About Us

Let me tell you a little about us!  The Island View was built in the late 1920s and renovated in 2000.  It was built as a dance hall, tavern, and picnic grove for people from Baltimore City to enjoy throughout the summer.  Tom & Fran Laing purchased the property in 1968 and handed it down to the current generation of management in 1983.  Although Tom has passed along, Ms. Fran continues to cook and crack the whip.  It is a quiet, friendly, out-of-the-way place that offers great food at great prices…and a spectacular view of the Chesapeake Bay.

Check out our history!  And while the names may have changed, we’ve become a family tradition, owned and operated by the Laings, since 1969!

1928-1940                   Goth’s Grove

1940-1965                   Mac’s Grove

1965-1968                   Gaff’s Grove

1969-1983                   Tom’s Tavern

1983-2000                   Island View Inn

July 2000-present         Island View Waterfront Café

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