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Find NC Oyster Trail sites.
Want to see your business or organization on this map? Become a member of the NC Oyster Trail.
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
- Howard’s Pub & Raw Bar, Ocracoke
- Locals Oyster Bar, Raleigh
- Ocracoke Oyster Company, Ocracoke
- Pinpoint Restaurant, Wilmington
- Plum Pointe Kitchen, Ocracoke
- Sea Level NC, Charlotte
- Seabird Restaurant, Wilmington
- Tidewater Oyster Bar, Wilmington
- Wrightsville Beach Brewery, Wilmington
Shellfish Farm Tours
- Cape Hatteras Oyster Co., Buxton
- Carolina Beach Oyster Co., Wilmington
- Down East Mariculture Supply Co LLC, Smyrna
- Good Time Charlie’s Charters, Englehard
- Hooper Family Seafood, Smyrna
- Ocracoke Mariculture, Ocracoke Island
- Oysters Carolina, Harker’s Island
- Slash Creek Oysters, Hatteras
- Three Little Spats Oyster Company, Sneads Ferry
- Woccocon Oysters, Ocracoke
Seafood Markets
All markets have at least one N.C. oyster available year-round.
- Locals Seafood, Triangle farmers markets (Raleigh, Morrisville, Chapel Hill)
- N.SEA. Oyster Co, Wilmington
Education
- Bald Head Island Conservancy, Bald Head Island
- Hatteras Island Ocean Center, Hatteras
- North Carolina Coastal Federation, Wanchese
- Science by the Sea, Beaufort
Outdoor Recreation
Arts
- Dare County Arts Council, Manteo
Festivals & Events
- N.C. Seafood Festival, Morehead City (October 2-4, 2020)
- Outer Banks Seafood Festival, Nags Head (October 17, 2020)
- Oystoberfest, wherever you are the month of October! Drink your libation of choice and pair it with N.C. oysters
- Shuck, Rattle, and Roll, Morehead City (February 2021, date TBD)
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.
CONTACT
For more information, contact the North Carolina Coastal Federation
at oysters@nccoast.org or 252-393-8185.
Follow @NCOysterTrail on Instagram.