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While Schaefer's Canal House is an awesome marina, they also have an amazing bar and restaurant attached to it that second to none. During the season, you will find live music and events at The Lighthouse Bar on site. Additionally, the restaurant has beautiful deck seating that overlooks the water, with both indoor and outdoor dining options available. Filled with a wide variety of seafood specialties and casual bites, there is a taste here that will please any pallet. The restaurant does have special menus for holidays, as well as an amazing event space, perfect for hosting your next big shindig. The beautiful veranda that overlooks the creek gives guests a quiet spot to catch up on some serious R&R.
Vegetarian options,
This is a restaurant with a dock that accepts transients, not a true marina. Only docking for sailboats is along the canal bulkhead, but wake from passing boats was less than feared, since Chesapeake City is a "no wake" zone. Note that they have fuel (gas and diesel), but no other amenities for transients (no pump-out/showers/laundry/after-hours toilets etc.).
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Restaurant next to dock was excellent. Not sure if there was a 'go fast' boat convention in town, but the exhaust noise from noon 'til dark was really ridiculous. The marina staff were excellent in all phases, approach and tie up was easy, and everyone respected the no wake zone so there was minimal rocking.
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We overnighted on the face dock which are fixed-3 foot tide. Good basic marina with a really good restaurant. If you are picky the noise from vehicles on the bridge might bother you. I had a cold beer and thought of the sounds as a funky reggae beat. Great location midpoint on the C&D canal.
Late-night food,
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The dueling sauces manage cleverly to accentuate the oysters’ inherent sweetness and pungency. Only, 40 minutes later, you’re still staring. The snacks still hadn’t arrived.
Note that the marina has both fixed and floating docks on site, however the floating docks do not offer shore power. The dock hands were excellent. Got tied up quickly and efficiently in the current. The onsite restaurant was very good. Live music was enjoyable without being too loud.
The boat traffic both large and small, rocked us all night long.There is no bath house, so that is certainly a “con”. The restaurant was the only real bright spot for this location. We arrived late but they stuck around to help us tie up and made suggestions for the best fendering arrangements. Although we were tied on the river face dock we had no wake issues all night. Good food & drink, with easy access. We docked right along-side parallel to the canal.
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After a long run up the Chesapeake with foul current all day, we arrived at sunset. Steve stayed late to handle our lines for us and could not have been more helpful. The long face dock makes for a convenient stop when transiting the canal. Good dinner at the restaurant.
Note that the dock has no cleats to which you can tie, you'll need to throw a clove hitch or something around the pilings. The dock hands are quite good about helping with line handling. Much enjoyed the large bar/restaurant - good food and service.
A band was playing, dinner was being served along the docks, and after a quick shower on board, dinner on the dock was fantastic! The band continued after we went back on board, and it added to our cocktails on the flybridge. Schaffer's is a desirable destination, not just a great marina and restaurant. Beautiful view of a competitor across the Canal, too.
A very convenient stop along the way. The person that helped us dock was excellent! Very helpful tie up assistance. The owner and his son were polite and the facility was a perfect stopover. Very good prices at the dock and restaurant.
Dockhands were knowledgeable and knew how to secure boat to fixed pier. Fun being on the edge of the restaurant and people eating who wanted to be more informed about boats. Great experience on the C and D canal. Nice stop between the Cheasapeake and Cape May.
Tom was expert on getting us secured in swift currents. On site restaurant very convenient. Convenient spot to stop with a restaurant at your door. There are no shower facilities and the bathrooms are serviceable.
Much like its neighbors at the cross-canal Chesapeake Inn, Schaefer’s is bound to spend summer nights as central HQ for much docking, drinking and dancing. Just a few weeks into its revival, Schaefer’s Canal House—a Chesapeake City classic—was slammed. The overhaul nearly doubled the restaurant’s capacity to almost 300 seats. This is a great place to stay. Tom, Steve, Olivia and staff were great- friendly and professional and the restaurant is also great, it’s on the bike path and water taxi is available to cross over to town. Lively and fun but also quiet and calm at night.
Currents not a significant issue when taken bow first. Marina staff is very knowledgeable on currents and did a great job of securing the boat for an overnight stay. Will be using the Marina on my return trip. The high outside dock in front of the restaurant prohibited us from getting on and off of the boat at low tide.
Lively place with live music over the weekend. Without the crush of summertime revelers, Schaefer’s kitchen proved it could transform ingredients into creative dishes that transcended the fish-house norm. "It's my Christmas present," new owner John Giordano saidWednesday as he talked about his family's plans to open therestaurant or the banquet hall by mid-summer. Nice location and great staff. The restaurant was good and reasonably priced.
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