Thank you to all who participated in the 2024 Coastland Gold People’s Choice Awards by nominating and voting for your favorite places, businesses and people as well as helping spread the word. We appreciate it!
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Coastland Gold
Activities
• Jockey’s Ridge State Park — Finalist
• The Lost Colony — Finalist
Marina
• Wanchese Marina LLC — Winner
• Oregon Inlet Fishing Center LLC
— Finalist
• Pirates Cove Marina — Finalist
Outdoor Activity business
• H2OBX Waterpark — Winner
• Elizabethan Gardens — Finalist
• Wild Horse Adventure Tours — Finalist Park
• Jockeys Ridge State Park — Winner
• Elizabethan Gardens — Finalist
• Nags Head Woods Preserve — Finalist
Place to Volunteer
• Network for Endangered Sea Turtles
— Winner
• North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island — Finalist
• Outer Banks Womans Club — Finalist
Place to Watch the Sunset
• Jockey’s Ridge State Park — Winner
Tourist Attraction
• Wright Brothers National Memorial
— Winner
• North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke
Island — Finalist
• Wild Horse Adventure Tours — Finalist
Wedding Venue
• Whalehead Club — Winner
• 108 Budleigh — Finalist
• Haven on the Banks — Finalist
Cuisine
Bakery
• Orange Blossom Bakery & Cafe
— Winner
• Almost Heaven Bakery OBX — Finalist
• Scratchmade Snackery — Finalist
Barbecue
• Stick Burnin BBQ — Winner
• High Cotton Barbeque — Finalist
• Pigman’s Bar-B-Que — Finalist
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Finalist Caterer
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Winner
• High Cotton Barbeque — Finalist
• Kelly’s Outer Banks Catering — Finalist
Coffee Shop
• Front Porch Cafe-Nags Head — Winner
• Ashley’s Espresso Parlour & All-Time
Roasting Co. — Finalist
• Beads & Beans OBX — Finalist Delivery
• Slice Pizzeria — Winner
• Southern Shores Pizza & Deli — Finalist
• Vinny’s Pizza Joint — Finalist
Fine Dining
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Winner
• Josephine’s Sicilian Kitchen — Finalist
• The SaltBox Cafe — Finalist Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt
— Winner
• Avalon Fishing Pier — Finalist
• Nags Head Fishing Pier — Finalist Golf Course
• Nags Head Golf Links — Winner
• Sea Scape Golf Links — Finalist
• The Currituck Club — Finalist
Indoor Activity business
• North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island — Winner
• Corolla Library — Finalist
• Outer Banks Family YMCA — Finalist Karaoke
• Basnights Lone Cedar Cafe — Winner
• Jolly Roger Restaurant — Finalist
• Longboards Island Grill — Finalist Landmark
• Wright Brothers National Memorial
— Winner
• Colington Harbour Association Inc.
— Finalist
• Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
— Finalist
Place to Worship
• Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
— Winner
• Liberty Christian Fellowship
— Finalist
• Mount Carmel Global Methodist
Church — Finalist
Putt Putt
• Mutiny Bay Adventure Golf — Winner
• Jurassic Putt — Finalist
• Professor Hackers Lost Treasure Golf
— Finalist
Beer/Wine/Spirits
• Lost Colony Brewery Nags Head Waterfront — Winner
• NouVines — Finalist
• Sam & Omies — Finalist
Breakfast Spot
• Sam & Omies — Winner
• Bob’s Grill OBX — Finalist
• Henry’s Restaurant — Finalist Burger
• Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint Kill Devil Hills — Winner
• Henry’s Restaurant — Finalist
• Two Roads Tavern — Finalist
Casual Dining
• Mama Kwan’s Tiki Bar & Grill — Winner
• Barefoot Bernies Tropical Grill & Bar — Finalist
• Surfin Spoon Frozen Yogurt Bar
— Winner
• Big Bucks Creamery-Homemade Ice Cream — Finalist
• Kill Devils Frozen Custard & Beach Fries — Finalist
International Cuisine
• Thai Room — Winner
• La Fogata Mexican Restaurant — Finalist
