Peletier
This restaurant started as a small, 25-seat A-frame building on cofounder Earl Taylor’s family farm in Carteret County. The current space, which has remained the same since 1985, seats 250 people and offers freshly shucked oysters and hot hush puppies.
2383 NC Highway 58
(252) 393-8838
tw-oysterbar.com
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