Southport
Owner Bridget Chirico designed this café as a beacon for island-hoppers. The classic menu includes stuffed shrimp, blackened tuna, and crab cakes, much of it made with seafood caught with the boat docked next to the restaurant.
106 Yacht Basin Drive
(910) 457-1881
fishyfishycafe.com
Memories of spuds are firmly rooted in one chef’s mind, just like the Watauga County potatoes she once unearthed.
The poignant voices of gospel music seem to rise from the soil of eastern North Carolina. The genre’s lineage is as rooted to the land as the crops growing in its fields.
In winter, when the weather is just right, water turns ethereally symphonic — if you stop to listen.
Far away from the summer buzz, Corolla quietens into a sleepy, seaside village during the winter. Here, on this strip of sand, visitors find themselves immersed in the northernmost reaches of our state’s coast, where the coldest season is a chance to celebrate solitude.
