Thank you to all who participated in the 2025 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!
Coastland Gold
Landmark
• Wright Brothers National Memorial
— Winner
• Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Finalist
• Jockey’s Ridge State Park — Finalist
Live Music Venue
• Roanoke Island Festival Park
— Winner
• Avalon Pier — Finalist
• Fish Heads Bar & Grill — Finalist
Marina
• Oregon inlet — Winner
• Pirates Cove — Finalist
• Wanchese Marina LLC — Finalist
Museum
• Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
— Winner
• Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
— Finalist
• Frisco Native American Museum &
Natural History Center — Finalist
Outdoor Activity business
• H2OBX Waterpark — Winner
• Historic Old Manteo Candlelight
• Nags Head Fishing Pier — Finalist Golf Course
• Sea Scape Golf Links — Winner
• Duck Woods Country Club — Finalist
• Kilmarlic Golf Club — Finalist Indoor Activity business
• North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island — Winner
• Jumpmasters Trampoline Park
— Finalist
• OBX Soundside MMA — Finalist Karaoke
• The Jolly Roger Restaurant — Winner
• Lighthouse Sports Bar — Finalist
• Neptune’s Kitchen and Dive Bar
— Finalist
Walking Tour — Finalist
• Wild Horse Adventure Tours Finalist
Park
• Dowdy Park — Winner
• Elizabethan Gardens — Winner
• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
— Finalist
• Historic Corolla Park — Finalist
Place to Volunteer
• OBX SPCA Dare County Animal Shelter — Winner
• Beach Food Pantry — Finalist
• NEST — Finalist
Place to Watch the Sunset
• Jockey’s Ridge State Park — Winner
• Bay Drive — Finalist
• Duck Boardwalk — Finalist
Place to Worship
• Mount Olivet UMC — Winner
• St. Andrews By-the-Sea Episcopal Church — Winner
• Liberty Christian Fellowship
— Finalist
• Nags Head Church — Finalist
Putt Putt
• Mutiny Bay Adventure Golf — Winner
• Galaxy Golf — Finalist
• Professor Hackers Lost Treasure Golf
— Finalist
Tourist Attraction
• Wright Brothers National Memorial Winner
• Cape Hatteras Lighthouse — Finalist
• North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island — Finalist
Wedding Venue
• Night Wind Farm Wedding and Events
Venue Outer Banks NC — Winner
• 108 Budleigh — Finalist
• Elizabethan Gardens — Finalist
Cuisine
Bakery
• Mia’s Bake Shop & Tea Room
— Winner
• Beads & Beans OBX — Finalist
• Proof Bakery — Finalist
• Tullio’s Bakery — Finalist
Barbecue
• Stick Burnin BBQ — Winner
• High Cotton BBQ — Finalist
• Pigman’s Bar-B-Que — Finalist
Beer/Wine/Spirits
• Trio’s Restaurant and Market
— Winner
• Barefoot Bernie’s Tropical Grill & Bar Finalist
• Chip’s Wine Beer & Cigars — Finalist
Breakfast Spot
• Barrier Island Bagels — Winner
• Grits Grille — Finalist
• Henry’s Restaurant — Finalist
Burger
• Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint Kill
Devil Hills — Winner
• Art’s Place — Finalist
• Two Roads Tavern — Finalist
Casual Dining
• Barefoot Bernie’s Tropical Grill & Bar
— Winner
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Finalist
• Columbia Crossing Restaurant
— Finalist
Caterer
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Winner
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Finalist
• Made with Love Hatteras — Finalist
Coffee Shop
• Alien Java, Frisco — Winner
• Black Dirt Coffee Shop & Café
— Finalist
• Front Porch Cafe — Finalist
Delivery
• Max’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria
— Winner
• Angelo’s Pizza — Finalist
