Sunday Dining
We are now serving dinner Sunday evenings. For those of you who have had your fill of football Sunday afternoon, we provide a television-free zone of fine dining and relaxation. We believe that we can provide you even better service and higher quality dining by focusing only on dinner.
Are You a Restaurant 213 VIP? If not - You Should Be!
If you enjoy fine dining on the Eastern Shore, then you need to be a 213 VIP. We provide monthly emails to our VIPs advising them of coming special events such as wine dinners, entree features and our occasional special. In order to be included on our VIP all you need to do is provide us with your email address and we'll add you to our list. We promise never to share your email address with anyone else or to use it for any other purpose than to notifiy you of 213-related events.
Wine Enthusiast Recognizes Restaurant 213 with "Unique Distinction" Award
For the 3rd time in the past year, we have received an award from the national press. This time, Wine Enthusiast magazine has cited us in the restaurant "hot picks" for 2007 with a their "unique distinction" wine award. This award is the 2nd highest level awarded by this recognized wine magazine. We are one of only five restaurants in the entire state of Maryland to receive this award from Wine Enthusiast and the only restaurant on the shore to be so honored. We are, of course, humbled that our little restaurant on the shore continues to recognized for our committment to fine food and great wines.
Metropolitan Magazine Awards "213" Five More "Best Of" Awards for 2007
Restaurant 213 was recognized in the 2007 annual Metropolitan Magazine's "Best Of" Awards in September recognizing Chef Hughes with five culinary awards including the two "crown jems": Best Chef and Best Gourmet Dining.
Thank you to all of you have made us a success providing high-quality dining in a casual setting on the shore. We could not do it without you..
Wine Spectator Recognizes Restaurant 213 with SECOND "Award of Excellence"
We are very proud to announce that we have again been recognized by Wine Spectator magazine (circulation 4.7 million) with an "Award of Excellence" in recognition of the depth, breadth and quality of our wine selection. The awards is published in their 2007 Dining Guide edition. We recommend that you take the time to look over our award-winning wide selection of high-quality wines available in all price ranges. Many of our wines are available by the glass and will complement any dining selection making a great meal into a memorable experience at Restaurant 213. If you have a question about our wines (by the glass or bottle), our wine list or would like a recommendation from Chef Hughes, be sure to ask your server.
Coastal Living Cites Restaurant 213 as a, "Top 10 Staff Favorites"
The September 2006 edition of Coastal Living magazine (circulation 3.5 million) lists Restaurant 213 as #5 
on their list of Top 10 Staff Favorites. Senior Editor Steve Millburg notes, "...Restaurant 213 offers a blissful dining experience. Chef-owner Jim Hughes' "fine American food with global influences" encompasses lots of seafood, prepared and served with care, flair and a refreshing lack of pretension."
The Daily Times Raves About Restaurant 213 in "The Dish"
The Daily Times staff writer Kim Mitchell says, "...Hughes puts a lot 
of extra thought into it and adds extra touches to make the dish unique. Hughes combines the freshest ingrediens - lobsters from Maine, scallops, shrimp, mussels and clams from the West Coast."
Fine Dining on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Jim Hughes is a seasoned professional and Executive Chef having opened several full service restaurants including the "flagship" J.W. Marriott in Washington DC, Marriott Rivercenter in Austin, Texas and the Marriott Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, California. He is a Chef Rôtisseur of the Chains Des Rotisseurs a professional culinary association whose membership is by invitation only. He has participated in nation-wide culinary competitions receiving over 12 medals and awards from the American Culinary Federations including Best in Show, Special Judges Award and Gold and Sliver medals. He has catered events in the White House to include President Ronald Reagan, Egyptian President Mabarak, German President Kohl, King Fahad of Saudi Arabia, then Vice President George Bush, First Lady Nancy Reagan and Mr. James Brady. He was recruited by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's School of Hotel and Restaurant Management to establish its Culinary Arts program in 1994. He cooked and studied under Roger Verge at the three-star (highest Michelin rating), Le Moulin de Mougins restaurant in Mougins, France.
Mystery Reviewer Praises 213
The Daily Times published a glowing review of Restaurant 213 on January 19th. Excerpts from that review can be found by clicking here.
| ©2006 Restaurant213