• Single Fin Thai-Sushi Restaurant — Finalist
Late Night Food
• Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint Kill Devil Hills — Winner
• Lucky 12 Tavern — Finalist
• The Jolly Roger Restaurant — Finalist
Overall Corolla Restaurant
• Low Tide Bar and Grill — Winner
• Lighthouse Bagels — Finalist
• The Paper Canoe — Finalist
Overall Currituck Mainland Restaurant
• Frog Island Seafood Inc. — Winner
• Coinjock Marina Restaurant — Finalist
• Currituck BBQ Company — Finalist
Overall Duck Restaurant
• The Blue Point — Winner
• NC Coast Grill & Bar — Finalist
• The Village Table & Tavern — Finalist
Overall Hatteras Island Restaurant
• The Froggy Dog — Winner
• Harbor Deli/Grill — Finalist
• Oceanas Bistro — Finalist
Overall Hyde Mainland Restaurant
• Martelle’s Feed House — Winner
• Sugar N Spice — Finalist
• The Quarter Deli — Finalist
Overall Kill Devil Hills Restaurant
• Mama Kwan’s Tiki Bar & Grill
— Winner
• Thai Room — Finalist
• The SaltBox Cafe — Finalist
Overall Kitty Hawk/Southern Shores Restaurant
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Winner
• Barefoot Bernies Tropical Grill & Bar
— Finalist
• Ocean Boulevard Bistro & Martini Bar
— Finalist
Overall Nags Head Restaurant
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Winner
• Blue Moon Beach Grill — Finalist
• Sam & Omies — Finalist
Overall Ocracoke Restaurant
• Eduardo’s Taco Stand — Winner
• Ocracoke Oyster Company — Finalist
• SmacNallys Waterfront Bar & Grill
— Finalist
Overall Roanoke Island Restaurant
• Darrell’s Restaurant — Winner
• Blue Water Grill & Raw Bar — Finalist
• El Shaddai Chicken — Finalist
Overall Tyrrell County Restaurant
• Stick Burnin BBQ — Winner
• China King — Finalist
• Tienda Mexicana Peniel#2 Authentic Mexicana Grill — Finalist Pasta
• Josephine’s Sicilian Kitchen — Winner
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Finalist
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant — Finalist Pizza
• Slice Pizzeria — Winner
• Madison’s Pizza — Finalist
• Vinny’s Pizza Joint — Finalist Restaurant with a View
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Winner
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant — Finalist
• Fish Heads Bar & Grill — Finalist
Sandwiches/Subs
• Country Deli — Winner
• Kat’s Deli — Finalist
• Sam & Omies — Finalist
Seafood Market
• Billy’s Seafood — Winner
• Carawan Seafood Co Inc. — Finalist
• O’Neal’s Sea Harvest — Finalist
Seafood Restaurant
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Winner
Coastland Gold
JK’s Restaurant — Winner
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Finalist • The Colington Cafe — Finalist Sushi
• Single Fin Thai-Sushi Restaurant
Winner • Fuji Japanese Steakhouse — Finalist • Sanya Sushi Bar Japanese and Chinese Cuisine — Finalist
Treats • Scotch Bonnet Fudge & Gifts
Duck Donuts — Finalist
Fatboyz Ice Cream & Sweet Treats
Thai Room — Finalist
Coastland Gold
Fitness Center/Gym
• Outer Banks Family YMCA — Winner
Health People
Audiology
• Outer Banks Health Ear Nose and Throat — Winner
• Albemarle Audiology — Finalist
• Blue Water ENT/Dizziness & Fall Prevention by Fyzical — Finalist
Chiropractor
• Seaside Wellness — Winner
• Advanced Chiropractic P.C. — Finalist
• Island Chiropractic — Finalist
Dental Practice
• Peele Family Dentistry — Winner
• Atlantic Dentistry — Finalist
• Woodson Dentistry — Finalist Dentist
• Makani Peele — Winner
• J. Trahey Maner — Finalist
• Markus P. Heyder — Finalist
Doctor, General
• Ann C. Sumners MD — Winner
• Jamie Fountain MD — Finalist
• Vern A. Metcalf MD — Finalist
Doctor, Specialist
• Renee Glover MD — Winner
• Charles H Shelton III MD — Finalist
• Jonelle U. Haigh DO — Finalist
• Matthew J. McKenna MD — Finalist Eye Care
• eyecarecenter — Winner
• Albemarle Eye Center - Kitty Hawk — Finalist
