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March 17th-20th obxtasteofthebeach.com ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ outer banks restaurant association’s TASTE OF THE BEACH 2011 www.obxtasteofthebeach.com ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ outer banks restaurant association’s TASTE OF THE BEACH 2011 www.obxtasteofthebeach.com It’s easy to take life’s simple pleasures for granted. Be sure to take time for yourself and those you love. Life hurries by. Be sure to savor the good times. A Proud Sponsor of the OBX Grand Tasting Twenty-six locations to serve you, including: Southern Shores 252-261-4350 Kill Devil Hills 252-441-6628 Corolla 252-453-4900 EQUAL HOUSING MEMBER LENDER FDIC ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ outer banks restaurant association’s TASTE OF THE BEACH 2011 www.obxtasteofthebeach.com page 1 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○ OB Visitor’s Bureau Letter of Appreciation March 17, 2011 Welcome to Outer Banks Taste of the Beach 2011. The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau and Dare County Tourism Board want to thank all our new and returning visitors for this year’s festival. If you’re a newcomer to Taste of the Beach, prepare for your senses to be awakened. Our local restaurateurs and their staff have designed some outrageous ways for you to have fun during this year’s event, offering a multitude of options to build your own itinerary from cooking classes, wine tastings, spa pamperings and special dinners - to so much more, all leading up to the signature Grand Tasting event on Sunday. You’ll probably agree that half the fun of exploring a new destination is sampling the local flavors. We couldn’t be more proud of the caliber of chefs, cooks and restaurateurs that we have on the islands that make up the Outer Banks. From food artisans with roots in big metropolitan culinary scenes, to home- grown chefs with a family heritage of working watermen and women. This week you’ll find surprising and awe-inspiring performances from the local providers of food and beverages. And where better than the OBX to eat fresh seafood? Many of the creations you’ll sample during Taste of the Beach highlight incredibly fresh, and equally delicious, local Outer Banks catches. For many years, and several generations, Outer Banks watermen have brought these delights to the table, responsibly harvesting the bounty of two global sea currents, winding waterways and rich estuaries. The area’s also known for its great sightseeing, including four area lighthouses. Enjoy a nice drive down the historic North Carolina coastal Highway 12 and explore the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and its seven villages. Get a deeper appreciation of the destination by visiting our local historic and cultural attractions, and remember to come back again when you’re ready for that family beach vacation. Most importantly, we’d like to thank you for coming and sharing your time with us! Sterling Webster Lee Nettles Chairman Managing Director Dare County Tourism Board Outer Banks Visitors Bureau ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ page 2 outer banks restaurant association’s TASTE OF THE BEACH 2011 www.obxtasteofthebeach.com Sponsors & Special Thanks photograph by GingerSnaps Photography Table of Contents ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Taste of The Beach Event Directory pages 5-13 Outer Banks Visitors Bureau – Title 4 Days of Food Drink and Fun! Sponsor - $15,000 Marketing Grant Outer Banks Chefs & Recipes pages 15-26 Accommodation Specials! page 27 Outer Banks Catch Program pages 28-30 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Thank You & Kitty Dunes Rentals & Identify Yourself Acknowledgment – Merchandise Sponsors The Outer Banks Restaurant Association - $2,500 each wishes to thank Ginger Harvey, owner of GingerSnaps Photography for her service as the official photographer of last year’s Taste of The Beach event. The incred- ible photographs Ginger took are featured on the cover as well as throughout this program. Resort Realty – Banner Event Sponsor, $1,500 Ginger’s reputation as a nationally recognized photographer has earned her place in several exhibits both in the US and Europe. Ginger credits her success to choosing a career that she truly loves and being blessed with wonderful clients. She is an outstanding area wedding, as well as commercial, photographer. If you are as impressed with her work as we are, please give her a call about bringing her talents to your upcoming celebration. www.gingersnapsphotos.com Seaside Vacations - Welcome Bag Sponsor ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ outer banks restaurant association’s TASTE OF THE BEACH 2011 www.obxtasteofthebeach.com page 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○ OB Restaurant Association Letter of Appreciation What we’ve always wanted! Something called “Taste Of The Beach” as a gastronomic gathering of some sort has been happening here for somewhere around thirty years. Details are fuzzy. Like so much of the history of the Outer Banks, not much was written down, or saved, or