Rusty Nail Menu

205 Beach Ave, Cape May, NJ 08204
  • Soups & Salads

    • New England Clam Chowder

      Light and creamy, clams, bacon, oyster crackers, celery and potato
      $6.00
    • Chili

      Bowl, house made, beans, ground beef, spicy tomato base, pico de gallo, sour cream and cheddar
      $8.00
    • Corn Chowder

      $5.00
    • Caesar Salad

      Romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, creamy caesar dressing.
      $8.00
    • Spinach Salad

      Crumbled bacon, radishes, egg, bacon dressing
      $8.00
    • Stuffed Portobello Salad

      Crab imperial stuffing, cooper sharp cheese, seasonal leafy greens and vegetables from our farm, strawberry vinaigrette
      $18.00
    • Farm House Salad

      Seasonal leafy greens and vegetables from our farm in a very simple dressing
      $7.00
    • Cobb Salad

      Crumbled bacon, tomatoes, avocado, egg. crumbled blue cheese, with blue cheese dressing
      $13.00
  • Raw Bar

    • 6 Oysters On The 2 Shell

      Vinegar mignonette
      $17.00
    • 6 Clams On The ½ Shell

      Vinegar mignonette
      $10.00
    • 5 Shrimp Cocktail

      Cocktail sauce, lemon wedge
      $15.00
    • 1lb. Crab Legs

      Lemon and dipping butter
    • Nail Sampler

      2 shrimp, 2 oysters, 2 clams, jumbo crab meat, served with dijon mayo, cocktail sauce and lemon
      $21.00
  • Apps

    • Chips & Salsa

      Crispy corn tortillas, house made salsa
      $7.00
    • Nail Nachos

      Crispy corn tortillas, topped with cheddar cheese sauce, served with a side of pico de gallo & sour cream
      $9.00
    • Loaded Fries

      Topped with cheddar, crumbled bacon and scallions, served with a side of sour cream
      $12.00
    • Steamed Clams

      14 served in a roasted garlic herb wine sauce or marinara wine sauce
      $16.00
    • Clams Casino

      6 traditional recipe with bacon, onions, peppers and topped with melted cooper cheese
      $12.00
    • Bbq Clams

      6 jimmy's famous recipe topped with melted cooper cheese
      $12.00
    • Mussels

      16 served in a roasted garlic herb wine sauce or marinara wine sauce
      $12.00
    • Peel & Eat Shrimp

      14 served in an old bay and shrimp broth
      $16.00
    • Fried Cornmeal Calamari

      Marinara sauce
      $13.00
    • Strawberry Hot Wings

      10 served with bpf fresh strawberry dipping sauce
      $12.00
    • Chicken Wings

      10 hot or bbq sauce, with blue cheese or ranch dressing.
      $11.00
    • Conch Fritters

      Jalapeno grape jelly.
      $14.00
    • Fried Clam Strips

      Tartar sauce
      $11.00
    • Fried Shrimp

      Cocktail sauce
      $15.00
    • Fried Mozzarella

      Marinara sauce
      $8.00
    • French Fries

      $6.00
    • Rusty Nail Fries

      With old bay seasoning
      $7.00
    • Boardwalk Fries

      Drizzled with malt vinegar
      $7.00
    • Jimmy's Homemade Fresh Tempura Style Zucchini Sticks

      With marinara or chipotle mayo
      $8.00
    • Deep Fried Mac-N-Cheese Balls

      Horseradish dipping sauce.
      $9.00
  • Sandwiches

    • The Nail Burger

      With fries or side salad
      $14.00
    • Jersey Style Lobster Roll

      Fresh lobster salad on a fresh-baked roll, with green leaf lettuce and tomato, with fries or side salad
      $22.00
    • Fried Local Flounder Sandwich

      Cole slaw and tartar sauce
      $16.00
    • Crab Cake Sandwich

      Broiled or fried, with tartar sauce and cole slaw
      $18.00
    • Beach Plum Farm Pulled Pork Sandwich

      Fresh-smoked roast pork, house made bbq sauce and a side of cole slaw
      $14.00
    • 2 Baja Grilled Fish Tacos

      Grilled mahi, fresh corn, pico de gallo, lettuce, cheddar cheese, black beans, guacamole
      $19.00
    • 2 Grilled Chicken Tacos