• New China — Finalist
Coastland Gold
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025
THE COASTLAND TIMES
Fine Dining
• Tale of the Whale — Winner
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Finalist
• Po House Good Eats & Libations
Sound - Side Dining — Finalist Food Truck
• Stick Burnin BBQ — Winner
• Hoy Lechón — Finalist
• Stu’s Food Truck — Finalist Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt
• Surfin Spoon Frozen Yogurt Bar
— Winner
• Kill Devils Frozen Custard & Beach Fries — Finalist
• Noosa Scoops OBX — Finalist International Cuisine
• Thai Room — Winner
• El Shaddai Chicken — Finalist
• Single Fin Thai-Sushi Restaurant Finalist Late Night Food
• Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint Kill Devil Hills — Winner
• Barefoot Bernie’s Tropical Grill & Bar
— Finalist
• Outer Banks Brewing Station
— Finalist
Overall Corolla Restaurant
• Broken Plate Kitchen — Winner
• La Dolce Vita — Finalist
• North Banks Restaurant & Raw Bar Finalist
Overall Currituck Mainland Restaurant
• Coinjock Marina Restaurant — Winner
• Currituck BBQ Company — Finalist
• Frog Island Seafood — Finalist
Overall Duck Restaurant
• NC Coast Grill & Bar — Winner
• The Blue Point — Finalist
• The Paper Canoe — Finalist
Overall Hatteras Island Restaurant
• Po House Good Eats & Libations
Sound - Side Dining — Winner
• Good Winds Restaurant — Finalist
• Hatteras Sol Waterside Grill — Finalist
• ISOLA Pizzeria and Bar — Finalist
Overall Hyde Mainland Restaurant
• Martelle’s Feed House — Winner
• H&L’s Restaurant — Finalist
• Sugar and Spice — Finalist
Overall Kill Devil Hills Restaurant
• Mama Kwan’s Tiki Bar & Grill
— Winner
• Plaza Azteca Mexican Restaurant · OBX — Finalist
• The Kill Devil Grill — Finalist
Overall Kitty Hawk/Southern Shores Restaurant
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Winner
• Barefoot Bernie’s Tropical Grill & Bar — Finalist
• Henry’s Restaurant — Finalist
Overall Nags Head Restaurant
• Blue Moon Beach Grill — Winner
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Finalist
• La Fogata Mexican Restaurant Finalist
Overall Ocracoke Restaurant
• Eduardo’s Taco Stand — Winner
• Dajio — Finalist
• SmacNally’s Waterfront Bar & Grill
— Finalist
Overall Roanoke Island Restaurant
• Darrell’s Restaurant — Winner
• Blue Water Grill & Raw Bar — Finalist
• Lost Colony Tavern — Finalist
Coastland Gold
Overall Tyrrell County Restaurant
• Stick Burnin BBQ — Winner
• Black Dirt Coffee Shop & Cafe
— Finalist
• Columbia Crossing Restaurant
— Finalist
Restaurant with a View
• Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant
— Winner
• Miller’s Waterfront — Finalist
• Tale of the Whale — Finalist
Sandwiches/Subs
• Country Deli — Winner
• Kat’s Deli — Finalist
Pasta
• Tale of the Whale — Finalist
Steaks
• JK’s Restaurant — Winner
• Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe — Finalist
• Tale of the Whale — Finalist
Sushi
• Single Fin Thai-Sushi Restaurant Winner
• Bangkok Thai-Sushi Duck NC
— Finalist
• Fuji Japanese Steakhouse — Finalist
Sweet Treats
• Surfin Spoon Frozen Yogurt Bar
— Winner
• Laughing Lollipop Soda And Candy Shoppe — Finalist
• Mom’s Sweet Shop / Soft Serve / Acai / Smoothies — Finalist Tacos
• Plaza Azteca Mexican Restaurant · OBX — Winner
• Bad Bean Baja Grill — Finalist
• Eduardo’s Taco Stand — Finalist
Takeout
• Kat’s Deli — Winner
• Barefoot Bernie’s Tropical Grill & Bar
— Finalist
• ISOLA Pizzeria and Bar — Finalist
