Guidebook for Kure Beach

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Guidebook for Kure Beach

Food Scene

Small intimate Italian restaurant with bar. Great Italian food but also well known for their pork chops. Must have reservations.
109 locals recommend
Freddie's Restaurant
105 K Avenue
109 locals recommend
Small intimate Italian restaurant with bar. Great Italian food but also well known for their pork chops. Must have reservations.
Great seafood, nightly specials, bar, indoor and outdoor seating.
58 locals recommend
Jack Mackerels Island Grill
113 K Avenue
58 locals recommend
Great seafood, nightly specials, bar, indoor and outdoor seating.
Famous throughout NC! Some of the best glazed donuts you have ever tasted. Go down, ride the carnival rides, walk the boardwalk and eat a bag of donuts (12 to a bag). Cash only. Can sometimes be an hour wait at night during the summer season.
277 locals recommend
Britts Donuts
13 Carolina Beach Ave N
277 locals recommend
Famous throughout NC! Some of the best glazed donuts you have ever tasted. Go down, ride the carnival rides, walk the boardwalk and eat a bag of donuts (12 to a bag). Cash only. Can sometimes be an hour wait at night during the summer season.

Sightseeing

Cheap entertainment to put your car on the ferry and travel 20 minutes to Soutport, NC. Bring bread and feed the seagulls along the way (but not overtop of your car - LOL).
13 locals recommend
Fort Fisher Ferry
2422 Fort Fisher Blvd S
13 locals recommend
Cheap entertainment to put your car on the ferry and travel 20 minutes to Soutport, NC. Bring bread and feed the seagulls along the way (but not overtop of your car - LOL).
Night life, shopping, restaurants, historic homes, horse drawn carriage rides, riverfront dining, riverfront boardwalk.
Wilmington Historic District
305 Chestnut Street
Night life, shopping, restaurants, historic homes, horse drawn carriage rides, riverfront dining, riverfront boardwalk.

Parks & Nature

Revolutionary and Civil War Fort with visitor center and museum.
Fort Fisher Historical Museum
Fort Fisher Historical Museum
Revolutionary and Civil War Fort with visitor center and museum.

Entertainment & Activities

One of three NC Aquariums along the NC coast. 2 miles from our condo. Touch tank and indoor displays of live sharks, alligators, fish, etc.
550 locals recommend
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
900 Loggerhead Rd
550 locals recommend
One of three NC Aquariums along the NC coast. 2 miles from our condo. Touch tank and indoor displays of live sharks, alligators, fish, etc.
Amusement rides, food, boardwalk stroll, Britt's donuts (during summer season). Fireworks every Thursday night. Bring a chair and sit on the beach to watch the fireworks. Start at 9p during summer season.
11 locals recommend
Carolina Beach Boardwalk Pavilion
1 Carolina Beach Ave N
11 locals recommend
Amusement rides, food, boardwalk stroll, Britt's donuts (during summer season). Fireworks every Thursday night. Bring a chair and sit on the beach to watch the fireworks. Start at 9p during summer season.

Essentials

Only grocery store in Carolina Beach/Kure Beach.
99 locals recommend
Food Lion
6400-1 Carolina Beach Rd
99 locals recommend
Only grocery store in Carolina Beach/Kure Beach.
On mainland 4 miles before you get to Carolina Beach. Located in Beau Rivage Shopping Center. $7.99 Pizzas on Monday nights, $4.99 Subs on Fridays.
123 locals recommend
Harris Teeter
3501 Oleander Dr
123 locals recommend
On mainland 4 miles before you get to Carolina Beach. Located in Beau Rivage Shopping Center. $7.99 Pizzas on Monday nights, $4.99 Subs on Fridays.

Arts & Culture

Historic performing arts center built in the 1850's by the same architect as Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. Check out their website for current productions.
101 locals recommend
Thalian Hall
310 Chestnut St
101 locals recommend
Historic performing arts center built in the 1850's by the same architect as Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. Check out their website for current productions.