      Grilled chicken, fresh corn, pico de gallo, lettuce, cheddar cheese, black beans, guacamole, with cole slaw
      $14.00
    • The Nail Wrap

      Fried local flounder, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo, lettuce, chipotle mayo, served with a side of guacamole and sour cream
      $18.00
    • Grilled Vegetable Wrap

      Grilled onion, red pepper, yellow squash, zucchini, portobello mushroom, eggplant, provolone cheese
      $11.00
    • Grilled Chicken Sandwich

      Tomato and lettuce, brioche roll
      $13.00
  • Mains

    • Bbq Ribs

      Served with cornbread and choice of one side
      $18.00
    • Shrimp Scampi

      $26.00
    • Crab Scampi

      $27.00
    • Pasta Primavera

      Bowtie pasta, fresh grilled vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese
      $16.00
    • Angel Hair Pasta & Mussels

      Fresh pomodoro sauce, parmesan cheese or a garlic white wine clam sauce
      $19.00
    • Pasta A La Vodka

      Bowtie pasta, fresh grilled vegetables, vodka cream sauce
      $17.00
    • Angel Hair Pasta A La Vongole

      Fresh local clams in white cream sauce
      $22.00
    • The Nail Seafood Pasta

      Clams, mussels, shrimp, crab, scallops, marinara or a garlic white wine clam sauce
      $34.00
  • Sides

    • Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

      $4.00
    • House Made Cole Slaw

      $4.00
    • Farm House Salad

      1/2
      $5.00
    • Vegetable Of The Day

      $4.00
    • Mac & Cheese

      $5.00
    • Rusty Nail Fries

      $6.00
    • Boardwalk Fries

      $6.00
    • Baked Potato

      $5.00
    • French Fries

      $5.00
    • Baked Yam

      $5.00
    • Pasta

      $4.00
    • Cornbread

      $4.00
  • On Tap

    • Cape May Limited

    • Cape May Ipa

    • Ufo White

    • Golden Road Mango

    • Kane Head High

    • Miller Light

    • Leinenkugel

      Summer shady
    • Brooklyn Summer

  • Rusty Nail

    • Budweiser

    • Bud Light

    • Miller Light

    • Coors Light

    • Corona Light

    • Yuengling

    • Heineken

    • Red Stripe

    • Guinness

    • Twisted Tea

    • Dogfish Ipa

    • Stella

  • Bottles/Cans

    • Michelob Ultra

    • Angry Orchard

    • White Claw

      Cherry/lime
  • Specialty Cocktails

    • The Nail Crush

      Absolut vodka, fresh orange or grapefruit, triple sec, lemon-lime soda
      $12.00
    • Moscow Mule

      Absolut vodka, ginger beer, lime
      $11.00
    • Cucumber Mint Mule

      Ketel one vodka, cucumber, mint, lime, ginger beer
      $12.00
    • Strawberry Whiskey Sour

      Makers mark, fresh strawberry, lemon, lime, simple syrup
      $12.00
    • Aperol Spritz

      Aperol, spakling wine, soda
      $14.00
    • Blueberry Arniee Palmiee

      Firefly sweet tea vodka, lemonade, fresh blueberries
      $12.00
    • Cucumber Cooler

      Bombay sapphire, st. Germain, cucumber, lime, soda
      $12.00
    • Rusty Nail Mimosa

      Bouvet brut sparkling wine, orange juice
      $10.00
    • Rusty Mary

      Absolut vodka with an old bay rim (spicy upon request)
      $9.00
    • Endless Summer Mojito

      Bacardi superior, lime, mint, simple syrup, soda
      $11.00
    • Shack Margarita

      House tequila, triple sec, lime, simple sryup
      $11.00
    • Golden Margarita

      Reposado, triple sec, lime, simple syrup
      $14.00
    • Smokehouse Margarita

      Vicio mezcal, triple sec, lime, simple syrup, joel gott pinot noir floater
      $14.00
    • Beach Plum Farm Margarita

      Casamigos, cointreau, cucumber, mint, lime, simple syrup
      $16.00
    • Top Shelf Margarita

      Patron silver, cointreau, lime, simple syrup.
      $15.00
    • Rusty Nail "Dream"

