Meal: Lunch – Shrimp burger, chips and homemade salsa
Restaurant: Full Moon Café & Grille, Manteo, NC
Last weekend we ventured down to the Outer Banks to spend the day at the beach and getting some nice photos of the kids. Even though it is a bit further, we decided to go over to Manteo, on Roanoke Island for lunch and to show my sister-in-law the quaint village as she had never been.
Full Moon Café and Grille stands on the corner of Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth Streets, has both inside and outdoor seating and features an extensive wine and beer list featuring a list of locally produced beers. There is also an attached and related art gallery and the framed items for sale extend into the dining room.
The menu featured several vegetarian items and everything sounded very nice. I chose the Shrimp Burger, a half pound burger of Angus beef topped by a chopped shrimp salad made of local shrimp and your choice of cheese (mine was provolone). Served on the side were tortilla chips and homemade salsa. The meal was very good. However, I do need to comment that neither my wife nor sister-in-law were overly impressed with their meals and the kids’ mac & cheese looked like it was out of a box.
Next time in Manteo, we will likely try another restaurant.
One note if you are heading down to the Outer Banks. As you drive down 168/158 otherwise known as the Carotoke Highway, you pass the Weeping Radish in Jarvisburg, North Carolina. The Weeping Radish is a brewery, a butchery and an eco-farm. I first learned about the Weeping Radish when I met the owners at the Five Points Market in Norfolk, where they were selling their delicious homemade sausages and beer. Now, we cannot pass by their establishment without picking up some of the German lager and weizen style beers along with nitrate free bratwurst made with grass fed beef and free range pork from sustainable local family farmers.
I have a strong interest in supporting local sustainable farming since reading The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
