The Bay House
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Welcome to the Bay House at North East
Restaurants in North East
North East is filled with some great places to eat. Whether you want elegant or casual, they have it all. Here are some of our favorites:
North East Market
Chesapeake Bay Coffee Company
The Port House Grill
The Port House is a beautiful, casual restaurant that serves delicious food with fresh, local ingredients. Enjoy the casual indoor counter service or the tented patio dining out back. They have the BEST crab cakes and milkshakes in town. They also serve beer and wine. This is a don't miss location.Woody's Crab House
Woody's Crab House is such a consistently good casual seafood restaurant. Eat at wooden tables and enjoy cracking peanuts while you are waiting for your order. This place fills up fast, so it can't hurt to make a reservation. Note: If you are ordering crabs, you MUST reserve them ahead of time because they will run out.Steak & Maine
Featured on the Food Network's "Man vs. Food", this restaurant know its steak! It also has fabulous seafood and a more adult atmosphere. There is deck seating or indoor seating available. Great place to sit down for a bite after a day of shopping in the historic North East!Pier 1 Restaurant
This is a family-friendly casual dining experience with a diner feel. We love to enjoy brunch out on the deck at Pier 1. Their breakfast food is great!unWined
This is a place to go for a good meal, or to spend an evening. unWined is a family owned and operated local business. This is a restaurant, bar and wine shop.The Wellwood
While not officially in North East, this Charlestown restaurant has great food and great atmosphere. In the summer you can eat crab outdoors next to the marina. In the off-season, they have a casual and more formal dining room for meal.North East Market
Chesapeake Bay Coffee Company
Native Plants at the Bay House
The Bay House is surrounded by beautiful native plants from the Chesapeake Bay watershed. At any season, there is something to enjoy. Take a moment to soak in the beauty of the natural environment and hunt for some of these local beauties.
Eastern Spring Beauty (Claytonia Virginca) - Blooms in early spring (this picture was taken in April). This beautiful harbinger of spring is able to grow in a shady woodland environment. These white and pink petals carpet the ground for several weeks in the early spring.
Wild Marsh violet (Viola cucullata) - Here is another colorful early spring flower that favors a moist, shady environment. In a suburban grass-lawn environment, some may consider this a weed, but in a wildlife garden, these are a beautiul spring treat. With heart-shaped leaves and blue/violet flowers, the wild violet peppers the forest floor (notice the fern frond emerging from the ground and uncurling next to the violet).
Yellow Harlequin (Corydalis flavula) - Also known as Yellow Fumewart or Yellow Corydalis, this spring treat is rare to find in Cecil County and a threatened species in some parts of the country. Flowering in early to late spring, these delicate yellow flowers are an annual.
Paw Paw Flower(Astrimina triloba)
American Holly (Ilex opaca Aiton)
Paw Paw (Astrimina triloba) - A taste of Maryland's tropical fruit can only be found under a forest canopy. A fruiting Paw Paw tree is a rare sight, indeed, but this bay house is surrounded by Paw Paw trees. You can begin seeing the edible fruit in August, but it won't be ripe until mid- to late-September. If you can get to it before the wildlife, try a taste of this Maryland tradition.
Springtime Blooms
Eastern Spring Beauty (Claytonia Virginca) - Blooms in early spring (this picture was taken in April). This beautiful harbinger of spring is able to grow in a shady woodland environment. These white and pink petals carpet the ground for several weeks in the early spring.
Wild Marsh violet (Viola cucullata) - Here is another colorful early spring flower that favors a moist, shady environment. In a suburban grass-lawn environment, some may consider this a weed, but in a wildlife garden, these are a beautiul spring treat. With heart-shaped leaves and blue/violet flowers, the wild violet peppers the forest floor (notice the fern frond emerging from the ground and uncurling next to the violet).
Yellow Harlequin (Corydalis flavula) - Also known as Yellow Fumewart or Yellow Corydalis, this spring treat is rare to find in Cecil County and a threatened species in some parts of the country. Flowering in early to late spring, these delicate yellow flowers are an annual.
Venus's Looking Glass(Specularia perfoliata)
Fruits of the Summer
American Holly (Ilex opaca Aiton)
Paw Paw (Astrimina triloba) - A taste of Maryland's tropical fruit can only be found under a forest canopy. A fruiting Paw Paw tree is a rare sight, indeed, but this bay house is surrounded by Paw Paw trees. You can begin seeing the edible fruit in August, but it won't be ripe until mid- to late-September. If you can get to it before the wildlife, try a taste of this Maryland tradition.
Where you see Paw Paws, you are also likely to see Zebra Swallowtail butterflies because the caterpillars solely feed on the Paw Paw leaves.
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