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It's Time to Buy Tickets for OBX Taste of the Beach
If all goes as planned, OBX Taste of the Beach will be back for 2021. The Outer Banks Restaurant Association team is working hard to make its annual food and wine celebration happen. They've moved it ahead a month to April 16 to 18, and they've made some changes due to COVID, of course, but the events are stacking up... Read More
Spring Is in the Air on the OBX
It’s not quite spring (that’s coming on March 20), but it feels like it on the Outer Banks this week. We’re enjoying weather in the high 60s, which means everyone is rushing outdoors for beach walks, bike rides and boating adventures. The daffodils, like these in The Elizabethan Gardens, are showing their sunny little... Read More
Get to Know a Local: Tony Northrup of Uncle Ike’s Sandbar and Grill
Behind every business are people doing their best to make a living and still have time to enjoy this beautiful place they call home. In this blog, you’ll meet one of them: Tony Northrup of Uncle Ike’s Sandbar and Grill in Corolla.
Tony bought Uncle Ike's Cafe, which had been open a couple of months in Corolla,... Read More
Something's Missing in Manteo
The Elizabeth II, the stately focal point of the Manteo waterfront, is gone from her berth, and the waterfront looks strangely naked.
On Tuesday, February 22, a crew of volunteers and staff of Roanoke Island Festival Park motored the representative 16th-century sailing ship down Roanoke Sound to be hauled out at... Read More
Where to Eat on the Outer Banks in February
"Who's open?" When it comes restaurants, we all ask this question in the winter months on the Outer Banks. Maybe it's a throwback to the old days, when literally every restaurant closed (even McDonald's), and the only place to get a meal was Seamark grocery store. But times have changed. These days there are hundreds... Read More