• Plaza Azteca Mexican Restaurant · OBX — Finalist
Vegetarian
• Kat’s Deli — Winner
• Single Fin Thai-Sushi Restaurant — Finalist
• Thai Room — Finalist
Wings
• Stick Burnin BBQ — Winner
• Tavern on 12 — Finalist
• The Kill Devil Grill — Finalist
Health
Audiology
• Krista J. Follmer AuD — Winner
• Albemarle Audiology — Finalist
• Outer Banks Health ENT — Finalist
Chiropractor
• Advanced Chiropractic & Acupuncture
— Winner
• Clearview Chiropratic — Finalist
• Seaside Wellness — Finalist
Dental Practice
• Outer Banks Family & Cosmetic Dentistry — Winner
• Atlantic Dentistry — Finalist
• Peele Family Dentistry — Finalist Dentist
• Dr. Scott Bobrow — Winner
• Dr. William Downing DDS — Finalist
• Makani Peele DMD — Finalist
Doctor — General
• Dr. Jennifer Halloran M.D. MyMD
Personal Family Care — Winner
• Ann C. Sumners MD — Finalist
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025
• Erin B. Baker DO — Finalist
Doctor — Specialist
• Eastern Carolina Cardiovascular: White Lindsey L MD — Winner
• Amanda J. Pettibone- Pond MD
— Finalist
• Matthew McKenna — Finalist
• Renee Glover MD — Finalist
Eye Care
• Dr. Daniel Jones- OBX Optix
— Winner
• Albemarle Eye Center — Finalist
• Dare Vision Dr. Adams — Finalist
Family Practice
• Surf Pediatrics and Medicine
— Winner
• Beach Medical — Finalist
• Outer Banks Health Family MedicineManteo — Finalist
Fitness Center/Gym
• OBX Soundside MMA — Winner
• Outer Banks Family YMCA — Finalist
• Outer Banks Sport Club — Finalist
Massage Therapist
• Mystic Roots Massage and Energy Healing — Winner
• Melissa Monroe — Finalist
• Spindrift Massage and Bodywork Therapy — Finalist
Medical Office General
• Surf Pediatrics and Medicine
— Winner
• Outer Banks Health Family MedicineManteo — Finalist
• Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Kitty Hawk — Finalist
Medical Office Specialist
• Forefront Dermatology — Winner
• Blue Water ENT/Dizziness & Fall Prevention by Fyzical — Finalist
• Outer Banks Health Center for Healthy Living — Finalist Pharmacy
• Island Pharmacy — Winner
• Community Care Clinic of Dare
— Finalist
• CVS Pharmacy — Finalist
Senior Care/Home Health
• Spring Arbor Cottage Kill Devil Hills
— Winner
• Peak Resources Outer Banks
— Finalist
• Visiting Angels — Finalist
Spa/Skin Care
• Advanced Skin Care — Winner
• Hairoics Salon & Spa — Finalist
• Outer Banks Dermatology — Finalist
Yoga Studio
• Dare to Yoga Studio & Wellness
— Winner
• Lighthouse Studio OBX — Finalist
• OBX HOT YOGA — Finalist
Coastland Gold
People
Bartender/Bar Staff
• Laura at Barefoot Bernie’s — Winner
• Dirt at Lost Colony Brewery’s Beer Garden on the sound — Finalist
• Waldo Plaza Azteka — Finalist Chef
• Jose Luis Vazquez Outback Steakhouse Nags Head — Winner
• Chef Wes Stepp NC Coast — Finalist
• Reece Roberts Executive Chef Blue Moon Beach Grill — Finalist
Faith Leader
• Nathan Finnin — Winner
• Danny Burdette — Finalist
• Pastor Marc O’Neal — Finalist
Hair Stylist/Barber
• Sarah Szilvagyi Campbell — Winner
• Brittany Johns — Finalist
• Sarah Twiddy - Hair Flair — Finalist
Insurance Agent
• Jeremy Tillett/Farm Bureau Manteo
— Winner
• Michelle Scarborough — Finalist
• Sonya Sikes Island Insurance Agency
— Finalist Lawyer
• W. Jay Wheless — Winner
• Jeff Malarney — Finalist
• Lucia Mercurio — Finalist
Local Artist
• Gretchen Dibler — Winner
• Jackie Koenig — Finalist
• Meg Rubino — Finalist
Local Book Author
• Greg Smrdel — Winner
• Adrienne Palma — Finalist
• Janet Dawson — Finalist
Local Musician/Group
