Eat. Play. Enjoy Wilmington!

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Eat. Play. Enjoy Wilmington!

Food Scene

Perhaps our favorite spot is Pilot House right downtown on the Cape Fear River. The shrimp and grits are fantastic but we've never had a bad meal from anything on the menu and being able to sit on the deck by the water makes it even better! pilothouserest.com
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Pilot House Restaurant
2 Ann St
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Perhaps our favorite spot is Pilot House right downtown on the Cape Fear River. The shrimp and grits are fantastic but we've never had a bad meal from anything on the menu and being able to sit on the deck by the water makes it even better! pilothouserest.com
Breakfast/brunch at The Basics downtown is fantastic. The basics has amazing potato cakes and the french toast is always good. Really, there's nothing bad on the entire menu! thebasicswilmington.com
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The Basics
319 N Front St
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Breakfast/brunch at The Basics downtown is fantastic. The basics has amazing potato cakes and the french toast is always good. Really, there's nothing bad on the entire menu! thebasicswilmington.com
Winnie's is right in the neighborhood (about 5 minutes from the cottage). Winnie's has terrific burgers and fries - get the Carolina burger. It's delicious! wilmingtonsbestburger.com
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Winnie's Tavern
1895 Burnett Blvd
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Winnie's is right in the neighborhood (about 5 minutes from the cottage). Winnie's has terrific burgers and fries - get the Carolina burger. It's delicious! wilmingtonsbestburger.com
The Breakfast House is right around the corner (about 2 minutes from the cottage on Carolina Beach Road). Nothing fancy, just good ole fashion biscuits, bacon, pancakes, sausage, eggs/omelets, coffee. They don't have a website but if you google Breakfast House Wilmington directions will pop up. It's on the corner by the stadium across the street from the cottage.
Breakfast House
2115 Carolina Beach Rd
The Breakfast House is right around the corner (about 2 minutes from the cottage on Carolina Beach Road). Nothing fancy, just good ole fashion biscuits, bacon, pancakes, sausage, eggs/omelets, coffee. They don't have a website but if you google Breakfast House Wilmington directions will pop up. It's on the corner by the stadium across the street from the cottage.
A really good Americana type place where the owner is always walking around chatting with guests and the wait staff is great! (junction421.com)
Junction 421
5104 College Road
A really good Americana type place where the owner is always walking around chatting with guests and the wait staff is great! (junction421.com)
If you're going down to Carolina Beach for the day you can grab breakfast or lunch at Granny's Kitchen. Same type menu as the Breakfast House but it's easy to get in/out of and good place to stop on your way to Fort Fisher and Kure Beach. grannyscarolinabeach.com
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Granny's Country Kitchen (Carolina Beach)
1310 S Lake Park Blvd
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If you're going down to Carolina Beach for the day you can grab breakfast or lunch at Granny's Kitchen. Same type menu as the Breakfast House but it's easy to get in/out of and good place to stop on your way to Fort Fisher and Kure Beach. grannyscarolinabeach.com
Excellent family dining at Gulfstream which has been a mainstay in Carolina Beach for years. The menu is a good mix of seafood, burgers, spaghetti, meatloaf, salads and sides. gulfstreamrestaurantnc.com
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Gulfstream Restaurant
78 Myrtle Ave
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Excellent family dining at Gulfstream which has been a mainstay in Carolina Beach for years. The menu is a good mix of seafood, burgers, spaghetti, meatloaf, salads and sides. gulfstreamrestaurantnc.com
Terrific Brewery located close to downtown with a huge selection. Kid friendly and in an up and coming area of town.
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Hi-Wire Brewing - Wilmington
1020 Princess Street
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Terrific Brewery located close to downtown with a huge selection. Kid friendly and in an up and coming area of town.
Treat your sweet tooth and get your chocolate and ice cream fix at Kilwins located right downtown Wilmington. Excellent hand dipped ice cream, fudge and chocolate!!!
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Kilwin's Chocolates
16 Market St
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Treat your sweet tooth and get your chocolate and ice cream fix at Kilwins located right downtown Wilmington. Excellent hand dipped ice cream, fudge and chocolate!!!
Good enough for Guy Fieri then it's good enough for us! Try the two house favorites: the Hot Roast Pork Sandwich, and the 109 Chestnut Chicken! Good craft beer selection as well.
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The Copper Penny
109 Chestnut St
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Good enough for Guy Fieri then it's good enough for us! Try the two house favorites: the Hot Roast Pork Sandwich, and the 109 Chestnut Chicken! Good craft beer selection as well.
There's a couple of locations around town for Flaming Amy's and they're all good. The salsa bar is awesome and the food is fantastic!
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Flaming Amy's Burrito Barn WILMINGTON LOCATION
4002 Oleander Dr
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There's a couple of locations around town for Flaming Amy's and they're all good. The salsa bar is awesome and the food is fantastic!
Good food and an excellent bar selection. The Harp has been in Wilmington for years and the folks are always friendly and welcoming. Families can enjoy lunch and dinner and if you're solo or traveling with friends or as a couple the bar is a nice way to start or end the evening.
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The Harp
1423 S 3rd St
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Good food and an excellent bar selection. The Harp has been in Wilmington for years and the folks are always friendly and welcoming. Families can enjoy lunch and dinner and if you're solo or traveling with friends or as a couple the bar is a nice way to start or end the evening.
Created by noted NC chef and PBS star Vivian Howard, Benny’s Big Time Pizzeria is what the name suggests - big, fun, tasty, and Italian. As a Southern-food-flag-flier, I’ve long resisted the urge to cook Italian. But Benny’s gives our team permission to make all the wood-fired pizza, ravioli, bucatini, risotto and spiedini we can stand. It’s the perfect place to bring your family and the perfect place to share a meal and perhaps some drinks without your family. Italian food makes people happy. Benny’s Big Time takes happiness to the next level.
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Benny's Big Time Pizzeria
206 Greenfield St
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Created by noted NC chef and PBS star Vivian Howard, Benny’s Big Time Pizzeria is what the name suggests - big, fun, tasty, and Italian. As a Southern-food-flag-flier, I’ve long resisted the urge to cook Italian. But Benny’s gives our team permission to make all the wood-fired pizza, ravioli, bucatini, risotto and spiedini we can stand. It’s the perfect place to bring your family and the perfect place to share a meal and perhaps some drinks without your family. Italian food makes people happy. Benny’s Big Time takes happiness to the next level.

