Taste the region's flavors when you browse for specialty snacks and drinks at Manteo, NC, shops. Snack shops in downtown Manteo carry gourmet peanuts from Bertie County (a North Carolina staple!). Satisfy a sweet tooth with gourmet confections and treats, such as candies infused with locally distilled rum, at boutique candy stores. For any beer, wine or liquor needs, you can find beer from local breweries, wine made in the area and liquor distilled right in town.
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Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
107 Budleigh Street, Unit F, The Phoenix Shops, Manteo
This little market has everything you need to stock up for charcuterie night or pack the picnic basket. You'll find meats, cheeses, crackers, pickles, hummus, local honey, nuts, Mackeys Ferry Peanuts, locally made jams and jellies and other gourmet food items. Plus they have tasty sweets, including the regionally famous handmade fudge from Mackeys Ferry Peanuts. Upstairs in this shop you'll find an assortment of locally made soaps, candles, crocheted items and much more from local artists and crafters. The owners of this shop, the Cheshires, have given the store a charming Alice in Wonderland theme, and your little ones will love the tea party table.
This little market has everything you need to stock up for charcuterie night or pack the picnic basket. You'll find meats, cheeses, crackers, pickles, hummus, local honey, nuts, Mackeys Ferry Peanuts, locally made jams and jellies and other gourmet food items. Plus they have tasty sweets, including the regionally famous handmade fudge from Mackeys Ferry Peanuts. Upstairs in this shop you'll find an assortment of...read more
This little market has everything you need to stock up for charcuterie night or pack...read more
7463 U.S. Highway 64/264, Manns Harbor
A locals' favorite for fresh seafood, Outland Seafood is perfectly situated for picking up fresh, local seafood on your way to the Outer Banks from the west. Located in Manns Harbor, very close to the foot of Virginia Dare Bridge, stop here to pick up crabs, fish, shrimp and shellfish. Depending on the season (because this is fresh-caught seafood), you might find blue crabs, soft-shell crabs and crabmeat; brown, spotted or white (greentail) shrimp; N.C. and Virginia oysters and clams; and fish caught from the local commercial fleets, from yellowfin tuna and mahi mahi to tilefish and grouper to flounder and black sea bass and more. Outland also sells wild-caught Pacific Coast crabs like snow, king and Dungeness crab legs. They'll tell you how to cook your seafood if you need some tips, and they sell the seasonings, spices, breaders and other items that you'll need. Or you can have them steam up shrimp, clams, crabs, oysters or crab legs to take home with you. Stop again on your way out of town and they'll pack up your seafood on ice for taking home and stocking your freezer. They also sell coolers and fishing gear.
A locals' favorite for fresh seafood, Outland Seafood is perfectly situated for picking up fresh, local seafood on your way to the Outer Banks from the west. Located in Manns Harbor, very close to the foot of Virginia Dare Bridge, stop here to pick up crabs, fish, shrimp and shellfish. Depending on the season (because this is fresh-caught seafood), you might find blue crabs, soft-shell crabs...read more
A locals' favorite for fresh seafood, Outland Seafood is perfectly situated for picking up fresh,...read more
Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
107 Budleigh Street, Unit F, The Phoenix Shops, Manteo
This little market has everything you need to stock up for charcuterie night or pack the picnic basket. You'll find meats, cheeses, crackers, pickles, hummus, local honey, nuts, Mackeys Ferry Peanuts, locally made jams and jellies and other gourmet food items. Plus they have tasty sweets, including the regionally famous handmade fudge from Mackeys Ferry Peanuts. Upstairs in this shop you'll find an assortment of locally made soaps, candles, crocheted items and much more from local artists and crafters. The owners of this shop, the Cheshires, have given the store a charming Alice in Wonderland theme, and your little ones will love the tea party table.
This little market has everything you need to stock up for charcuterie night or pack the picnic basket. You'll find meats, cheeses, crackers, pickles, hummus, local honey, nuts, Mackeys Ferry Peanuts, locally made jams and jellies and other gourmet food items. Plus they have tasty sweets, including the regionally famous handmade fudge from Mackeys Ferry Peanuts. Upstairs in this shop you'll find an assortment of...read more
This little market has everything you need to stock up for charcuterie night or pack...read more
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Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
On Saturday mornings from mid-May through the early fall, Manteo's Downtown Market features home-grown, home-baked and homemade goods for sale. Pick up fresh herbs, produce or flowers and buy some local artwork or sweets, all in a beautiful waterfront setting next to the Roanoke Island Maritime Museum. This makes a great family outing as there’s a playground next to the market area. The market is...read more
Wanchese, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Fresh Catch Seafood is owned and run by local commercial fishermen. Depending on the season they provide the highest quality fish, shrimp, oysters, clams, crabs and scallops at their Wanchese seafood market. You can buy fresh or packaged frozen seafood caught by their fishermen, or they'll package and freeze your catch.read more
Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Downtown Manteo finally has a wine bar! It's a cozy, comfortable place with the slightly urban feel of a remodeled historic downtown building, in this case the restored Fearing building on Budleigh Street, just across from the old courthouse. It's a nice place for a date, pre-event drinks and bites, a lingering lunch with a friend or even late-night fun (yes, in Manteo being open...read more
Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Is it a retail shop or a bar? It's both! Old Tom's is a place to pick up provisions like beer, wine and snacks to go or to enjoy on site. It's also a place to gather with friends in a cozy, inviting and friendly atmosphere. In case you're wondering, it's named for the liveliest character in The Lost Colony.read more
Wanchese, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
This weekly open-air farmers market features the best of locally sourced produce and products from northeastern North Carolina. You'll find produce, meats, eggs, fermented products, herbs, breads, flowers, coffee, pastries, jam/jellies and arts and crafts. It's held on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.read more
Roanoke Island, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
The Stock-Aide brings a much-needed convenience store to the Manteo waterfront but with all the charm the historic district deserves. This is an old-fashioned, family-run store that sells candy, drinks, ice cream, beer and wine, ice, cigars and cigarettes, medicines and limited groceries like eggs, bread, milk and other items. Within the store is a sub-shop called That Art Place, selling gifts, toys, candles, jewelry,...read more
Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
The Gourmet Olive is downtown Manteo's olive oil and vinegar store, where you can sample 15 different gourmet oils and vinegars and get suggestions about how to use them. But the store is so much more. It's also a gift shop where you can find a wide range of items for yourself or others, as well as an art and craft gallery representing the works...read more
Manteo, NC, Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Vineyards on the Scuppernong, based in nearby Columbia, has a tasting room and gift shop in downtown Manteo. Stop in to try their wines – Simply Scuppernong, Catawba Bell, Jack Ass Red, Black Beary, Girls of Summer and more – and purchase some bottles for yourself or for gifts. The gift shop offers locally made art, jewelry and soaps. Look for Vineyards on the Scuppernong...read more