• Hot Sauce — Winner
• Phil Watson — Finalist
• Trick Fly — Finalist
Local Photographer
• Sharon Graves Photography — Winner
• Daniel Pullen Photography — Finalist
• Wes Snyder Photography — Finalist
Mortgage Lender
• State Employees Credit Union
— Winner
• Shane Cook at Rate NMLS #476328
— Finalist
• Tate Felts | Southern Trust Mortgage Finalist
Nonprofit Leader
• Elisabeth Silverthorne, Beach Food Pantry — Winner
• Jamie Koch, YMCA — Finalist
• Sandy Pace, Dare County Special Olympics — Finalist
Real Estate Agent
• Daniel Salazar - Limerock Realty
— Winner
• Caroline Basnight — Finalist
• Karen Etheridge Sun Realty - Kitty Hawk / Currituck — Finalist
Restaurant Server/Staff
• Tatiana Torres, Barefoot Bernie’s Tropical Grill & Bar Kitty Hawk NC
— Winner
• Brandi Farris, Tavern on 12 — Finalist
• Maresa at Barefoot Bernie’s — Finalist
Tattoo Artist
• Cassandra Redd — Winner
• Dani Demo — Finalist
• Jim Twiddy — Finalist
Veterinarian
• Dr. Elliot Grossman Roanoke Island
Animal Clinic — Winner
• Dr. Blythe Hayes Sound Veterinary
Hospital Nags Nead — Finalist
• Dr. Jessica Stumph — Finalist
Retail
Art/Craft Supplies
• Yarn and More Inc — Winner
• Blue Pelican Gallery Gifts & Yarn
— Finalist
• Island Art Supplies — Finalist
Auto Dealer
• Kelly’s Automotive — Winner
• OBX Chevrolet — Finalist
• Outer Banks Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram — Finalist
Beach Supply Store
• Ben Franklin — Winner
• Cahoon’s Cottages — Finalist
• Secret Spot Surf Shop — Finalist
• The Salty Seahorse — Finalist
Bookstore
• Downtown Books — Winner
• Buxton Village Books — Finalist
• Island Bookstore — Finalist
Boutique
• Crystal Gypsea Duck NC — Winner
• Foxy Flamingo Boutique — Finalist
• The Salty Sailor Apothecary — Finalist
Convenience Store
• TJ’s — Winner
• Cahoon’s Nags Head — Finalist
• Frisco Shopping Center North Caroli-
na Highway 12, Frisco — Finalist
Family-Owned and Operated
Business
• The Salty Sailor Apothecary — Winner
• Dynamite Mattress — Finalist
• OBX Soundside MMA — Finalist
Coastland Gold
Fishing Supply Shop
• TW’s Bait & Tackle — Winner
• Bob’s Bait & Tackle — Finalist
• Oceans East — Finalist
• Soundside Sporting Goods & Boutique
— Finalist
Furniture Store
• Colbury Co. — Winner
• Creswell Furniture — Finalist
• Manteo Furniture and Appliance/ Manteo Furniture & Appliance Finalist
Grocery Store
• Conner’s Supermarket — Winner
• Food Lion — Finalist
• Publix Super Market at First Flight Square — Finalist
Gun Shop
• OBX Guns — Winner
• Chauncey’s Pawn and Gun — Finalist
• Frisco Rod and Gun — Finalist
Home Decor Shop
• Colbury Co. — Winner
• Inner Banks Mercantile — Finalist
• The Cottage Shop — Finalist
Jewelry Store
• Silver Bonsai Gallery — Winner
• Jewelry by Gail Inc. — Finalist
• SeaGreen Gallery — Finalist
Mattress Store
• Dynamite Mattress — Winner
• Manteo Furniture and Appliance/ Manteo Furniture & Appliance Finalist
• Mattress Firm Outer Banks — Finalist
Most Unique Items
• SeaGreen Gallery — Winner
• Scotch Bonnet Fudge & Gifts
— Finalist
• The Salty Seahorse — Finalist New Business Open 1 Year or Less
• The Salty Sailor Apothecary
— Winner
• Mia’s Bake Shop & Tea Room
— Finalist
• OBX Soundside MMA — Finalist
Pet Supply
• PetSmart — Winner
• Holistic Pet Shop — Finalist
• Poodles and Bob — Finalist Secondhand/Thrift Store
• Something Old, Something New
— Winner
• Dare Challenge Thrift Shop — Finalist
• Hotline Thrift Store — Finalist
Souvenir Shop
• Inner Banks Mercantile — Winner