Sightseeing

The battle ship is located about 10 minutes from the cottage in downtown Wilmington. It's a great spot to spend a half day.
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Battleship North Carolina
1 Battleship Rd NE
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The battle ship is located about 10 minutes from the cottage in downtown Wilmington. It's a great spot to spend a half day.
The Aquarium at Fort Fisher is really nice and if you take a few of the behind the scenes tours it makes for a great half day trip. Lots of fun for all ages!
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Akvarium Severnej Karolíny v Fort Fisher
900 Loggerhead Rd
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The Aquarium at Fort Fisher is really nice and if you take a few of the behind the scenes tours it makes for a great half day trip. Lots of fun for all ages!
67 acres of pure beauty dating back to 1884! Airlie Gardens are beautiful year around and offer a multitude of events. airliegardens.org
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Airlie záhrady
300 Airlie Rd
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67 acres of pure beauty dating back to 1884! Airlie Gardens are beautiful year around and offer a multitude of events. airliegardens.org
The Cargo District has some great shops and businesses. Cool, funky area!
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The Cargo District
1605 Queen St
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The Cargo District has some great shops and businesses. Cool, funky area!
Our guests are sometimes surprised to see film crews working in and around our neighborhood, but we have a major movie studio located right in town. Since 1985, more than 400 film, television and commercial projects have shot at the Wilmington, NC, lot and there's currently a lot fo productions being filmed for Netflix and other mice releases. . Multiple generations of world-class crew, diverse shooting locations and a 25 percent incentive program for all North Carolina expenditures make Wilmington, NC, attractive for productions of all sizes. EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina has hosted more than 400 feature films, commercials and television series. In 2012, the studio assisted Marvel in the creation of Iron Man 3. The film was the largest to ever shoot in North Carolina, using all 10 stages simultaneously. Tony Stark’s home was built, attached and fell into the Pacific Ocean on the 37,500 sq. ft. Stage 10. Iron Man 3 Director Shane Black and Executive Producer Charles Newirth are enthusiastic about their Wilmington experience. The production studios are located at 1223 23rd Street North, Wilmington, NC 28405
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Screen Gems Studio
1223 N 23rd St
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Our guests are sometimes surprised to see film crews working in and around our neighborhood, but we have a major movie studio located right in town. Since 1985, more than 400 film, television and commercial projects have shot at the Wilmington, NC, lot and there's currently a lot fo productions being filmed for Netflix and other mice releases. . Multiple generations of world-class crew, diverse shooting locations and a 25 percent incentive program for all North Carolina expenditures make Wilmington, NC, attractive for productions of all sizes. EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina has hosted more than 400 feature films, commercials and television series. In 2012, the studio assisted Marvel in the creation of Iron Man 3. The film was the largest to ever shoot in North Carolina, using all 10 stages simultaneously. Tony Stark’s home was built, attached and fell into the Pacific Ocean on the 37,500 sq. ft. Stage 10. Iron Man 3 Director Shane Black and Executive Producer Charles Newirth are enthusiastic about their Wilmington experience. The production studios are located at 1223 23rd Street North, Wilmington, NC 28405
Of course, Wilmington sits along the NC Coast and our beaches are some of the best!
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Carolina Beach
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Of course, Wilmington sits along the NC Coast and our beaches are some of the best!
The Wilson Center offers great concerts and events for all ages. Located right downtown Wilmington, The Wilson Center is easy to get to by car or Uber and surrounded by great restaurants and brew pups.
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Wilson Center na Cape Fear Community College
703 N 3rd St
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The Wilson Center offers great concerts and events for all ages. Located right downtown Wilmington, The Wilson Center is easy to get to by car or Uber and surrounded by great restaurants and brew pups.
You can walk around the lake, canoe or paddle boat in this beautiful park located in the middle of town. 5 minutes from the cottage, it's a great place for every type of traveler. Great concerts are also held at the Greenfield Lake Amphitheater.
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Greenfield Park
1739 Burnett Blvd
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You can walk around the lake, canoe or paddle boat in this beautiful park located in the middle of town. 5 minutes from the cottage, it's a great place for every type of traveler. Great concerts are also held at the Greenfield Lake Amphitheater.

