Mark Ballog began working in Outer Banks Restaurants as a college student in 1991. Upon Graduation from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he chose to move to the beach permanently and call the Outer Banks Home. He spent many years working at the Red Drum Taphouse and Quagimires (RIP), as well …

Dawn Williams was raised in Wilmington, NC, where her family’s businesses were restaurants and charter fishing boats. By working in her family restaurants, she learned the restaurant business from the ground up and is completely self-taught.

With a passion for cooking, Dawn and her husband, Sonny, opened a restaurant of …