The Beach Shack & Rusty Nail

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The Beach Shack & Rusty Nail Cape May's Iconic Surfer Bar & Restaurant. It's right here at the Beach Shack, just steps away from your room.
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The Nail, as its known by the locals, is the famed iconic surfer bar and restaurant that made a name for itself in the 70s. Back in the day lifeguards, surfers and beautiful beach bunnies gathered around the wood bar that was rumored to be the longest in all of Cape May. Now its your turn to join in the fun for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Now that the Beach Shack is open from May-December, so is The Nail, with the same great live entertainment and classic seaside menu.

09/29/2026

Your room, your view, your beach.
Doesn’t get much better than this.

Book our stay at caperesorts.com/beach-shack

Sundays are for football and $1 wings 🏈Game day starts here! The games are on, the drinks are cold, and the wings are ju...
09/27/2026

Sundays are for football and $1 wings 🏈

Game day starts here! The games are on, the drinks are cold, and the wings are just $1. Join us all day Sunday for our Pig & Pigskin Football Specials - we'll see you at The Nail.

09/26/2026

The one group of people who don’t mind the storm ⛈️

Cold drinks, salty air, nowhere else to be.
09/23/2026

Cold drinks, salty air, nowhere else to be.

Nor’easter swell is rolling into Cape May this weekend 🌊Catch the waves and stay close to the break at The Beach Shack. ...
09/23/2026

Nor’easter swell is rolling into Cape May this weekend 🌊

Catch the waves and stay close to the break at The Beach Shack. Book with code SURFSUP for 20% off your stay, valid for travel through Thursday, 10/1.

Surf’s up. Link in bio to book.

09/22/2026

It might be the first day of Fall, but we've still got a few more beach days in us 🏖️🌊🐚

Thank you to everyone who joined us this past weekend for the annual Rusty Nail Doggie Pageant! 🧡It was a paw-fect day f...
09/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us this past weekend for the annual Rusty Nail Doggie Pageant! 🧡

It was a paw-fect day filled with creative costumes, fun tricks, and an impressive game of musical chairs. We even had the honor of welcoming Miss New Jersey Kylie Gene Wright as a special guest judge!

It was all done to benefit the Animal Outreach of Cape May County. A huge thank you to our sponsor Collar & Bone Dog Boutique Collar & Bone for their continued support year after year, and our judges and team for making this another incredible event.

This year’s winners were…
🎩 Best Style - Ginger
🤸 Best Trick - Archimedes
🎵 Musical Chairs - Dallas
⭐ Fan Favorite - Bodie
🏆 Grand Prize Top-Dog Winner - Piper 🥇

09/18/2026

Cape May is calling...

Slow mornings look good on you when you're enjoying them at Rusty Nail ☀️
09/16/2026

Slow mornings look good on you when you're enjoying them at Rusty Nail ☀️

09/14/2026

Still summer where it counts.

Address

205 Beach Avenue
Cape May, NJ
08204

Telephone

+16098840017

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