First South Bank is an Eastern North Carolina-based financial institution that has been serving customers of all varieties since it was first established in 1902. With two locations on the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills and Buxton on Hatteras Island, as well as businesses throughout North Carolina in Rocky Mount, Durham, and beyond, this bank is a great option for local customer service and expertise, as well as the ability and freedom to bank throughout the state of NC.

First South Bank has a wide array of financial services that are geared to personal banking, business owners, investors, and potential leasers, as well as a full suite of mortgage services for potential property owners or homebuyers throughout the Outer Banks. Loan specialists are on hand at both the Buxton and the Kill Devil Hills branches, and can guide new buyers on a wide array of loans which includes traditional loans, FHA loans, VA or Veterans Loans, NCHFA Loans (North Carolina Housing Finance Agency), Investment Loans, or even Jumbo Loans for grand vacation rental home purchases. With everything from reverse mortgage services to construction loans or refinancing, virtually every real estate ambition can be met with ease via the experts at First South Bank.


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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 40 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.