Our “City Portrait” series examines North Carolina communities through the lens of a local icon, starting with Wilmington’s famed Spanish moss: “For many Wilmington residents, the beauty of sunlight through Spanish moss is simply part of a Market Street commute.” The portraits evolve into a series of downtown guides in February 2018, highlighting noteworthy places to eat, shop, and explore within a given neighborhood.
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.
