Restaurants in North Carolina

Bold French Vietnamese

Pick up club sandwiches, homemade chocolate chip cookies, and other provisions for a gourmet picnic on the beach.

Fresh, locally caught bluefish and crab are on the menu. You can even dine on a peaceful screened porch.

Cuban steaks and margaritas are the draw at this relaxed tropical-style restaurant with a high, open-beamed roof and a polished-wood bar.

Fresh steamed shrimp goes down smoother with a cold one at this waterside pub and local hangout within Stripes Bar & Grille.

Chic steak house

Barbecue and Southern-fried sides for the whole family, in a bare-bones roadhouse that’s Carolina through and through.

Stop by this family-owned grill and store for a hearty breakfast of ham and eggs, or enjoy live bluegrass jams Saturday afternoons and evenings.

Housed in a former fish market, this restaurant has trained many of the South’s top toques. The current chef, Bill Smith, is an expert at dishes with

Sophisticated southern

Nouvelle Chinese hot spot

Grab a burger while kids entertain themselves in its toy-stocked Tadpole Corner play area.

Pick up a seafood sandwich or chicken Caesar salad to go, or settle in on the deck.

Cozy tapas stop

A modern take on a traditional Chinese noodle house.