A Back to the Future Message to the Community . . .

In 2005, while holding full time jobs and also running a well-respected day camp near our home in suburban Maryland, we decided to build and open the Atlantic Coast Café in Tri-Villages where we were annual vacationers with our family and friends since 1980. The future (aka retirement) seemed eons away at the time and many of our favorite restaurants had become rental housing as the vacation allure of the community was growing, so it seemed like a great way to contribute to the beach town we’d come to love.

And of course, that was THEN and this is NOW. Although “seventy is the new sixty,” the word “retire” had been creeping into our conversations for some time, and just as we began to consider the possibility of less structured pursuits and more time with family, we received an offer to purchase the ACC building. We are taking it as a sign that NOW is the time. Who knows, maybe the ACC will pop up elsewhere in the near future, but for now, as you have probably guessed, this will be the last season for ACC in its home in Waves.

But we aren’t going anywhere this season! Jacob assures you that he and his awesome staff will be welcoming you, 8am to 8pm Tuesday thru Saturday with fresh coffee, grilled wraps and reubens, fan favorite fish tacos and burgers … the full menu, breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are just as pumped to deliver “Great Food ~ Awesome Service” today as we were when we first opened in 2005!

We’ll have more to say toward the end of the season. For now, we are wishing you a great vacation and all the best going forward.

See you Tuesday.

--- Matt and Jodie Kamins

Good Morning,

Make sure you stop by the Lost Colony Tavern today for our super exciting specials!
Fish and Chips: Fresh local flounder battered with our Kitty Hawk Blonde & fried to your perfection served over our famous house chips!
English Garden Salad: topped with fresh local yellow & orange bell peppers!
Bubble and Squeak: Traditional English entree containing seasonal vegetables topped with country ham and an over-easy fried egg!
Virginia Dare Burger: Plant-Based Impossible burger topped with mild local jalapeños on a Martin's Famous Potato bun spreaded with hummus!
Scottish Game Burger: Ground meat including Wagyu, Bison, Elk, and Wild Boar with the chefs choice of toppings and sauces!
ON TAP: Guinness

HERE WE GROW AGAIN!

We thank everyone for their patience as we replaced the floors in the dining room last weekend during our “Cans For Cans” event, and we’re back at it again this weekend to install our GIANT shiny brand-new three-compartment dishwashing sinks which will allow us to get our plates and glassware washed, rinsed, and sanitized BEFORE they even enter the dishwashing machine!

To that end, we will stop seating tables at 2:30pm to close the kitchen by 3:00 and have everything spotless by the time our plumbing team arrives at 4:00 to install this beauty. The timing isn’t great with it being July, but as new owners we are no longer grandfathered in, and the wonderful folks at the health department have worked very closely with us to ensure that we provide the safest workplace for our team and the most sanitary dining experience for our guests.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE & UNDERSTANDING as we continue working very hard to provide a unique Roanoke Island dining experience to Downtown Manteo…from the British Isles to the Barrier Islands!!