really remembered all that well about the origins of our island’s signature culinary get-together. For most of those decades, it changed little - from all I can tell - other than its location, and a slow rotation of participating restaurants getting together for an afternoon of feasting, mostly with friends and families. Clearly, times have changed! Expanding into the format you have come to know and love - a four-day food-centric phantasm - began four years ago. The years since have seen exponential growth of an idea who’s time had undoubtedly come. Dozens of events morphed into over 50 of the most creative and exciting culinary adventures any single destination may have ever seen! Praise rolled in from far and wide; from North Carolina’s Our State, to being named one of the nation’s Top 10 Seafood and Wine Festivals by Coastal Living Magazine! Ticket sales in 2010 quadrupled those in 2008! Our goal all along was to share with the world what perceptive locals had known all along, that the Outer Banks is home not only to sunken pirate ships, but to the riches of untold treasures heretofore hidden in the hundreds of quaint, owner- operated eateries up and down our magical coast. The rich diversity and incomparable depth of talent buried in such unfathomable density all around us was a secret destined to be revealed. And now our story is being told. As you navigate your way up and down our sandy slice of heaven, and chart your way through cooking classes and chowder cook-offs, know you are part of something special. An entire community of creative culinary teams are pushing each other to ever more exciting heights on their common quest to tantalize your tastebuds! And while the wonders of the internet probably played a significant part in getting you here, don’t forget to spread the love by sharing your experiences with those you care about back home in you tweets and facebook posts! Social networking aside, a great deal of the fantastic success of this endeavor can also be traced to the unwavering, if not growing, support of our community outside our restaurant circles. For four years, the Tourism Assistance Grant Program made possible by The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau has buttressed our out-of-area marketing efforts. Other financial supporters include Resort Realty, and Identify Yourself and Kitty Dunes Realty for their support of our promotional materials. This year we want to especially thank The Currituck Towne Bank for their invaluable contribution to our Grand Tasting event on Sunday night. This program is made possible, in part, by the many fine advertisers you’ll find inside this program. Please patronize their businesses and let them know you appreciate their support as well. On behalf of the member restaurants and supportive associate member organizations of The Outer Banks Restaurant Association, I thank you for making eating out and the Outer Banks important parts of your life. We love to share our passion for food and for our island paradise with you, and it means so much to us that you choose to make this place, and our dining rooms, your home away from home. Enjoy your weekend, and we look forward to feasting with you again and again! Sincerely, Ben Sproul President, Outer Banks Restaurant Association and Owner of The Pit - Boardrider’s Grill ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ page 4 outer banks restaurant association’s TASTE OF THE BEACH 2011 www.obxtasteofthebeach.com ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ EVENT SCHEDULE Thursday, March 17th Many of the events occur a few or Coffee Cupping Workshop Explore the nuances of the world’s greatest coffees with Roast more times over the four days. Each Master Paul Manning at the Front Porch Cafe & Rosteria in Nags event is listed only once and in order Head. Each cupping session will feature unique coffees from countries of origin ranging from Guatemala, India, Ethiopia, and of it’s first occurrance. Please go to beyond! Discussion will highlight differentiating the www.obxtasteofthebeach.com for a characteristics of Aroma, Acidity, Body, and Flavor. Sessions will last about one hour with time for discussion. Every participant calendar style event listing. gets coffee samples to enjoy at home. Limited seating available! Ticket Price: $15/person. Pre-register and purchase online. This event will occur: Winery Tour, Barrel + Tank Tasting, Wine Blending Competition, Thursday March 17th 2011 at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Complimentary Glass + Free Grapevine (Take home and start your Thursday March 17th 2011 at 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. own vineyard!) Friday March 18th 2011 at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Ticket Price: $50/person. Pre-register and purchase online. Friday March 18th 2011 at 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. *The age requirement for this event is 21 and up. Saturday March 19th 2011 at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. When is the Event? Saturday March 19th 2011 at 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Thursday March 17th 2011 at 2:00 p.m.