📅 OBX Things To-Do: August 8, 2024

Today is perfect for exploring and enjoying outdoor activities, but keep an eye on the weather. Current conditions in Kitty Hawk are overcast with heavy rain and thunderstorms likely. Great day to stop and check out a local coffee shop.

The high will be around 84°F with a southeast wind at 16 to 20 mph, gusting up to 26 mph. The chance of precipitation is 60%, with new rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

⚠️ Special Weather Statements

• Flood Watch: In effect from August 8, 9:46 AM until August 9, 8:00 PM.

• Tornado Watch: In effect until August 8, 1:00 PM.

⚠️ Beach Safety Alert

Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue - Red flags are flying in KDH today due to powerful rip currents and dangerous shore break. Red flags mean no swimming is advised! Stay safe, stay out of the ocean.

Today’s Specials on Things to Do

H2OBX Waterpark:

H2OBX is open today (Thursday) from 10 AM - 6 PM.
Use code REDFLAG to book online for $5 off over 42" general admission tickets.

Today’s Outer Banks Restaurant Specials

Henry's Restaurant-OBX:

Today's Specials:

• 🍳 Breakfast (7 AM - 1 PM)

  • Sausage and Cheddar Omelette: $8.99

• 🍔 Lunch (11 AM - 4 PM)

  • Hamburger Steak and Gravy: $10.99

  • Fried Oysters: $13.99

• 🍰 Baker's Choice:

  • Hershey Bar Cake

• 🥗 Veggie:

  • Lima Beans

Hurricane Mo's:

Lunch Specials (11 AM - 2 PM):

• 🥪 Grilled Cheese and Soup: $7.99

• 🌯 Spanish Beef Burrito: $9.99

• 🐔 Fried Buffalo Chicken Sandwich: $10.99

• 🍔 Philly Style Smash Burger: $13.99

• 🐟 Beer Battered Mahi: $11.99

• 🍲 Homemade Soups:

  • She Crab

  • Hatteras Clam Chowder

• 🥧 Homemade Desserts:

  • Hummingbird Cake: $5.99

  • Key Lime Pie: $5.99

  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie: $5.99

  • Almond Joy Pie: $5.99

• 🥔 Appetizer:

  • Potato Skins: $9.99

Dinner Specials (Dinner starts at 4 PM and runs until 9 PM. Join us for the happiest of hours from 3-5 PM!)

• Appetizer:

  • 🥔 Potato Skins: $9.99

• Entrees:

  • 🍖 Korean BBQ Sticky Ribs: Served with pickled Asian cucumber salad and French fries.

    • Half Rack: $16.99

    • Full Rack: $26.99

  • 🦀 Lump Crab Stuffed Cajun Salmon: Cajun seasoned salmon stuffed with lump crab, topped with Creole butter cream sauce. Served with green beans and a baked potato. $29.99

• Homemade Desserts:

  • Almond Joy Pie

  • Key Lime Pie

  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

  • Hummingbird Cake

Barefoot Bernie's Tropical Grill & Bar:

• Lunch Special:

  • 🍽 Loaded Down Beef Nachos

• Drink Special:

  • 🍹 $1.00 off house liquor drinks all day
    

Outer Banks Brewing Station:

Lunch Specials:

• 🍲 Soup:

  • Crab Bisque: Small $8.99 / Large $15.99

  • Cajun Clam Chowder: Small $4.99 / Large $7.99

• 🐟 Fish Sandwich: Grilled Mahi topped with sesame ginger slaw, served with fries or coleslaw. $14.99

• 🍤 Shrimp & Grits: Sautéed shrimp over stone-ground grits in a bang bang sauce with scallions. Small $16.99 / Large $26.99

• 🍔 Burger Special: Grilled all-beef steak burger topped with local fig-bacon-onion jam and blue cheese crumbles, served with fries or coleslaw. $16.99

• 🦀 Lunch Special: Local crab cake sandwich topped with remoulade, served with fries or coleslaw. $19.99

• 🍰 Dessert:

  • Angel Cake: House-made cherry angel cake served with Italian meringue and pain killer ice cream. $6.99

The Landing Grill at Wanchese Marina:

