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Explore
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Restaurants
All restaurants have at least one N.C. oyster available year-round on their menu.
- Blackbeard’s Grill and Steam Bar, Beaufort
- Catch, Wilmington
- Coquina Fish Bar, Wilmington
- Blue Water Grill & Raw Bar, Manteo
- Flying Melon, Ocracoke
- The Froggy Dog Restaurant and Pub, Avon
- Howard’s Pub & Raw Bar, Ocracoke
- Locals Oyster Bar, Raleigh
- Mandolin, Raleigh
- Ocracoke Oyster Company, Ocracoke
- Parley’s Sip & Steam, Washington
- Pinpoint Restaurant, Wilmington
- Plum Pointe Kitchen, Ocracoke
- Rusty Hooks Dockside Grill, Southport
- Sea Level NC, Charlotte
- Saltbox Seafood Joint, Durham
- Seabird Restaurant, Wilmington
- Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar, Surf City
- St. Roch, Raleigh
- Tidewater Oyster Bar, Wilmington
- Wrightsville Beach Brewery, Wilmington
Festivals & Events
- Outer Banks Seafood Festival, Nags Head, Saturday, October 16, 2021
- North Carolina Seafood Festival, Morehead City, October 1-3, 2021
Shellfish Farm Tours
- Cape Fear Oyster Company, Cape Fear
- Cape Hatteras Oyster Co., Buxton
- Down East Mariculture Supply Co LLC, Smyrna
- Ghostfleet Oyster Co., Hampstead
- Good Time Charlie’s Charters, Englehard
- Hooper Family Seafood, Smyrna
- Middle Sound Mariculture, Masonboro, Stump and Topsail Sounds
- Ocracoke Mariculture, Ocracoke Island
- Oysters Carolina, Harker’s Island
- Roysters NC Oyster Farm, Beaufort
- Sandbar Oyster Company via Seavisions Charters, Beaufort
- Slash Creek Oysters, Hatteras
- Smith Oyster Co. – Savage Inlet Oysters, Nags Head
- Soundside Oyster Farms, Stump Sound
- Three Little Spats Oyster Company, Sneads Ferry
Arts
- Dare County Arts Council, Manteo
Outdoor Recreation
- Outer Banks Adventures, Manteo
- Science by the Sea, Beaufort
Seafood Markets
All markets have at least one N.C. oyster available year-round.
- Chadwick’s Seafood Market, Cedar Point
- Earp’s Seafood Market, Raleigh
- Locals Seafood, Triangle farmers markets (Raleigh, Morrisville, Chapel Hill)
- N.SEA. Oyster Co, at the Wilmington Farmers Market, Wilmington
- SeaCow Mobile Meat & Seafood Market, Raleigh
- Seaview Crab Company, Wilmington (multiple locations), Leland, Spout Springs, Stanford
- Sticky Bottom Oyster Co., Hatteras
- White Oak Oyster Company via South Durham Farmers Market, Durham
Education
- Bald Head Island Conservancy, Bald Head Island
- Hatteras Island Ocean Center, Hatteras
- North Carolina Coastal Federation, Ocean, Wanchese, and Wrightsville Beach
- Science by the Sea, Beaufort
Oyster Delivery
- Carolina Beach Oyster Co., Stump Sound
- Crystal Coast Oysters, Beaufort and Morehead City
- Oysters Carolina, Harker’s Island
ABOUT
The NC Oyster Trail is a grassroots effort by people who love North Carolina oysters.
Our mission is to provide oyster tourism experiences that help sustain and grow N.C. oyster supply and demand, resulting in economic, environmental and social benefits to the state’s seafood industry and coastal communities.
The NC Oyster Trail is administered by the North Carolina Coastal Federation and North Carolina Sea Grant in partnership with the North Carolina Shellfish Growers Association.