Neighborhoods

Sunset Park is Wilmington's oldest neighborhood featuring beautiful historic homes built from the 1910s to the 1960s. For the last several years the neighborhood has been undergoing revitalization on just about every street and offers a diverse range of residents. Our neighbors are friendly, long term folks that have been living in the neighborhood for many years. Incorporating Queen Anne, Bungalow/American Craftsman, Tudor, Colonial Revival, Cape Cod (house), ranch-style houses and commercial building styles of architecture the neighborhood is located between the Cape Fear River and Carolina Beach Road and the State Port. You may have seen our neighborhood in movies and on TV shows and not even known it. The movie Blue Velvet had scenes filmed here including the house of Detective John Williams (George Dickerson), and scenes from Season 9 of Andy Griffith's TV Series, Matlock, were filmed in Sunset Park as well. Architecturally, the earliest designs are Queen Anne style dating to the early 1910s.
Sunset Park
Sunset Park is Wilmington's oldest neighborhood featuring beautiful historic homes built from the 1910s to the 1960s. For the last several years the neighborhood has been undergoing revitalization on just about every street and offers a diverse range of residents. Our neighbors are friendly, long term folks that have been living in the neighborhood for many years. Incorporating Queen Anne, Bungalow/American Craftsman, Tudor, Colonial Revival, Cape Cod (house), ranch-style houses and commercial building styles of architecture the neighborhood is located between the Cape Fear River and Carolina Beach Road and the State Port. You may have seen our neighborhood in movies and on TV shows and not even known it. The movie Blue Velvet had scenes filmed here including the house of Detective John Williams (George Dickerson), and scenes from Season 9 of Andy Griffith's TV Series, Matlock, were filmed in Sunset Park as well. Architecturally, the earliest designs are Queen Anne style dating to the early 1910s.
A lively downtown business area, the Historic District is known for its 18th- and 19th-century architecture, including the 1770s Burgwin-Wright Museum and Gardens and the antebellum Bellamy Mansion. The domed Spanish baroque-style Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary has colorful stained glass. Elsewhere, the Riverwalk follows the bank of the Cape Fear River, while hip brewpubs and global eateries pack nearby streets.
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Historic District
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A lively downtown business area, the Historic District is known for its 18th- and 19th-century architecture, including the 1770s Burgwin-Wright Museum and Gardens and the antebellum Bellamy Mansion. The domed Spanish baroque-style Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary has colorful stained glass. Elsewhere, the Riverwalk follows the bank of the Cape Fear River, while hip brewpubs and global eateries pack nearby streets.

Live Music

A fantastic spot for concerts located right on the Cape Fear River in the heart of downtown Wilmington. The uncovered 7,200-capacity concert venue is comprised of 2,400 seated and 4,800 lawn ticketed options and also includes VIP areas and a variety of on-site food and beverages. The facility features state-of-the-art sound, event lighting and large screen image amplification in a natural outdoor setting.
Live Oak Bank Pavilion
A fantastic spot for concerts located right on the Cape Fear River in the heart of downtown Wilmington. The uncovered 7,200-capacity concert venue is comprised of 2,400 seated and 4,800 lawn ticketed options and also includes VIP areas and a variety of on-site food and beverages. The facility features state-of-the-art sound, event lighting and large screen image amplification in a natural outdoor setting.

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Laid back coastal town

Wilmington is a laid back coastal town full of rich history and lots to do for families, couples and and solo travelers.