Just goes to show you don't have to be intelligent to go to Swarthmore. But seriously, my Sis lives in Nags Head and I visit often. Believe it or not one of the best places is a red meat restaurant called It' Only Prime, owner is ex Ruth's Chris and has access to their qualitly raw materials. I would also recommend Elizabeth's in Duck, best wine list on the banks. Penquin Isle. RV's is good for lunch, has a nice view. The Black Pelican is one of my favorites for lunch. Tried the restaurant at The Pirates Cove which touts the former chef owner of Finely Ron's and was very disappointed. Sis ate at Bridges at the site of the former Collington Cafe and was very pleased. Note: take a designated driver if you go there on the weekend as the Collington is a popular police sobriety checkpoint.
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Resturaunts on Outer Banks in North Carolina
Christine B. wrote: >So, Joel, what restaurants WOULD you recommend? I'm headed for that "hellhole" >for a week, but intend to spend a lot of time in the nature preserves >south of Nags Head, and tour on down to Ocracoke. Got any info that's >useful, or shall I just absorb your complaints and consider my vacation >trashed before I get there? Why consider your vacation trashed if you *are* going to go down south and visit the real Outer Banks? That's exactly what I suggested people do. Personally, I feel no trip to the Outer Banks is complete without a stop at Bubba's BBQ in Avon.
Christine B. wrote: >[snip] > >So, Joel, what restaurants WOULD you recommend? I'm headed for that "hellhole" >for a week, but intend to spend a lot of time in the nature preserves >south of Nags Head, and tour on down to Ocracoke. Got any info that's >useful, or shall I just absorb your complaints and consider my vacation >trashed before I get there? > >Christine Berliner Christine- The Back Porch on Ocracoke is one of the finest seafood restaurants you will find ANYWHERE! I can't wait until my trip to Hatteras and Ocracoke next month! Tom
Christine B. wrote: > >So, Joel, what restaurants WOULD you recommend? I'm headed for that "hellhole" >for a week, but intend to spend a lot of time in the nature preserves >south of Nags Head, and tour on down to Ocracoke. Got any info that's >useful, or shall I just absorb your complaints and consider my vacation >trashed before I get there? > >Christine Berliner Kelly's on the 158 bypass in Nag's Head (M.P. 10?) offers an atmosphere similar to 42nd Street Oyster Bar in Raleigh, and the food is excellent. We heard it is where all the trendies who live and work in the area go out for the evening. They have live music most nights. If you're staying in Nag's Head but driving south for the day, a good place for breakfast is Sam and Omie's on Highway 12 near the 12-158 split in Nag's Head. If you get their country ham for breakfast, pack a light lunch, if any. If you want to go up in the Hatteras lighthouse, remember that they don't allow children who can't walk up themselves. Also there are two lines, one to get in the door, and a longer one at the top of the stairs. If it's crowded they encourage you to spend only a short time on top. But the view was great, and the climb was easy.
In article , [email removed] (Joel K. Furr) wrote: > SaxonDevil wrote: > >But seriously, my Sis lives in Nags Head and I visit often. Believe it or > >not one of the best places is a red meat restaurant called It' Only Prime, > >owner is ex Ruth's Chris and has access to their qualitly raw materials. > >I would also recommend Elizabeth's in Duck, best wine list on the banks. > > [More recommendations of restaurants in Duck and points north of Nags Head > deleted] > > In my opinion, everything north of Nags Head, including sizeable chunks of > Nags Head itself, should simply be bombed off the map -- taking pains to > spare the Wright Brothers Memorial and not much else. <more of Joel's griping about over-commercialization snipped> > Forget that part of the coast. If you want to say you've been to the > Outer Banks, ignore Duck and Nags Head as though they never existed. > Well, yes and no, Joel. I've visited the Outer Banks off and on for sixteen years and found the changes to be for both the better and the worse. My first trip out I could hardly find even decent seafood. In taking my vegetarian wife out for the first time in '84, the lack of adequate food (nothing *BUT* seafood) nearly ruined the trip and certainly caused us to enjoy the scenery less than had we been well-fed. (Pickled beets and apple sauce do not constitute an adequate diet!) Now we go out and can pick and choose between a number of good to very good restaurants, but have to deal with the over-commercialization of the area. Fine. Head south to enjoy natural, reasonably-uncommercialized stuff and drive back up north for dinner and your sun screen. Osprey Island Grill is good for lunch, Black Pelican has a nice brick-oven pizza, Penguin Isle is a great place to eat and watch the sun set over the Sound and Clara's in Manteo is just a nice place (with a view of Shallowbag Bay and the Elizabeth II). Oh, also try Papagayo's for Mexican. Also, all coolness is not south - not only should you check out the Wright Bros. Memorial, but also the Nags Head Woods preserve (old growth forest on the dunes - nice hike!). Have fun and bon appetit! TP
Let me just second a few of the recommendations you've already received. The Black Pelican in Kitty Hawk - good menu; big & a little noisy (great for kids); lots of fun. Elizabeth's in Duck - Well hidden in the Scarborough Fair shopping center/plaza. DON'T take the kids. Plan on a long, leisurely dinner over great food & wine, with excellent service. Its small and intimate; the wait for a table is worth it. Sam & Omie's - Across from Jeanette's Fishing Pier in Nags Head. This is an old place still frequented by many of the locals. Casual; good menu at a good value. It ain't fancy, but its fun and very comfortable. Good place for a sandwich and a beer. My wife & I like this place so much we bought a painting of it last year at the Christmas Shop art gallery over on Manteo. (OK, we're nuts.)
>If you're staying in Nag's Head but driving south for the day, a >good place for breakfast is Sam and Omie's on Highway 12 near the >12-158 split in Nag's Head. If you get their country ham for breakfast, >pack a light lunch, if any. > Agree! Sam & Omie's has great breakfast (altho you will need a brisk walk on the beach to unload the calories) and interesting mix of customers. Another good place is TORTUGA'S LIE . Their crabcakes and their caribbean cuisine are wonderful. At night it is a rolicking drinking establishment, but the food is still great! The atmosphere is fun and *old Nags Head* beachy.....with hundreds of personalized license plates from all over the world nailed to the overhead beams. We go to Nags Head quite a bit just for the day and never by-pass TORTUGA's. I rarely pay attention to mile post #'s, but I'm guessing it is somewhere between mileposts 6 and 9, on the old beach road, not the big highway.
Christine B. wrote:
>P.S. Where did you say that family-style asian restaurant was? Just kidding.
don't kid!
the thai-room restaurant is one of my favorite places on bodie island... i spent every summer for 5 years in the outerbanks and always had a good time there (i feel like i've watched the family's kids grow up); the food is delicious, the child waiters can be hilarious (they'll make fun of you in a second, children are so honest)
of course, since i *worked* in a seafood restaurant, maybe that's why i was so happy to get thai food? nah.
dav
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