Well folks, the ever-popular OBX Chowder Cookoff, hosted by Coastal Provisions Oyster Bar & Wine Bar Café in Southern Shores, continues to break records each year.  Annually it’s the highest attended event in our lineup of restaurant hosted events and this year was no exception.

The Annual Chowder Cookoff actually …

What a perfect day we had at the Soundside Outdoor Event Site weather-wise. A perfect 68 degrees and full sunshine helped us to easily enjoy this beloved annual Taste of the Beach event sponsored by Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates, and the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau.

We got bigger tents …

8th Annual TOB’y Award Winners Announced

AMAZING food and presentations at the Sysco Foods Grand Tasting & Bartenders Bubbly Bash.  Every restaurant brought their “A” game and it was obvious in every bite. You really had to be there to appreciate all of it. The upstairs Bartenders Bubbly Bash was


 
You will not want to miss this very special event newly developed just for Taste of the Beach 2017. This multi-course wine-paired dinner features a collaborative effort between 3 OBX Chefs and 3 of North Carolina’s best Chefs. Please join us at our host, Basnight’s Lone Cedar Café for …


 
OBX Taste Of The Beach always has so many amazing events for seafood lovers, and this year we are thrilled to welcome back the guy who literally wrote the book on oysters! James Beard award-winning author of The Geography of Oysters, Rowan Jacobsen will be coming back to the …

AJ Johnson has been with Awful Arthur’s Oyster Bar since the spring of 1992 and was promoted to head chef/kitchen manager in 2011. A self-taught chef, AJ is passionate about his job and takes pride in serving the restaurant’s most popular menu items consistently year after year so that customers …

Executive Chef, Cory Bryant

Cory is an OBX native that has been part of the AQUA team since the doors opened in 2008. He has a passion for food, beer, and wine which has helped him develop into a progressive young chef. His love and determination are expressed in every …