NC Oyster Trail

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The North Carolina Oyster Trail offers unique tourism experiences centered on our state’s tasty oysters. As you travel the trail, you can:

  • Tour a working shellfish farm.

  • Savor the coast’s distinct flavors.

  • Discover local oyster lore.

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Restaurants

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
  • 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
  • Ocracoke Oyster Company, Ocracoke
  • Parley’s Sip & Steam, Washington
  • Pinpoint Restaurant, Wilmington
  • Plum Pointe Kitchen, Ocracoke
  • Sea Level NC, Charlotte
  • Seabird Restaurant, Wilmington
  • Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar, Surf City
  • Tidewater Oyster Bar, Wilmington
  • Wrightsville Beach Brewery, Wilmington

FestivalsFestivals & Events

  • Outer Banks Seafood Festival, Nags Head (Fall, 2021, date TBD)

Oyster FarmsShellfish Farm Tours

  • Cape Hatteras Oyster Co., Buxton
  • Carolina Beach Oyster Co., Wilmington
  • Crystal Coast Oysters, Morehead City
  • Down East Mariculture Supply Co LLC, Smyrna
  • 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
  • Woccocon Oysters, Ocracoke

Art GalleriesArts

  • Dare County Arts Council, Manteo

MarketsSeafood Markets

All markets have at least one N.C. oyster available year-round.

  • 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

Environmental Education & Advocacy

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

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.

Become a member.
 
NC Shellfish Growers Association

NC Oyster Trail

CONTACT

For more information, contact the North Carolina Coastal Federation
at oysters@nccoast.org.

Follow @NCOysterTrail on Instagram.

© 2021 NC Oysters.
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