Articles
A Tale of Two Restaurants
Salt Water Grille:Catch a Local's Favorite With an atmosphere reminiscent of the old flat top beach cottages and some serious, Southern coastal cuisine, Salt Water Grill is a true representation of the Outer Banks and something you aren’t going to find back home. It’s a melting pot of sorts, merging fresh seafood from... Read More
The Cotton Gin: Country, Coastal & Cosmopolitan
You know that point in any trip when you’re on the last stretch and the anticipation overwhelms you? Almost there, almost there…. For locals and visitors here, it’s that piece of highway right before the bridges – that landing strip to the arch that takes you over to your Outer Banks home. And sitting like a marker at... Read More
A Part of Something Bigger
Picture a blustery March morning in 1983.It’s cold and windy, but that’s no deterrent to Rufus and Roxie Pritchard, new owners of The Dunes Restaurant, because it’s their opening day. Their very first opening day as owners of a restaurant. Rufus is up at 4 a.m. to get things ready to greet guests at 5:30. The first... Read More
Quality Time, Quality Food
The Surfin’ Pig Deli in Avon operates on the core principal that families vacation at the beach to enjoy one another’s company. “If I rented a $5000 a week house with the best view in the world, I wouldn’t want to sit inside of a restaurant seven days a week,” says Surfin’ Pig manager Martin Shaffer.Martin’s business... Read More
Shop Here Once and You're Hooked!
Gray’s Outer Banks Lifestyle Clothing Co. has been outfitting locals and visitors since 1948 – that’s almost 70 years of bringing great style to these islands. No clothing company anywhere would be in business for that long if they weren’t doing it right. And Gray’s does it right! Savvy, regular shoppers know they’ll... Read More