Daily Specials:

• 🥗 Summer Salad: Grilled chicken, candied pecans, feta cheese, strawberries with honey balsamic dressing. $10.99

• 🍗 Pickle Brine Chicken Sandwich: $9.99

• 🐟 Buffalo Tuna Bites: $10.99

• 🥪 Tuna Salad Cheddar Melt: $10.99

Fish Heads:

• 🍔 West Coast Burger Special

• 🍺 Sweetwater 420: $1 off all day

• 🎵 Live Music with Randy Burton: 7 PM - 10 PM (Rain or Shine)

• 🦐 Happiest Hour: 4 PM - 6 PM

Blue Water Grill & Raw Bar:

• 🥣 Soup Du Jour:

  • Red Potato, Bacon, and Cheddar: $7/$9

• 🍽 Appetizers:

  • Imported Italian Burrata: $13

  • Chipotle Bacon Mac N’ Cheese: $13

  • Fire Roasted Red Pepper Chesapeake Bay Crab Dip: $15

  • Hand Breaded Fried Dill Pickle Chips: $12

• 🥗 Salad Special:

  • Seared North Atlantic Sea Scallops: $19

• 🍽 Features:

  • Blue Plate: $10

  • Fried Bay Scallops & Clam Strip Combo Basket: $18

  • Chesapeake Bay Crab Cake Sandwich: $19

  • Blackened Swordfish: $18

• 🦪 Today's Oyster Selection:

  • Good Time Charlies, Ocracoke Oyster, Hatteras Salts, Slash Creek, Pamlico Pearls, Breakwater Beauties

Barefoot Bernie's Tropical Grill & Bar:

• Lunch Special:

  • 🍽 Loaded Down Beef Nachos

• Drink Special:

  • 🍹 $1.00 off house liquor drinks all day

Bonzer Shack:

• Appetizer:

  • 🦪 Fried Oysters: with jalapeño tartar sauce

• Sliders:

  • 🥪 Grilled Pork Tenderloin: with pepperjack and pineapple compote

• Desserts:

  • 🥧 Key Lime Pie

  • 🍰 Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake

Greentail's Seafood:

• Soup:

  • 🦀 Crab & Corn Chowder

• Main Courses:

  • 🐟 Spicy Filet o' Fish Sandwich: Panko crusted grouper, Proof Bakery bun, Scotch Bonnet cucumber tartar, mixed greens, American cheese, choice of side. $17.00

  • 🍲 Snapper Lo Mein Bowl: Crispy snapper bites, wok-fired vegetables, fried scallion, Korean BBQ sauce. $18.00

• Side:

  • 🥓 Bacon Fried Squash

This Week

Vusic OBX at Roanoke Island Festival Park:

It's going down! The forecast continues to improve, and we are a GO for Friday!
Share the set times and tell a friend for a chance to win a MEET & GREET with 311!

Friday's Lineup:

• Neon Trees: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

• AWOLNATION: 7:15 PM - 8 PM

• 311: 8:30 PM - 10 PM

Grab a ticket now. Only 3 more opportunities to boogie with us this summer. Don't miss it! VusicOBX.com

Upcoming Outer Banks Events

Outer Banks Pirate Festival

• Date: August 13-15, 2024

• Location: Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head, North Carolina

• Details: Ahoy, mateys! Join the fun at the Outer Banks Pirate Festival for swashbuckling adventures, treasure hunts, and pirate-themed activities for the whole family. Don your best pirate attire and set sail for a day of fun!

Jamey Johnson: What A View Tour

• Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024

• Location: Roanoke Island Festival Park, Outer Banks, North Carolina

• Details: Gates open at 5:00 PM, show starts at 6:00 PM. Special guest: Whitey Morgan & The 78's.

Sublime with Rome: Farewell Tour 2024

• Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024

• Location: Roanoke Island Festival Park, Outer Banks, North Carolina

• Details: Doors open at 5:00 PM, show starts at 6:00 PM.

Bluegrass Island Music Festival

• Date: October 16-20, 2024

• Location: Downtown Manteo, North Carolina

• Details: Join the 13th Annual Bluegrass Island Music Festival in Downtown Manteo.