Iguana Surf, 127th Street and Coastal Highway, bayside, Ocean City, 410-250-8700 (trendy eclectic)
Imperial Hotel, 208 High St., Chestertown, 410-778-5000 (elegant New American)
Inn at Easton, 28 S. Harrison St., Easton, 410-822-4910 (New French, Asian, Australian)
Inn at Perry Cabin, 308 Watkins Lane, St. Michaels, 410-745-2200 (Continental with local seafood)
Jules, 120th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean Square Plaza, Ocean City, 410-524-3396 (local ingredients, global techniques)
Kennedyville Inn, 11986 Route 213, Kennedyville, 410-348-2400 (imaginative Chesapeake Bay fare)
Latitude 38, 26342 Oxford Road, Oxford, 410-226-5303 (New American bistro food)
Marlin Moon Grille, Route 50 in the Francis Scott Key Motel, West Ocean City, 410-213-1618 (O.C. casual and haute cuisine)
Mason's, 22 S. Harrison St., Easton, 410-822-3204 (French-Mediterranean)
Michael Rork's Town Dock, 125 Mulberry St., St. Michaels, 410-745-5577 (updated Eastern Shore)
Nebula, 9211 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 410-524-8090 (three-, five- or seven-course prix-fixe menu)
Out of the Fire, 22 Goldsborough St., Easton, 410-770-4777 (wood-burning oven specialties)
Restaurant Columbia, 28 S. Washington St., Easton, 410-770-5172 (romantic New American)
Restaurant 213, 213 N. Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland, 410-677-4880 (upscale American and global)
Sunset Grille, 12933 Sunset Ave., West Ocean City, 410-213-8110 (eclectic with emphasis on seafood)
Tilghman Island Inn, 21384 Coopertown Road, Tilghman Island, 800-866-2141 (upscale Chesapeake Bay cuisine)
208 Talbot, 208 N. Talbot St., St. Michaels, 410-745-3838 (New Continental fare)
