Mary’s guidebook for food and fun at the Outer Banks
Food scene
Right across from the beach, great food, great atmosphere, close enough to the cottage to walk, or call in your order and pick it up at the window.
58 locals recommend
Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar
2106 N Virginia Dare TrailRight across from the beach, great food, great atmosphere, close enough to the cottage to walk, or call in your order and pick it up at the window.
Delicious food, drinks, quirky, fun-filled dining, Southern comfort food with a creative twist and flair. Daily specials. with amazingly creative dishes.
161 locals recommend
Blue Moon Beach Grill
102 S Virginia Dare TrailDelicious food, drinks, quirky, fun-filled dining, Southern comfort food with a creative twist and flair. Daily specials. with amazingly creative dishes.
Classic Outer Banks food, their famous cheese steak eggrolls, “big plate,” specials, huge burgers. The best key lime pie in all of Nags Head.
226 locals recommend
The Kill Devil Grill
2008 S Virginia Dare TrailClassic Outer Banks food, their famous cheese steak eggrolls, “big plate,” specials, huge burgers. The best key lime pie in all of Nags Head.
Delicious seafood. Sit at the bar and watch the staff shell your oysters right in front of you. Love their tacos...stuffed with anytime of seafood.
46 locals recommend
I Got Your Crabs Shellfish Market and Oyster Bar
3809 N Croatan HwyDelicious seafood. Sit at the bar and watch the staff shell your oysters right in front of you. Love their tacos...stuffed with anytime of seafood.
Great coffee, at a local coffee shop. Within walking distance of the cottage.
126 locals recommend
Front Porch Cafe-Kill Devil Hills
2200 N Croatan HwyGreat coffee, at a local coffee shop. Within walking distance of the cottage.
Sightseeing
Currituck Beach Lighthouse Museum Shop
A must see lighthouse.
Great place to see a little history, board an authentic ship, shop at the local shops and restaurants on the island.
151 locals recommend
Roanoke Island Festival Park
1 Festival ParkGreat place to see a little history, board an authentic ship, shop at the local shops and restaurants on the island.
See the site of the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903.
7 locals recommend
Wright Brother's Memorial Visitor Centre
See the site of the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903.
Hatteras
beautiful beaches, the Hatteras Lighthouse