Release your inner epicurean with a shopping trip to Hatteras’ gourmet and specialty food shops. These locally owned shops on the Hatteras shopping scene offer customers a refreshing way to find wine, beer, spices, seafood and even sweets. Grill up a dinner using the freshest tuna, shrimp or snapper you could find at the local seafood markets. Add an unexpected punch to your dish with custom-made spice blends. And elevate the entire dining experience when you follow the shop owner’s recommendations for a new bottle of fine wine.
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Locally loved Alien Java serves excellent coffee and espresso creations, from cappuccino and espresso to cold brew and affogatos. They also serve smoothies, frozen drinks and refreshers along with exceptional baked goods from Scratchmade Snackery, a bakery down the road in Hatteras village. More than a coffee shop, it's also a vintage boutique and gift shop selling clothing, books, jewelry, soaps, pottery, cards and snacks....read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
A new venture from the founders of the popular lifestyle brand Hattiebuilt, Cape Cork & Bottle is Hatteras Island’s first bottle shop and beer and wine lounge. Whether you’re picking up wines, beers and snacks to go or enjoying them on-site, you’ll be thrilled with their selections. Choose from eight draft beers, copious amounts of bottled and canned beer, wines by the bottle or glass,...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Forbes Candies & Coffee offers the sweet treats that Forbes Candies has been known for since 1930. They are well known for saltwater taffy and have more than 25 delicious flavors. They make old-fashioned fresh fudge from scratch and have a big variety of homemade chocolates. At this location they also offer coffee, including a full espresso bar with specialty coffee and espresso drinks. The...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
The Harrison family has been in the commercial fishing business in Hatteras since 1989. In order to ensure a future in fishing for their children, they started a retail market next to their home in Hatteras village. They sell fresh clams, shrimp, soft-shell crabs, scallops, crab, triggerfish, yellow-fin tuna, cobia, mahi mahi, wahoo and more, depending on the season, of course. They also serve ready-made...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
New from legendary Hatteras village seafood wholesaler Jeffrey's Seafood is Hatteras Seafoods, a seafood market in the heart of Hatteras village. Conveniently adjacent to Jeffrey's Seafood's commercial docks and processing facility, Hatteras Seafoods brings the freshest Outer Banks seafood straight from their commercial fishing families to your table. Get your clams, shrimp, crabs, scallops and fish here (depending on the season), and you'll discover why fresh-caught local seafood is a prized delicacy....read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Isla Coffee Shop, next to the DQ in Avon, opens at 8 a.m. for all your favorite coffee and espresso drinks, including cold brew. They also serve teas and Wellness Lattes called Mood Boost with a superfood chocolate mix of reishi and mucuna. Also look for baked goods and plant-based goodies like banana nut bread, chocolate bites and muffins. Indoor and outdoor seating are available....read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Your taste buds will love you for visiting this store. The wine selection is vast and pleasantly surprising, with numerous worthy selections from North Carolina and around the world. You’ll also find fine tea and coffee, specialty sauces, hard-to-find spices, imported olive oils and vinegars, cheeses, sweets, chocolates, gourmet snacks and many other things that will inspire a night of cooking. The store sells sushi-making...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Celebrating their 70th season in 2018, Lee Robinson General Store, on the south end of Hatteras Village, has been serving the village since 1948. It’s a convenient place to stop for groceries, gourmet items, snacks, drinks, ice, beer and fine wine. You'll also have fun shopping for t-shirts and beachwear, books, maps, souvenirs and beach supplies. Check out their neat gifts, too. The store is open daily...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Finally, affordable organics! OBXorganiX offers safe haven shopping for clean food. Foods here are organic and non-GMO verified or certified with traceable ingredients. The owner has worked in the natural health field for 25 years, so she knows her stuff and passes that knowledge on to you. You’ll find glass jars of bulk nuts, seeds and grains reminiscent of an old country store, along with fresh vegetables, non-dairy yogurts, health food bars,...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
This salty gift shop is in a century-old home that's painted aqua blue, not gray as you'd expect. Its coastal-themed merchandise includes shells, sea glass, driftwood, yard art, plants and all kinds of handmade goods that will bring a beachy feel to your home. They also sell N.C.-roasted coffee and food items made on Hatteras Island and in North Carolina, including Hatteras Saltworks Sea Salt,...read more
Home of the "Saltiest Gagger You'll Ever Swaller," Sticky Bottom Oyster Company is the storefront of an oyster farm of the same name that's located in Sandy Bay in Pamlico Sound. They farm Henry triploid oysters and sort and tumble them every week to ensure the best possible product. Stop by the storefront in Hatteras village to pick up oysters that were harvested fresh from...read more
Hatteras Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Sweet treats abound at The Blue Lagoon. They offer handmade chocolates, caramel apples, chocolate pretzels, gourmet gummies and homemade fudge to suit any sweet tooth. There’s also a nice selection of pottery, jewelry, handcrafted local and coastal art and a variety of gifts. The Blue Lagoon also offers boat, RV and car storage.read more