      Bacardi coconut, bacardi superior, lemon, lime, cranberry, blue curacao, bacardi black floater
      $18.00
    • The Nail "Take Me To The Tropics"

      Bacardi superior, bacardi black, banana, melon, backberry liquor, orange, pineapple, cherry
      $18.00
  • Wine

    • Caposaldo

      Italy pinot grigio
    • Echo Bay

      New zealand sauvignon blanc
    • Charles & Charles

      California riesling
    • Complicated

      California chardonnay
    • Susana Balbo

      Argentina rosé
    • Joel Gott

      Alifornia pinot noir
    • Folie A Deux

      California merlot
    • Bielee Family

      California cabernet sauvignon
    • 1985 Collection

      Argentina malbec
    • Avissi California

      Prosecco
    • Bouvet Brut France

      Sparkling wine
  • Dinner Menu

    • Hot Dog & Fries

      $11.00
    • Mac & Cheese

      $11.00
    • Spaghetti Pomodoro

      $11.00
    • Bowtie Pasta & Butter

      $11.00
    • Kids Steak & Fries

      $13.00
    • Kids Chicken Parmesan W/ Pasta

      $11.00
    • Crispy Chicken Fingers & Fries

      $11.00
    • Mini Pizza

      $11.00
    • Fried Flounder & Fries

      $12.00
    • Fried Shrimp & Fries

      $12.00
    • Iced Tea, Lemonade

      $3.50
    • Arnold Palmer

      $3.50
    • Iced Coffee

      $4.00
    • Red Bull

      $5.00
    • Evian

      $4.00
    • Badoit Sparkling

      $4.00
    • Irish Coffee

      Coffee, jameson irish whiskey, bailey's
      $9.00
    • Mexican Coffee

      Coffee, tequila, kahlua
      $9.00
    • Italian Coffee

      Coffee, tia maria, bailey's
      $9.00
    • The Last Nail

      Coffee, gosling's rum, frangelica, kahlua, bailey's
      $12.00
    • Coffee

      Regular, decaf
      $3.25
    • Tea

      Regular, decaf
      $3.25
    • Hot Chocolate

      Whipped cream
      $3.25
    • Peanut Butter Bomb

      A chocolate candy bar bottom, topped with a layer of peanut butter ganache and a mound of chocolate mousse surrounded with a dark chocolate and peanut butter candy shell
      $6.00
    • Classic Chocolate Mousse Cake

      A layer of chocolate cake topped with a dark chocolate mousse, finished in dark chocolate ganache, topped with whipped cream add a scoop of vanilla ice cream
      $6.00
    • Fresh Homemade Key Lime Pie

      $6.00
    • Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich

      $6.00
    • Beach Plum Farm Fresh Berry Cobbler

      Fresh berries from our own beach plum farm, with a granola brown sugar topping
      $6.00
    • Homemade Double Chocolate Brownie A La Mode

      Double chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream and fresh berries
      $6.50
    • Bowser Beer For Dogs

      Non-alcoholic, non-carbonated beverage for your pup, made from chicken and barley
      $4.00
    • All-Natural Pup Treats

      All pup-bakery items our treats contain all human grade products-no byproducts, artificial colors, flavor or preservatives! These gourmet treats are made with 100% whole grains, real eggs, real cheese, real bacon and fresh ground peanuts!
      $3.00
    • Water

      Nature's best
    • Doggie Bowl

      $3.00
    • Nail Burger

      Plain all-beef hamburger without the bun
      $7.00
    • Hot Diggity-Dog

      Plain all-beef hot dog without the bun
      $4.00
  • Draft Beer

    • Rusty Nail Pale Ale

    • Coors Light

    • Miller Light

    • Yuengling

    • Blue Moon Belgian Wheat

    • New Belgium Fat Tire

    • Brooklyn Lager

    • Magic Hat #9

    • Coronada Brewing Co

    • Leinen Kugal Summer Shandy

    • Cape May Brewery

  • Bottled Beer

    • Blue Pig Tavern Ale

    • Budweiser

    • Budlight

    • Coors Light

    • Miller Light

    • Michelob Ultra

    • Corona Light

    • Heineken

    • Kaliber N/A

    • Dogfish Head 60 Min

    • Guiness

    • Woodchuck Hard Cider

    • Kona Longboard Lager

  • Others

    • Beach Shack

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