders Hotel 1923”
The boardwalk is 2.5 miles long and contains several shops, plus mini-golf, arcades, and amusement parks.
Pizza tossing at Mack & Manco’s, taffy pulling at Shriver’s, and fudge twirling at Fudge Kitchen.