Off the beaten path, Dockside Grille is a hidden hangout on Colington Road that locals love and tourists are quickly discovering.

It’s a friendly, laid-back sort of place where you can enjoy a delicious casual meal and also relax with drinks on the creek side deck - or have a game of pool, a smoke and a cool beer on their screened gazebo.

Best known for its fresh local-caught seafood and on-site smoked BBQ with Dockside‘s special sauce recipe, the restaurant’s other favorite dishes include crabcakes, shrimp & grits and prime rib. Sides like baked beans, slaw and potato salad are homemade, and among popular appetizers are crab dip, jalapeno poppers and onion straws.

Open year round, Dockside is one of the few venues on the Outer Banks hosting live acoustic music throughout the year and nightly during the season. Other nights you can watch NFL Football on eight TVs, or try your luck at the casino games.

It’s also a great place for your favorite weekend breakfast of omelets, eggs or wraps with choice of meat. Or you can grab a stuffed biscuit and coffee to go.

Hours and entertainment days vary off-season, so call for details during fall and winter. You’ll find Dockside Grille  just a few miles off the Bypass on the left, a short distance from Colington Café.


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Kill Devil Hills
252-441-0444
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*Off-season hours may vary*
Call 252-441-0444 for current hours.
  • Monday4:00pm-10:00pm
  • Tuesday11:00am-10:00pm
  • Wednesday11:00am-10:00pm
  • Thursday11:00am-10:00pm
  • Friday11:00am-10:00pm
  • Saturday6:00am-10:00pm
  • Sunday6:00am-9:00pm
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Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Welcome to the home of the happy oyster where for over 35 years the oyster has been our world. The Outer Banks only authentic oyster bar is the place to enjoy sensational fare from the sea washed down with your favorite brew or cocktail. We serve by the peck, pound, and dozen, raw or steamed to perfection. Kicked back casual, down to earth friendly staff, and reasonable prices make Awful Arthur’s Oyster Bar the all-time favorite of locals and travelers alike.

The idea wasn’t to set out and establish a new concept restaurant on the Outer Banks, but that’s exactly what Awful Arthur’s owner Jo Whitehead and her late husband, Jay, accomplished more than 35 years ago when they opened the area’s first authentic oyster bar.

 

Awful Arthur’s opened in May 1984 on the Outer Banks. “We embraced the concept of an authentic copper top bar with the idea of it being a major drawing card and it still is,” explains Whitehead. “I get oysters wherever they are local. We follow the warm waters.” 

 

Just across from the ocean, in Kill Devil Hills, oyster season is year-round at Awful Arthur’s. Diners can take a seat at the copper-topped bar to observe the staff shucking oysters, served raw or steamed, along with shrimp, crab legs and clams all steamed to perfection. 

 

It’s not just the raw bar that’s earned Awful Arthur’s both local and national recognition, including being named one of America’s greatest oyster bars by Coastal Living magazine. The restaurant is a seafood-lover’s paradise, offering the freshest catches available.