Nags Head
Everyone thought that Bob and Clara Owens were crazy for opening their restaurant on the bare strip of land that was South Nags Head in 1946. Seventy-seven years later, their family-owned business is still serving authentic food from the North Carolina coast. One of the restaurant’s most renowned dishes is Miss O’s Crabcakes, named for the woman who started it all. Read more …
7114 South Virginia Dare Trail
(252) 441-7309
owensrestaurantobx.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.
