New Bern
Sustainability and local ingredients are showcased in dishes like sweet corn-and-pimento hush puppies, as well as in the restaurant itself, which was built from reclaimed materials. Even the name was inspired by a log that was found in the nearby marina, which was transformed into the hostess stand.
100 Pollock Street
(252) 514-0033
persimmonsrestaurant.net
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
For the owner of The Country Biscuit, welcoming diners is the fulfillment of a decades-long dream. And diners’ dreams come true when they try the glazed biscuit doughnut holes.
Black bears are the embodiment of North Carolina’s adventurous spirit, immense and wild.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
