Blue Ocean Market on Bridges Street in Morehead City sells fresh, seasonal local seafood. Pick up fish on your way to Atlantic Beach and cook it at your beach rental.
Cap’n Willis Seafood Market at 7803 Emerald Drive sells fresh seafood from its own boats, including shrimp, oysters, grouper and crab. Try the homemade crab cakes. Open daily, 8am to 7pm.
Captain Jim’s Seafood Market in Morehead City sells fresh fish and shrimp straight from Crystal Coast waters. Stock your vacation rental kitchen with local catch you can cook at home.
This family-run fish house sits between the bridges on Swansboro’s causeway. Local shrimp, clams, and fish come off the boats, and the Phillips family has sold them here since 1954.
Food Lion sits at 8700 Emerald Drive in Emerald Plantation Shopping, the island’s go-to grocery stop. Pick up produce, deli items, snacks, and cooler staples before heading back to the beach.
Food Lion is a grocery store near Atlantic Beach. Vacationers can grab fresh produce, meats, snacks, and drinks to stock the rental kitchen or pack a cooler for the beach.
Food Lion in Swansboro is the place to stock the rental kitchen. Pick up groceries, drinks, and cooler snacks before heading to the water or settling in for the week.
Food Lion in Morehead City is a full-service supermarket where visitors can grab groceries, fresh produce, deli items, drinks, and snacks on the way to the beach or the rental.
Harris Teeter on Highway 70 West is a grocery stop in Morehead City. Pick up beach week groceries, deli and bakery items, or prescriptions on your way to the coast.
Lidl in Morehead City is an easy stop for families to grab kid-friendly beach snacks, fresh bread, picnic food, and groceries before heading to the waterfront or nearby Atlantic Beach.
Lowes Foods on Arendell Street covers your whole vacation grocery list. Browse fresh seafood, meats, produce and baked goods, grab beer or wine, or order ahead for pickup and delivery.
Piggly Wiggly on Live Oak Street is a local grocery stop in Beaufort. Locals recommend the meat department and Donna’s Deli inside, known for its cheddar rolls in the morning.
Publix in Emerald Isle is the island’s main grocery stop, with a full deli, bakery, and pharmacy. Renters often pick up groceries, drinks, and beach snacks here after arriving.
Salty Catch is a Beaufort fish market selling North Carolina shrimp, fish, and crab legs. Staff fillet fish to order, and the market also stocks crabcakes and other grocery items.
Town & Country IGA is Newport’s neighborhood grocery store, handy for stocking up on staples, fresh food, and snacks before you head out for a day at the Crystal Coast beaches.
Need a quick stop between beach days? This Morehead City Walmart Supercenter has groceries, snacks, sunscreen, and a pharmacy, plus calmer sensory-friendly shopping from 8 to 10 a.m. each morning.
Families visiting Swansboro can grab groceries, sunscreen, beach toys, and picnic supplies at this Walmart Supercenter. A handy stop before heading out to Emerald Isle and the other nearby beaches.
Family-run seafood market in Salter Path on Bogue Banks, selling local shrimp, clams, and the day’s catch. Stop in to pick up fresh seafood for dinner at your beach rental.
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