Uptown · 66th St

The General's Kitchen

OC's creamed-chipped-beef institution, 45+ years

Open now · closes 1pm
  • Breakfast

Hours & practicals

Hours (summer)
Every day, 6:30am–1pm
Address
6601 Coastal Hwy, Ocean Cityinland
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

It opens at 6am, which tells you who it's for: fishermen, early beach walkers, and anyone serious about breakfast. Zero pretense, all comfort.

What to order: The creamed chipped beef — it's the namesake institution dish.

Details

Cuisine
Breakfast, American

On the plate

24 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-09 · read by script

Our reading of the menu lists egg, omelette and folded.

Menu read 2026-09-09; 1 change since 2026-09-07. What changed on the menus

Flavours — our reading

Flavour is our reading of the ingredients a menu prints, not a measurement. How we read them

The General's Kitchen · 9 of 24 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes

The General's Kitchen — flavour axes against the townEight flavour axes. The General's Kitchen: heat 0%, smoke 33%, citrus 0%, brine 11%, cream 0%, sweet 0%, herb 0%, umami 100%. The town: heat 10%, smoke 13%, citrus 3%, brine 53%, cream 35%, sweet 12%, herb 4%, umami 83%.heat0%smoke33%citrus0%brine11%cream0%sweet0%herb0%umami100%
The numbers behind the shape
Share of the dishes we have a flavour reading for that carry each axis.
AxisThe General's KitchenEvery menu we read
heat0%10%
smoke33%13%
citrus0%3%
brine11%53%
cream0%35%
sweet0%12%
herb0%4%
umami100%83%

Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

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Sources

The neighborhood

The 6 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.

See The General's Kitchen on the wiki, with every connection listed