• Professional Opticians — Finalist
Family Practice
• Outer Banks Family Medicine - Man-
teo — Winner
• Outer Banks Family Medicine - Avon
— Finalist
• Surf Pediatrics and Medicine
— Finalist
• Outer Banks Sports Club — Finalist
• Roanoke Island Fitness Lab — Finalist
Massage Therapist
• Mystic Roots Massage and Energy
Healing — Winner
• Relax OBX Massage — Finalist
• Sound to Sea Massage — Finalist
Medical Office, General
• Outer Banks Family Medicine - Manteo — Winner
• Beach Medical — Finalist
• Community Care Clinic of Dare — Finalist
Medical Office, Specialist
• Forefront Dermatology — Winner
• Outer Banks Dermatology — Finalist
• Outer Banks Orthopedics & Sports
Medicine — Finalist
Pharmacy
• Island Pharmacy — Winner
• Bear Drugs Inc — Finalist
• CVS Pharmacy — Finalist
Senior Care/Home Health
• Monarch Elder Care Concierge Services — Winner
• Adoration Home Health - Nags Head
North Carolina — Finalist
• Adoration Hospice - Nags Head North
Carolina — Finalist
Spa/Skin Care
• Outer Banks Dermatology — Winner
• Advanced Skincare & Waxing Studio — Finalist
• Forefront Dermatology — Finalist
Yoga Studio
• Kind Yoga — Winner
• Ascension Studio — Finalist
• Outer Banks Yoga — Finalist
Bartender/Bar Staff
• Dirt at Lost Colony Brewery — Winner
• Mama Kwan’s Tiki Bar & Grill — Finalist
• Sam & Omies — Finalist Chef
• Reece Roberts Blue Moon — Winner
• Outer Banks Brewing Station — Finalist
• The SaltBox Cafe — Finalist
Faith Leader
• Pastor Marc ONeal — Winner
• Danny Burdette Mt. Carmel Global Methodist Church — Finalist
• Scott Hobbs Liberty Christian Fellowship — Finalist
Financial Advisor
• Kelli Harmon and Jason Borland
— Winner
• Scott R. Brown — Finalist
• Virginia Asset Group — Finalist
Insurance Agent
• Chip Phillips — Winner
• Kimberly Carroll — Finalist
• Mark Tillett — Finalist Lawyer
• Jay Wheless — Winner
• Chrissy Simmons — Finalist
• Kris Felthousen — Finalist
Local Artist
• Cassandra Redd — Finalist
• Megan Rubino — Finalist
• James Melvin — Winner
Local Book Author
• Lorraine Henrie Lins — Winner
• Greg Smrdel — Finalist
• Suzanne Tate — Finalist
Coastland Gold
Boutique
• The French Door OBX Boutique
— Winner
• Birthday Suits — Finalist
• Gypsea Fleur — Finalist
Convenience Store
• Brew Thru Kill Devil Hills — Winner
• Stop N Shop — Finalist
• TJs — Finalist
Family-Owned and Operated Business
• Scotch Bonnet Fudge & Gifts
— Winner
• Conner’s Supermarket — Finalist
• Silver Bonsai Gallery — Finalist
Fishing Supply Shop
• TWs Bait & Tackle — Winner
• Frank & Frans Bait & Tackle — Finalist
• Keller Fishing Supply Co. — Finalist
Furniture Store
• Manteo Furniture and Appliance/ Manteo Furniture & Appliance
— Winner
• Daniel’s Homeport Coastal Furnishing
— Finalist
• Outer Banks Furniture — Finalist
Grocery Store
• Conner’s Supermarket — Winner
• Harris Teeter — Finalist
• Publix Super Market at First Flight Square — Finalist
Home Decor Shop
• The Cottage Shop — Winner
• Colbury Co. — Finalist
• The Salty Seahorse — Finalist
Jewelry Store
• Silver Bonsai Gallery — Winner
• Creative Jewelers — Finalist
• Gypsea Fleur — Finalist
• Mattress Firm Outer Banks — Finalist
• Mattress Xpress — Finalist
Most Unique Items
• Scotch Bonnet Fudge & Gifts — Winner
• Old Gray House Gifts — Finalist
• The Salty Seahorse — Finalist
New Business Open 1 Year or Less
• Savage Signs — Winner
• Colbury Co. — Finalist
• Fish-N-Tripp Charters — Finalist Pet Supply
• Roanoke Island Animal Clinic — Winner
• Holistic Pet Shop — Finalist • Outer Barks — Finalist
Secondhand/Thrift Store
• Hotline Pink — Winner • CHKD Thrift Store — Finalist • Outer Banks Dare Challenge Thrift Store — Finalist
Souvenir Shop • Scotch Bonnet Fudge & Gifts — Winner
Forbes
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Electrical Services
• Precise Electrical Services Inc.
