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Carolina Beach
and Kure Beach
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Barrier Island Restaurant
$$
1140 N. Lake Park
Blvd., Carolina Beach
(910) 458-5505 |
Barrier Island Restaurant
is a local favorite, and as soon as you experience their friendly service
you’ll know why. Their moderately priced menu includes a variety of daily
specials and delicious local seafood dishes. Try the fresh fried flounder
or the tasty snow crab legs. Their great food will make you a regular customer. Barrier Island serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and is open
year round.
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Big Daddy's Seafood Restaurant
$$
202 K Ave., Kure Beach
(910) 458-8622 |
A Kure Beach institution for three decades, Big
Daddy's serves a variety of seafood and combination platters. In addition to
seafood, the restaurant offers choice steaks, prime rib and chicken every
day in a family-oriented, casual setting. Seafood can be broiled, fried,
chargrilled or steamed. Highlights of Big Daddy's menu include an
all-you-can-eat salad bar; a large selection of seafood and beef entrees;
special plates for seniors and children; and the sizable Surf and Turf
(filet mignon and a choice of snow crab legs or chargrilled barbecue
shrimp). An after-dinner walk along the nearby beachfront or on the Kure
Beach fishing pier (both are a short block away) further adds to Big Daddy's
appeal. The restaurant's interior, consisting of several rooms and a total
seating capacity of about 500 people, comes as a surprise; it doesn't seem
that big from the outside. Rare and unusual maritime memorabilia make for
entertaining distractions. Entrance to Big Daddy's is through a colorful
gift shop offering novelties and taffy. Patrons frequently make secret
wishes and toss coins into the fountain there. Located at the only stoplight
in Kure Beach, Big Daddy's has all ABC permits and ample parking in front
and across the street. Big Daddy's is closed during the off-season
(Thanksgiving through the beginning of March).
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Deck House Casual Dining
$$
205 Charlotte Ave., Carolina Beach
(910) 458-1026
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Deck House offers American, from-scratch cuisine heavily influenced by local fresh-catch
seafood. The exterior reflects the building's history as a church, but the
decor inside is tastefully nautical. The restaurant's regular menu features
a tasty variety of appetizers, soups, salads and entrees, but the nightly
board specials are the draw, primarily because there are so many to choose
from -- six to eight appetizers and 14 to 20 entrees. A mouthwatering dilemma since all
are innovative and skillfully prepared from the freshest seafood and produce
available. Entrees also may include chicken, pasta and steak served with a
choice of salad, grouper chowder or Manhattan clam chowder and, unless
entree is served over pasta, a choice of baked potato, house potato, rice
pilaf, french fries or mixed vegetables. The relaxed, friendly atmosphere
invites lingering over coffee and dessert. The Deck House has all ABC
permits and serves beer and wine. Dinner is served nightly in-season. The restaurant is closed on Monday in the off-season. Reservations
are not accepted.
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Michael's Seafood Restaurant &
Catering
$$
1206 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach
(910) 458-7761
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Winner of the 2001 Restaurant of the Year Award
(Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Small Business Coalition), Michael's is a
popular locals' choice. Michael's dinner menu is available all day, and
fresh seafood, either steamed or broiled, is the specialty here. Nothing is
fried. Alternative menu options include a good selection of steak, chicken,
pasta and pork chops. Michael's updates its menu seasonally and offers lunch
and nightly specials. Lunch features the award-winning Captain M's Seafood
Chowder, a homemade soup of the day and a variety of sandwiches. A
children's menu is available. Enjoy the indoor dining area dominated by a
700-gallon aquarium of the staff's "pets," or outdoor dining on the deck
with live entertainment on the weekends. The restaurant has all ABC permits
and serves imported and domestic beer and wine. Off-site catering services
are also available. Michael's is open for lunch and dinner daily year-round.
The restaurant does not accept checks.
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Mama Mia's Italian
Restaurant
$$
6 Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach
(910) 458-9228
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Lace curtains adorn the front
windows of this quaint Italian restaurant in the heart of Carolina Beach.
The menu offers a variety of dining choices. Dominating the menu's
continental specialties are seafood, chicken and veal prepared in
traditional pasta dishes and served with homemade sauces. Chicken Parmigiana,
seafood lasagna, veal Marsala and shrimp scampi are a few examples. Nightly
specials, often with fresh seafood, are featured. Mama Mia's also offers
soups, salads, homemade pizza and a large selection of sandwiches and subs.
Everything is available for take-out and delivery is available in the
Carolina Beach area. A children's menu is available for children ages 12 and
younger. Domestic and imported beer and wine are served. Open year-round,
family owned and operated Mama Mia's
serves dinner Sunday through Thursday and lunch and dinner on
Friday and Saturday.
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Trolly Stop
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103-A Cape Fear Blvd., Carolina Beach
(910) 458-7557
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Trolly Stop is
centrally located in the heart of Carolina Beach and offers a custom produce
Smithfield all-meat hot dog as well as all-beef Sabrett hot dogs to suit
almost any whim. In addition, they offer no-carb vegetarian dogs as well as
low fat/no-carb turkey dogs. Try the classic North Carolina dog with chili,
mustard and cole slaw, the Snow's Cut (melted cheese and mayo) or the
Carolina Beach (special sauce, mustard and onion). Vegetarian, all-meat and
nonfat hot dogs are also available. Trolly Stop's menu includes sweet
Italian sausage, their signature Burger dog, a black bean burrito and nachos
with toppings. The Carolina Beach location closes during the winter months.
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