The Outer Banks of North Carolina 2010 Taste of The Beach Weekend has been scheduled for March 11-14, 2010. The Outer Banks Restaurant Association (OBRA) has been hosting the Taste of The Beach for over 20 years. This grand food festival event on The Outer Banks of North Carolina will ...feature wine tastings, cooking classes, special menu presentations, celebrity guest chef appearances by Ed Brantley & Heba Salama from "The Biggest Loser", brewery tours, tapas crawls and many more events with exciting array of creative combinations of culinary delights and fun activities on the Outer Banks.
The Beach Expo, the Grand Finale Event, on Sunday, March 14th will be the hottest ticket in town with over 20 area restaurants getting together and some of the best beverage vendors. It will be the night of the TOBY Awards. Restaurants will be competing for "Best Booth Presentation", "Best In Show" and the top award, "Peoples Choice".
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, and fish entrees almost too gorgeous to eat! For discriminating palettes or pocketbooks, Outer Banks restaurants serve everything from true Italian fare, to Southwestern and French cuisine. And yes, you can find down home Southern-style barbecue and hushpuppies. And you don't have to break the bank.
Whatever your tastes, you'll find plenty of food, drink, and fun among the wide array of activities encompassed by the Outer Banks Taste of The Beach Weekend. Tickets will be limited so book ahead of time.
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!
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Coastal Living named OBX Taste of The Beach as one of the
Top 10 Seafood & Wine Festivals in the USA!
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The OBRA is a non-profit group of restaurant owners/managers as well as people or businesses serving the restaurant industry. The OBRA meets monthly to discuss issues and concerns within our country that relate to the restaurant industry.
