Royal Farms Gas Station and Convenience Store in West Fenwick
If you need gas for your car or some killer fried chicken this Royal Farms Gas Station and Convenience Store is about as convenient as can be. No matter where you live in West Fenwick this should be within minutes of your home. If you happen to buy one of the new Seashore Villas town homes it is, literally, right across the street. In fact, depending on which way the breeze blows, you may be able to smell each new batch as it gets finished. LOL
A development by Capstone Homes on Route 54 in West Fenwick
Entrance sign to Seashore Villas behind the Royal Farms gas Station on Route 54.
This new development is made of very attractive two story townhomes with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a one-car garage. The the website claims that all homes back to either a beautiful pond or the woods. While that may be true – the pond is large and it is beautiful – but they don’t mention that many of the homes will front to the back side of a Royal Farms gas station/convenience store. Unfortunately, some of those homes are being built directly across the street from the dumpsters.
Amenities are listed as a pool, a pond and irrigation/lawn care. The location is about 10-12 minutes from the beach and 15 minutes to North Ocean City (except on Saturdays in the summer when that could increase to an hour).
While the West Fenwick community is not actually an island…
Magenta skies of a typical sunset as viewed from a bayfront deck at the Crabcake Factory.
…as Fenwick Island proper is, it does have a LOT of water. This can be seen in photos on this site and elsewhere. There is Assawoman Bay to the south and the Fenwick Ditch to the east (separating West Fenwick from the actual island). The “Ditch” leads to Lighthouse Cove and Little Assawoman Bay to the northeast, which flows into Dirickson Creek to the north. There are also dozens of canals, small creeks and even a few lakes in the West Fenwick Island area.
However, there are only a few places for waterfront dining in West Fenwick. Two that we tend to patronize on a regular basis are…
Crabcake Factory Bayside
CCFB is a comfy place with an awesome view of Assawoman Bay to the south and incredible sunset views to the southwest.
Catch 54 Seafood Restaurant
Catch 54 is located on Fenwick Ditch where it joins Lighthouse Cove. It provides excellent water views with boating activity and a skyline view of Fenwick Island to keep you entertained while dining or hanging at the bar. The new(er) Papa Grande Mexican-flavor place also has a fine view of The Ditch.
The view from just every table at Catch 54 is one to savor – right along with your dinner.