— Winner
• ELS OBX — Finalist
• Lane’s Electric LLC — Finalist Flooring
• Awesome Remodeling & Home Maintenance LLC — Winner
• Kellogg Design Center — Finalist
• Kitty Hawk Carpets & Furniture
— Finalist Florist
• Coastal Blooms Florist — Winner
• Anderson’s Florist OBX — Finalist
• Nags Head Florist — Finalist
Hair Salon/Barber
• Brittany John’s Always Stylin’
— Winner
• Hair Flair — Finalist
• Salty Salon + Goods — Finalist
Handyman/General Repair Services
• Awesome Remodeling & Home Maintenance LLC — Winner
• Carolina Woodwright & Handyman
— Finalist
• Pop’s Repairs LLC — Finalist
Hotel/Motel/Inn
• Outer Banks Motor Lodge — Winner
• John Yancey Oceanfront Inn
— Finalist
• Tranquil House Inn — Finalist
Housekeeping
• Gaby’s Cleaning — Winner
• DV Cleaning & Home Services
— Finalist
• Signature Touch Property Management — Finalist
HVAC Company
• Soundside Heating and Air Conditioning — Winner
• Anderson Heating & Cooling
— Finalist
• R.A. Hoy Heating & Air Conditioning
— Finalist
Insurance Agency
• Island Insurance — Winner
• Midgett Insurance Agency — Finalist
• NC Farm Bureau Insurance — Finalist
Landscaping/Tree Service
• Signature Touch Property Management — Winner
• Albemarle Landscapes and Tree Services — Finalist
• Living Oaks Landscaping Inc.
— Finalist
Law Office
• Wheless & Wheless PLLC — Winner
• Casey & Robbins PC — Finalist
• Rose Harrison Gilreath & Powers P.C.
— Finalist
Local Charity
• Circle of Hope — Winner
• Dare Education Foundation — Finalist
• Outer Banks Surfrider Foundation
— Finalist
Nail Salon
• MK Nails and Spa — Winner
• Nails by LT — Finalist
• Unique Nails & Spa Outer Banks
— Finalist
Painting
• Beach Painting Contractors — Winner
• Calvios Painting — Finalist
• M & M Painting — Finalist
Pest Control
• Allegiant Pest Control — Finalist
• Four Seasons Pest Control — Finalist
Pet Care Services
• Sandy Paws Pet Care Services
— Winner
• Good Dog Retreat — Finalist
• Grateful Dawg Grooming — Finalist
Plumbing
• Action Plumbing OBX — Winner
• Absolute Plumbing OBX — Finalist
• McGee and Sons The Gentleman Plumber — Finalist
Pool & Spa Services
• OBX Certified Pool & Spa Services LLC
— Winner
• Caribbean Pools — Finalist
• Ritchie Pools and Spas — Finalist
Property Management
• Coastal Carolina Vacations and Sales
— Winner
• First Flight Rentals — Finalist
• Signature Touch Property Management — Finalist
Real Estate Agency
• Coastal Carolina Vacations and Sales
— Winner
• First Flight Rentals — Finalist
• Twiddy & Company Vacation Rentals
— Finalist
Roofing Company
• Gallop Roofing & Remodeling Inc.
— Winner
• Little’s Roofing and Construction
— Finalist
• Outer Banks Roofing & Remodeling
— Finalist
Tattoo Shop
• Banshee Tattoo Company — Winner
• Croatan Tattoo Company — Finalist
• Vertigo Tattoo & Body Piercing — Finalist
Tech Services
• Outer Banks Computer Repair — Winner
• CMIT Solutions — Finalist
• Island Tech Professionals — Finalist
Vacation Rental Company
• Coastal Carolina Vacations and Sales — Winner
• First Flight Rentals — Finalist
• Twiddy & Company Vacation Rentals — Finalist
Vehicle Repair
• Wilson Bros Co LLC. Towing & Auto Repair — Winner
• All Car & Truck Repair of Roanoke Island — Finalist
• Lighthouse Automotive Inc. — Finalist
Veterinary Practice
• Roanoke Island Animal Clinic
— Winner
• Coastal Animal Hospital — Finalist
• First Flight Veterinary Hospital & Mobile Services — Finalist
C ongratulations!
Coastland Gold 2024 People’s Choice Awards Outer Banks Health Category Finalists and Winners!
Doctor - General
Winner: Ann C Sumners, MD
Finalist: Jamie Fountain, MD
Finalist: Vern A Metcalf, MD
Doctor - Specialist
Finalist: Charles H Shelton III, MD
Finalist: Matthew J McKenna, MD
Finalist: Jonelle U Haigh, DO
Audiology
Winner: Outer Banks Health Ear Nose and Throat
Family Practice
Winner: Outer Banks Family Medicine - Manteo
Finalist: Outer Banks Family Medicine - Avon
Medical Office - General
Winner: Outer Banks Family Medicine - Manteo
Medical Office - Specialist
Finalist: Outer Banks Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Dr. Ann C Sumners
Outer Banks Health Ear Nose & Throat
Outer