If you’re looking for a quiet, laid back place to sip an iced tea with your grandkids, The Starboard in Dewey Beach may not be your best bet. If your agenda is clearing your head of last semester’s finals and filling up instead on good music and some tasty food, The Starboard welcomes you aboard. From crab-filled breakfast omelets in the morning, to balmy, music-filled nights on the bayside deck, The Starboard is all about kicking back and having a good time at the shore.
With Memorial Day behind us, another summer season is underway at The Starboard. This year, a new Insider VIP Card program offers both discounts and priority access– an especially valuable privilege during busy breakfast hours. A review of some of Starboard’s more interesting menu items and entertainment schedule follows.
Breakfast at The Starboard
The first and most important meal of the day is a big deal at The Starboard. The very club you partied in the night before is transformed each morning into a breakfast hotspot with an extensive menu. Be forewarned, the lines can be long at times, so the early bird gets the eggs.
If you’re longing for comfort foods that remind you of home, Starboard certainly offers the usual morning meal staples. You’ll find French Toast, blueberry buttermilk pancakes and thick Belgian waffles on the menu. Starboards breakfast repertoire includes everything from fresh fruit to Fruit Loops with sides of hash browns, scrapple and bagels with cream cheese. That said, isn’t the point of going on vacation to branch out and try new things?
If you’re looking for something a bit different, one especially noteworthy breakfast choice is Starboard’s Eggs Delmarva. Eggs Benedict get a shore-themed make-over with poached eggs resting atop a mound of chunky crab meat and served on top of toasted English muffins. To make matters more decadent, the eggs are topped with a rich Hollandaise sauce.
If having the ocean just a few minutes walk away isn’t “beach” enough for you, try Starboard’s Caribbean Eggs. Another variation of the Eggs Benedict standard, this dish sees your English muffins loaded up with spicy Jamaican jerk chicken. Of course, the obligatory poached eggs are nestled on top and receive a heaping helping of creamy Hollandaise.
If you’re expecting Starboard’s Full Monty Breakfast to come naked, you’re going to be disappointed. If, however, you’re hoping for two eggs done your way, bacon strips, sausage and some hashbrowns– they’ve got you covered. Still hungry? No problem… You’ll also get your choice of raisin bread French toast or pancakes.
Starboard breakfast sandwiches are a rite of Dewey Beach passage. A multitude of options await. You’ll find fresh croissants, toast and burritos wrapped around bacon, sausage, scrapple and ham. There’s also an abundance of hash browns, cheese, tomatoes, onions, green peppers and fresh, homemade salsa.
Starboard’s kitchen also cranks out some incredible omelets. If you’re in the mood for seafood in the morning, check out the aptly named, Your Fish is Our Command. Here, eggs combine with shrimp and jumbo lump crabmeat then topped with the cheese of your choice and finished to perfection.
Other creative omelets at The Starboard include the jerk chicken filled Caribbean omelet and the Napa Valley Fru Fru which gets the crisp bacon and molten Monterey Jack treatment along with guacamole and salsa garnish. If you like your breakfast hot in both senses of the word, try the Hot as Huevos. You’ll get your eggs wrapped around jalapeno peppers, spicy sausage and Monterey Jack cheese with a drizzle of Starboard’s own fiery hot sauce.
Finally, if you have a smaller appetite, you may want to second think the Kitchen Sink! It’s amply packed with your three favorite breakfast meats; bacon, ham and sausage. Not enough? Ok, it’s also topped with both Swiss and American cheeses. You want more? Before being folded, the Kitchen Sink receives chopped onions and green peppers. A smothering of hollandaise sauce makes the omelet ready for presentation.
The Starboard Summer Schedule
Suicide Sundays at The Starboard this summer will feature entertainment from DJ Steve, DJ Smoky and DJ John Hardy. There will be live bands every Sunday night with acts including Can’t Hang!, LauraLea & Tripp Fabulous, Jimi Smooth and Road Soda. All Budweiser products on Sundays sell for $3.25 and Starboard’s famous Ruby Red Crushes are just $6 all day!
Visit The Starboard on Mondays this summer and you’ll be entertained by DJ Danimal. Kick back on the deck with friends and start your week off right with an order of jerk chicken. With all that spicy, hard work, get your thirst quenched with $1.50 Coors Lights all day and all night.
Every Tuesday, the Starboard welcomes the band Freshly Squeezed. Apropos of something, The Starboard’s bartenders offer their trademark freshly-squeezed Stoli Orange Crushes for just $4 each. If you’re a fan of quality microbrews, take advantage of Delaware’s own local DogFish Head Beer, discounted to just $2.50 each.
Eight-year veteran Starboard performer, Lauralea & Tripp Fabulous will entertain the crowd every Wednesday from 10pm-1am. Look for discounted Bud Lights and $4 Jagers. Between live sets, DJ John Hardy will keep the music in the air.
The Mavi Trio hits The Starboard every Thursday, providing live music from 10pm-1am. Miller High Life Lights and Miller Genuine Draft 64’s are offered for a beach-budget-friendly price of just $2.25. Feeling sophisticated? Check out Starboard’s Three Olives BOMBS for $3 every Thursday night this summer.
Kick off your weekend on the deck on the bay. DJ Smoky cranks up the tunes as Starboard’s friendly and professional staff keeps the hot food coming and the cold drinks flowing. Miller Lites are $3.25 until 9pm every Friday night.
Saturdays at Starboard bring your favorite ice-cold beers out of the cooler for just $3.25 each. You’ll find Coors Lights, Heinekens, Heineken Lights, and Miller Draft Gold 64’s. Enjoy one of Starboard’s famous Orange Crushes for $6 while DJ Steve pumps up the morning jams. DJ John Hardy takes over the sound system mid-day and DJ Smoky takes the Starboard entertainment nightshift.
If you’re looking for The Starboard, they’re located at 2009 Coastal Highway in Dewey Beach, Delaware. When you come across a restaurant with the head of a great white shark caught crashing through the front wall– you’re at the right place. Drop by and see for yourself why Delaware Today magazine readers have again voted to recognize The Starboard in categories including Best Bar Downstate, Best Breakfast Place Downstate, Best Sunday Brunch and Best Restaurant in Dewey Beach.
If your vacation hasn’t started yet, you can always visit The Starboard online at TheStarboard.com. Be sure to check out Starboard.TV and their live deck-cam.
