The Outer Banks of North Carolina Taste of The Beach Weekend

is March 15-18, 2012. Events are being posted now! 

Keep in mind events will be added through February 14th so

check back often or sign up for our Facebook page or our email list

and we can contact you about new events that way.

About the Outer Banks Taste of The Beach.....

This fun food festival event features: wine tastings, cooking classes,

special menu presentations, brewery tours, tapas crawls, cook-offs,

dine-arounds and many more creative combinations, culinary delights,

and fun activities on the Outer Banks. It involves over 50 restaurants!

The OBX Grand Tasting on Sunday, March 18th, will be the hottest

ticket in town with about 30 area restaurants and beverage vendors

serving a sampling of original hand prepared foods, fine wines and

beers from around the world. Restaurants will be competing for the 3rd

Annual TOB'y Awards; Best Booth Presentation, Best In Show, Best

Outer Banks Cuisine, and the two top awards, the Chefs Award and

People's Choice Award.

The Outer Banks Taste of The Beach Weekend is a fantastic way to

sample the fare of several fine restaurants on the Outer Banks in one

fun-filled, food-centric weekend! Casual chefs to full-on foodie fanatics

will revel in innovative culinary opportunities offered up by members of

the Outer Banks Restaurant Association. You can indulge in a fancy

wine dinner one night and mix with the masses in an organic farm to

fork experience the next. Or maybe an intimate cooking class with one

of the area's world class chefs is more your speed.

Freshness is the hallmark of dining on the Outer Banks of North

Carolina. Offering much more than just seafood, the barrier islands are

home to over 160 locally owned and operated restaurants. You'll be

delighted by a diverse offering of culinary delights in unique settings,

with menus dreamed up by the finest-trained chefs. 

Nothing beats locally caught seafood - you can taste the difference in

ours. We have the finest Watermen in the world who bring in plump

oysters, savory shrimp, fresh Gulfstream tuna, East Coast scallops,

and many other fresh fish daily to our docks. Locally caught means

it's the freshest it can be, it's affordable, and it's prepared by trained

Chefs that know it well and prepare it often.

There are some additional events planned for this weekend on the

Outer Banks, the YMCA OBX Polar Plunge, Kelly's Annual St.

Patrick's Day Parade and the Annual Running of The Leprechauns

8k. Lots to do! Plan your adventure now and check our

accommodations page and ask for Taste of The Beach

special accommodations packages by name.