Restaurants in Ventnor City

Within Elements Cafe’s romantically lit dining room, guests nibble on upscale, American-style tapas featuring locally grown and organic ingredients. Fred Kellermann, the owner and mastermind chef behind Elements, creates an eclectic menu that brings together unusual flavor combinations in dishes such as potato ravioli with root beer and short ribs or pumpkin-mushroom soup with rosemary cream. To stay on the cutting edge of the ever-evolving food scene, Chef Fred continually updates his repertoire by experimenting with seasonal ingredients and new preparations. Customers can taste his newest creations every Sunday during Sunday supper, which features with a weekly changing menu of new dishes, old favorites, and a pill that cures the Mondays.

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Housed inside a building originally erected as a log cabin in 1720, Barnsboro Inn has continually operated as a licensed tavern since 1776, pausing only during the prohibition era. These days, chef Joshua Reeves' menu of elegant, fresh American cuisine complements the eatery's lengthy cache of frosty brews, international wines, and meticulously preserved napkin rings. Upscale steaks and seafood entrees such as Creole crab cakes and chargrilled mahi mahi assuage hunger; burgers and sandwiches flaunt such accouterments as Monterey Jack cheese.

Patrons make merry amid two bars and three dining rooms sprawled across Barnsboro Inn's historic digs. Inside, full-wall murals depict idyllic countryside scenes of horse-drawn carriages and straw-covered hovercrafts. When weather warms, staff members also dispense Boddingtons and Flying Fish ales on an outdoor patio, where an additional bar abuts numerous umbrella-covered tables.

At Nage’s cozy dining room and wine bar, guests share small plates of truffle mac-n-cheese, mussels, and ricotta gnocchi paired with glasses of wine or specialty cocktails. The chefs use seasonal, local, and organic ingredients in their tapas and entrées, such as sirloin steak frites and Chesapeake crab cakes, making popular modern dishes with a tip of the hat to tradition. Exposed brick walls, low-hanging lights, and a chalkboard specials menu sets the scene at the eatery and wine bar. Nage features live acoustic music every Friday night, as well as weekly wine tastings and ladies’ nights on Wednesdays.

At La Posata Ristorante, guests are welcome to bring their dates, families, and bottles of wine to dinner. The family-owned BYOB hosts lunch and dinner menus with homemade pastas as the foundation for entrees of grilled eggplant with sundried tomatoes, and buffalo mozzarella or lobster with sweet peas and roasted red peppers. Homemade tiramisu or crème brulee add finishing touches to meals unless diners request showers of confetti.

For the past 20 years, Illiano Cucina Mediterranea chefs have prepared more than 15 kinds of pasta dishes, with sauces ranging from pesto and vodka cream to alfredo and pomodoro. Veal and chicken are dressed 15 different ways, including with a marsala wine sauce with mushrooms. Out in the dining room, pale-yellow linen napkins top each table, folded to look like a blossoming flower. It’s a touch that complements the many scenic pictures of Italy’s coast on the walls, creating a setting that’s ideal for family reunions or romantic dinners.