2026 Specialty Services Guide

One of the newer auto parts stores on the Outer Banks, Car Quest is a locally-owned chain store that has what vehicle owners need to take care of anything from a motorcycle to a pickup truck to a SUV. Basic supplies like oil and transmission fluid...

One of the original surf shops on the Outer Banks, if not in the state of North Carolina, the quaint and friendly Cavalier has been at the same Beach Road location for more than 50 years. It’s been owned and operated by the same local family...

Girls and women of all ages know and love Claire’s Accessories, a store that’s been the world’s leading specialty retailers of fashionalbe accessories. Claire’s offers a fun and creative assortment of accessories, costume...

Nail Salon in Nags Head

From Corolla to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, visitors can find ample room and time to relax with a connection with Farmdog Beach Services. This beach cabana and chair set-up service provider serves the central Outer Banks and beyond, and...

Gulf Stream Gifts in Nags Head, NC (Outer Banks, MP 10.5) offers a great variety of sterling silver, 14kt gold and fashion jewelry with a coastal flair. We also have souvenirs such as mermaids and turtles, t-shirts, wind chimes, greeting cards...

Customers of Integration Massage and Bodyworks can expect the highest level of professionalism and a wide range of bodywork and specialized therapeutic massage tailored to their individual needs. Therapist David Henderson has 11 years of experience...

Custom jeweler Gail Kowalski designs such exquisite work it is admired by entertainers who have their pick of fabulous jewelers at their disposal. Kowalski’s hand-wrought creations in gold, platinum and argentium silver have been featured in...

Kellogg’s can help design your kitchen, bath and office with beautiful cabinets, countertops, flooring and lighting.  Two Outer Banks stores have showrooms with examples of the stunning possibilities that can be achieved with well-made...

Kitty Hawk Kites’ Whalebone Watersports Center is your one-stop shop for Outer Banks water adventures. Located on the Nags Head-Manteo Causeway right on Roanoke Sound, this location offers it all – dolphin watching cruises with a marine...

Lady Jane Taxi has quietly become a fixture in the Outer Banks travel and daily-life scene. Founded in 2006 by Jane Martins, Lady Jane Taxi Service started with a single van and driver. Built on the belief that transportation should be affordable...

This store claims to be the only personal, state-of-the-art engraving service store on the Outer Banks.  Located next to the Outer Banks Bear Store,  professional engraving is offered on nearly all materials, from glass to titanium, and...

Have a boat? You’d probably like what this store has to offer. Top shelf electronic equipment from major manufacturers is available here for fish-finding, marine communications, entertainment and navigation needs. This store specializes in...

This unusual shop combines computer expertise with a range of musical services and equipment. Serving the Outer Banks for more than 20 years, the store opened in 2005 at the current location.  There are not too many businesses where you can...

In business since 1983, Professional Opticians sells the latest designer sunglasses as well as the best trendy and classic frames for corrective glasses.  But what’s great about this store is that it owned by an independent local licensed...

Got a flat tire and would rather be at the beach? Call on Pugh’s Car Care. They offer 24-hour towing. They also have a tire catalog online that offers you relaxed and convenient shopping.      Pugh’s Car Care is...

Since its opening in 1961, