C-View Inn
Great food, cold beer, and — in the tavern’s own words — Cape May’s oldest and friendliest local bar. On the corner of Washington Street and Texas Avenue, on your way out of town.
1380 Washington St
Cape May, NJ 08204
The week at the C-View
- Monday
- Rib night: half a rack, fries, cole slaw
- $8.95
- Tuesday
- Pizza and taco night
- Tacos from $1
- Wednesday
- Wing night, eat in only
- 75 cents, from 3 PM
- Thursday
- Slider night, minimum two
- $2 each
- Friday and Saturday
- Sports on eight screens
- Games on nightly
- Sunday
- Prime rib night
- Ask at the bar
Daily specials come with the purchase of a beverage, and there are blackboard specials on top of them. Wing night and slider night are eat in only.
Through the year
- March 17St. Patrick’s Day with the local Irish Pipe BrigadeAnnual
- SummerC-View’s Bike & Brew, in the tavern’s own shirtsAnnual
- OctoberCrabapalooza, when the crabs are runningAnnual
- HalloweenCostume party, DJ and prizes, til close10 PM
- Dec 31Two dinners for $30, a midnight champagne toast, and reverse happy hourFrom 9 PM
The oldest tavern in Cape May, by every account but its own founding date.
A corner bar on the way out of town that has been pouring under two names and at least two start dates, and has been Gregg Coffey’s since 2007.
- Late 1800s
- The building opens as the Harbor House, a block off the harbour end of Washington Street.
- 1917
- The Harbor House becomes the C-View. A Cape May community post in 2023 counted the tavern at 106 years, which lands on the same year.
- 1948
- The other date in circulation. Cape May Magazine dates the run on this corner from here, and the bar directories repeat it. Neither date has been reconciled in print.
- 2007
- Gregg Coffey, a regular since his twenties, buys the C-View and keeps the menu where it is.
- 2022
- Cape May Magazine finds every one of the twenty-odd tables full and a fifteen to thirty minute wait on the sidewalk, and calls the wings what coffee is to Wawa.
- 2026
- Gold for wings at Best of South Jersey, by the tavern’s own announcement, and a Bike & Brew ride in shirts that read Cape May’s Oldest Tavern.
Behind the bar
A long wooden bar, eight screens, and a beer list the tavern prints in full. Package goods to go.
When the room fills up
There are about twenty tables and the bar, no reservations, and on a Wednesday the wing crowd comes from near and far — Coast Guard included — and lines up on the sidewalk for fifteen or thirty minutes. St. Patrick’s Day brings the local Irish Pipe Brigade, October brings Crabapalooza if the crabs are running, and the summer brings the tavern’s own Bike & Brew. For a big group, call the tavern first.
Call the tavern
Practical details for the visit.
The corner of Washington Street and Texas Avenue, on the way out of town, with parking on site and nearby. The bar takes the call; take-out has its own line.
- Bar
- 609-884-4712
- Take-out
- 609-884-4912
- Hours
- Mon 11 AM–11:30 PM
Tue–Sat 11 AM–1 AM
Sun 12 PM–1 AM - Season
- Open year round
as printed on the menu - Reservations
- Not taken
- Big groups
- Call the tavern to ask
about a private group - Payment
- Visa, Mastercard and Amex
Package goods to go - Parking
- On site and very nearby
- Screens
- Eight flat screens
Games on nightly - Address
- 1380 Washington St
Cape May, NJ 08204