• Scotch Bonnet Fudge & Gifts
— Finalist
• The Salty Seahorse — Finalist
Surf/Skate Shop
• Outer Banks Boarding Company
— Winner
• Rodanthe Surf Shop — Finalist
• WRV — Finalist
Services
Appliance Repair
• Manteo Furniture and Appliance/ Manteo Furniture & Appliance Winner
• Next Door Maintenance — Finalist
• Ty The Appliance Guy — Finalist Bank
• State Employees Credit Union
— Winner
• First National Bank — Finalist
• Southern Bank — Finalist
Boatbuilder
• Bayliss Boatworks — Winner
• Daniel’s Boatworks — Finalist
• Richie Howell — Finalist Bulkheads
• LSI Marine Construction LLC Winner
• D & B Bulkheads Inc. — Finalist
• Emanuelson & Dad — Finalist Business Services
• Barrier Island Shipping Company
— Winner
• Association Consultants LLC
— Finalist
• Signature Touch Property Management — Finalist Contractor
• Phoenix Restoration — Winner
• Beach Builders Manteo NC — Finalist
• No Limit Drywall Kill Devil Hills
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• Beach Food Pantry — Finalist
• OBX Room In The Inn — Finalist Nail Salon
• Calvio Nails OBX — Winner
• MK Nails and Spa — Finalist
• OBX Nails — Finalist Painting
• Calvio’s Painting — Winner
• Ace Handyman Services Outer Banks — Finalist
• Beach Painting Contractors — Finalist
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Real Estate Agency
• Coastal Carolina Vacations and Sales
— Winner • Lime Rock Realty Outer Banks
— Finalist
• Midgett Realty - Hatteras — Finalist
Roofing Company
• Robert Thompson Roofing, Columbia Winner
• Gallop Roofing & Remodeling Inc.
— Finalist
• Little’s Roofing and Construction
— Finalist
Tattoo Shop
• Banshee Tattoo Company — Winner
• Croatan Tattoo Company — Finalist
• Vertigo Tattoo & Body Piercing
— Finalist Tech Services
• Angel Advanced Technologies Winner
• Outer Banks Computer Repair
— Finalist
• Shoshin Technologies — Finalist
Vacation Rental Company
• Coastal Carolina Vacations and Sales
— Winner
• Beach Realty NC - Kitty Hawk Rentals
— Finalist
• Midgett Realty - Hatteras — Finalist
Vehicle Repair
• Coastal Fast Lube and Tire Center
— Winner
• Soundside Plumbing — Finalist
• Signature Touch Property Management — Finalist Property Management
• Coastal Carolina Vacations and Sales
— Winner
• Association Consultants LLC
— Finalist
• Signature Touch Property Management — Finalist
• All Car & Truck Repair of Roanoke Island — Finalist
• Mannkaniks Wanchese — Finalist
• Pughs Car Care Center — Finalist
Veterinary Practice
• Roanoke Island Animal Clinic
— Winner
• First Flight Veterinary Hospital
— Finalist
• Sound Veterinary Hospital — Finalist
C ongratulations!
Coastland Gold 2025 People’s Choice Awards Outer Banks Health Category Finalists and Winners!
Doctor - General
Finalist: Erin B. Baker, DO
Finalist: Ann C. Sumners, MD
Doctor - Specialist
Winner: Lindsey L. White, MD
Finalist: Amanda J. Pettibone-Pond, MD
Finalist: Matthew McKenna
Audiology
Winner: Krista J. Follmer, AuD
Finalist: Outer Banks Health Ear Nose and Throat
Family Practice
Finalist: Outer Banks Health Family Medicine - Manteo
Medical Office - General
Finalist: Outer Banks Health Family Medicine - Manteo
Finalist: Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Kitty Hawk
Medical Office - Specialist
Finalist: Outer Banks Health Center for Healthy Living
Lindsey L. White, MD
Krista J. Follmer, Aud
Outer Banks Health Family Medicine - Manteo Growing Primary Care Services For Our Community
Outer Banks Health Center for Healthy Living