In the 1980s, three Atlantic Beach surf shops — Bert’s, AB, and Marsh’s — gave teenagers a social network as connected as Facebook and as immediate as Twitter. Before long, surfer fads turned into fashion, gossip became news, and young people found their community.
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A recipe created "almost by accident" turns into a sensation.
At reunions in Raleigh and Atlantic Beach, the fountain of youth is a wellspring of cold beer and classic beach music.
She worked at Atlantic Beach Seafood. His family owned the place. Now, Kamile and Chandler Willis are running the Carteret County institution where the shrimp is hand-packed, the oysters lead to stories, and one spouse (gasp!) doesn’t like seafood.
Atlantic Beach Pie was just a vintage recipe until Chef Bill Smith revived its popularity.
