Guidebook for North Topsail Beach
Food Scene
Riverview Cafe
119 Hall Point RdVery popular. Excellent seafood.
Probably the best restaurant on the Island. You will need a reservation for this one.
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The Bistro at Topsail
602 Roland AveProbably the best restaurant on the Island. You will need a reservation for this one.
This is where the local action is. Family friendly and very popular with the locals. Pittsburgh sports fans will recognize this place. Good food and service. Staff is very friendly. Karaoke night, the works.
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Rick's Restaurant & Sports Bar
510 Petes WyThis is where the local action is. Family friendly and very popular with the locals. Pittsburgh sports fans will recognize this place. Good food and service. Staff is very friendly. Karaoke night, the works.
This is close to the house and a bit fancy. The dining room usually is full of vacationing families out on the terrace. Although pricey, the food is excellent and worth it. If you don't have a reservation, 4 people can eat comfortably at a high top table in the bar and the bar staff are very friendly and helpful. Specialty drinks, the works.
Inlet 790 Grill & Bar
790 New River Inlet RdThis is close to the house and a bit fancy. The dining room usually is full of vacationing families out on the terrace. Although pricey, the food is excellent and worth it. If you don't have a reservation, 4 people can eat comfortably at a high top table in the bar and the bar staff are very friendly and helpful. Specialty drinks, the works.
Hunga Bunga Java
614 N New River DrFor you coffee lovers, this is one of several good coffee shops on the beach.
Without a doubt, one of our favorites. Great views, great food, great staff. Good breakfast place.
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Sears Landing
806 Roland AveWithout a doubt, one of our favorites. Great views, great food, great staff. Good breakfast place.
Buddy's is your classic, sandy floor, right on the beach, open air restaurant. Watch the surfers and the sunbathers while you eat the local seafood and popular sandwiches.
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Buddy's Crab House & Oyster Bar
101 Roland AveBuddy's is your classic, sandy floor, right on the beach, open air restaurant. Watch the surfers and the sunbathers while you eat the local seafood and popular sandwiches.
Best place for oysters, clams and other seafood. Fun and noisy with a galvanized bucket built into the table for the shells. See how much of a bang you can make when you hit the bucket with an oyster shell. Good beer too.
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Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar
13460 NC-50Best place for oysters, clams and other seafood. Fun and noisy with a galvanized bucket built into the table for the shells. See how much of a bang you can make when you hit the bucket with an oyster shell. Good beer too.
This is the place to go after dinner with the kids for that must have beach experience of cool ice cream on a warm muggy evening with the mild sunburn to remind you that you are finally at the beach.
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Island Delights
316 N New River DrThis is the place to go after dinner with the kids for that must have beach experience of cool ice cream on a warm muggy evening with the mild sunburn to remind you that you are finally at the beach.
And there is always that standby, the pizza place when you don't want to cook and the kids are complaining.
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Max's Pizza
602 Roland AveAnd there is always that standby, the pizza place when you don't want to cook and the kids are complaining.
Parks & Nature
Sea turtles are highly valued and protected on this island and turtle nests are visible up and down the beach. If you are lucky you might meet a turtle going up or down the beach to lay her eggs and return to the ocean. A hatching is a big event too and you can watch (but you can't touch the turtle hatchlings). Consult with the museum about volunteering and nest hatch dates. The nests are marked and you definitely do not want to disturb the nests. Thursday is the worst day to go since everyone seems to want to go on Thursday. Saturday is actually the best day since everyone is coming and going that day.
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The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
302 Tortuga LnSea turtles are highly valued and protected on this island and turtle nests are visible up and down the beach. If you are lucky you might meet a turtle going up or down the beach to lay her eggs and return to the ocean. A hatching is a big event too and you can watch (but you can't touch the turtle hatchlings). Consult with the museum about volunteering and nest hatch dates. The nests are marked and you definitely do not want to disturb the nests. Thursday is the worst day to go since everyone seems to want to go on Thursday. Saturday is actually the best day since everyone is coming and going that day.
Sightseeing
This is the assembly building for testing rockets after WW II and is a fascinating visit. The old concrete observation towers can be spotted here and there up and down the beach.
Historical Society of Topsail Island
720 Channel BlvdThis is the assembly building for testing rockets after WW II and is a fascinating visit. The old concrete observation towers can be spotted here and there up and down the beach.
Entertainment & Activities
The fishing pier doesn't just have to be for fishing. A family favorite at night after dinner would be to walk out on the pier and see what people are catching. Feeling the ocean breeze and being out on the ocean is a great experience. Buy a week long pass for the week you are there. We will provide a couple season passes if they are available. It is over a mile down and back so walk if you are motivated, or drive down and take the kids out for sights and sounds they will remember for a lifetime. Watching someone catch a shark, King mackerel or a large sting ray is an unforgettable experience.
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Seaview Pier
124 Fishing Pier LnThe fishing pier doesn't just have to be for fishing. A family favorite at night after dinner would be to walk out on the pier and see what people are catching. Feeling the ocean breeze and being out on the ocean is a great experience. Buy a week long pass for the week you are there. We will provide a couple season passes if they are available. It is over a mile down and back so walk if you are motivated, or drive down and take the kids out for sights and sounds they will remember for a lifetime. Watching someone catch a shark, King mackerel or a large sting ray is an unforgettable experience.
Essentials
Saturdays are mobbed with vacationers arriving for the week. This is why we rent Sunday to Sunday. "The Shrimp Lady" sets up a stand at the store for local seafood.
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Food Lion
965 Old Folkstone RdSaturdays are mobbed with vacationers arriving for the week. This is why we rent Sunday to Sunday. "The Shrimp Lady" sets up a stand at the store for local seafood.
It's a longer drive than the Food Lion, but if you are already in Surf City for something, grab some eggs and milk and the basics here.
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Surf City Ocean Pier, Inc.
112 S Shore DrIt's a longer drive than the Food Lion, but if you are already in Surf City for something, grab some eggs and milk and the basics here.
Shopping
Sisters Organic Market
330 N New River DrA very good organic grocery store.