Nags Head
High-quality Caribbean cuisine — Cayman conch fritters, teriyaki burgers, St. Martin shrimp pasta — earned this restaurant a visit from Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, as well as a legion of fans who have made it one of the most popular spots on the coast.
3014 South Virginia Dare Trail
(252) 441-7299
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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.
