The Lobster House • 1922

A working fishing fleet still supplies the daily catch at this Cape May institution, where a century of harborfront hospitality has made it the Jersey Shore's most storied seafood destination. The 130-foot schooner American serves as a floating cocktail lounge alongside the docks, while the main dining room turns out platters of cold-water lobster and just-caught fish with views of the commercial fishing boats unloading their haul. Whether you claim a table inside or grab a dockside seat with a bucket of steamers, you're eating seafood that likely came off one of their own vessels.