Grits, biscuits, country ham and fried chicken. If those words give you a hankering for a deliciously authentic Southern-food experience, you need to get to Simply Southern Kitchen in Harbinger.
Conveniently located just 2 miles from the Wright Brothers Memorial Bridge on the Currituck mainland, Simply Southern Kitchen offers guests a down-home feel, friendly hospitality and perfectly crafted comfort-food dishes made from the family recipes of owner Beaman Hines.
Hines, with the help of his daughter, Annaleigh, and son, Beaman Jr., not only runs Simply Southern Kitchen but also operates popular local restaurants Sooey's BBQ and Rib Shack in Nags Head and Corolla and Sandtrap Tavern and Shipwrecks Taphouse & Grill, both in Kitty Hawk. Simply Southern Kitchen is a hugely popular local restaurant thanks to classic comfort food, popular daily specials and scrumptious Southern-style breakfast favorites offered on the weekends.
Let’s talk about that weekend breakfast, featuring favorites like country ham, fluffy homemade biscuits, pancakes, French toast, Texas toast and home fries. Hungry diners can dive into popular dishes like the hearty Sunday at Grandma's (two eggs any style, biscuit with gravy, grits, sausage or bacon and home fries), Corned Beef Hash Platter or Country Fried Steak and Eggs, among many others. Those in a hurry can grab and go with breakfast sandwiches filled with a choice of bacon, sausage or country ham and cheese on Texas toast with a side of home fries.
If you can’t make it for weekend breakfast, pop in any day for a home-cooked lunch or dinner. Start off with delectable hush puppies served with homemade honey butter, sweet corn bread or fried okra. Next, choose from Southern favorites like Simply Southern Kitchen’s signature fried chicken, Salisbury steak, fried chicken livers and marinated pork chops served up with traditional sides such as corn on the cob, mashed potatoes and collard greens cooked to perfection. Don’t miss the award-winning North Carolina-style pulled pork barbecue or an irresistible seafood dish such as superbly prepared fried flounder or jumbo shrimp.
Simply Southern Kitchen offers wine and beer selections, including North Carolina craft beers. And, of course, they offer Southern-style desserts like pecan, pumpkin and sweet potato pie to satisfy the sweet tooth.
If you’d rather bring your delicious Southern cooking home, just order online and take out or have it personally delivered right to your door. Simply Southern Kitchen also offers bulk orders for family take out meals and stands ready to cater your events, big or small, bringing the best Southern cooking the area has to offer to your special occasion.
Weekday Specials
Simply Southern Kitchen’s amazing weekday specials draw a crowd, and it’s easy to see why. In addition to daily soup specials, here’s what you can expect:
Monday: Meatloaf
Tuesday: Tacos
Wednesday: Wrap it Up creative wraps
Thursday: Country Fried Steak
Friday: Prime Rib
(252) 491-8100
8627 Caratoke Hwy, Harbinger
simplysouthernkitchen.com
About the Author Michelle Wagner
Michelle has been writing about the Outer Banks for 25 years. She lives on Colington Island with her husband, two children and a number of dogs and cats.
