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We love Roanoke Island.

We are fortunate to go to work every day in the heart of Downtown Manteo, a bustling “walking waterfront” shopping district located on Shallowbag Bay on the northeastern edge of our lovely little island. The northern half of Roanoke Island has a lot to offer: Fort Raleigh, the Elizabethan Gardens, the North Carolina Aquarium, Roanoke Island Festival Park, the Lost Colony outdoor drama, Island Farm, Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse….the adventures are endless.

But the true magic of our historic little island lies on the south end of the island, in the port of Wanchese. Known throughout the world as a primary source of the highest-quality seafood on the planet, the men of women in Wanchese work tirelessly every day to provide the best seafood on Earth to people around the globe.

We are proud to source 100% of our seafood from the waters surrounding Roanoke Island to provide our guests the freshest seafood available while supporting our local fishermen, crabbers, shrimpers and oyster farmers.

The indigenous people from this area have been fishing from this site for over 1100 years, and the legacy of Wanchese’s fishing industry continues to this day. Please join us in raising a glass to the hardworking folks in the port of Wanchese on the south end of Roanoke Island: You are our heroes, and WE SALUTE YOU!!!
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We are incredibly proud to be a 2022 team sponsor for the 33rd Annual Alice Kelly Memorial Ladies Only Billfish Tournament to support the fight against cancer. In addition to our sponsorship donation, we are donating $1 from every hot pink, crunchberry, and petal heather t-shirt and hoodie in our new “Mermaids of Coquina Beach” design to Alice Kelly’s Outer Banks Cancer Support Group. Go get ‘em, MERMAIDS!!!

There is a local Native American legend that tells of a single white doe that roams Roanoke Island where Sir Walter Raleigh’s “Roanoke Colony” had attempted to settle, only to vanish. Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World, was member of this “lost colony.”

As legend has it, Virginia, raised by the Croatoan Indians, was claimed by an old and powerful medicine man who, because he could not have her, cast a spell turning her into a white doe. Shot in the heart at the same moment by two special arrows — a pearl-tipped arrow meant to save, and a silver-tipped arrow meant to kill — the white doe returned briefly to her beautiful human form only to die a short time later.

Virginia Dare’s body disappeared at the same time a white doe was seen bounding off into the forest. Even today some claim to have caught glimpses of a fleeting white form late in the evening. Does the spirit of the white doe still roam the woodlands of Roanoke Island?

The elements of this famous Outer Banks legend have been captured in brilliant detail by local artist Britton Ricketts in a new art design available in our “Hop Shop” on t-shirts, stickers, and limited-edition autographed prints. T-shirts are available in three colors: Moss, Plum Raisin, and Black. Stop by soon or purchase at lostcolonytavern.com!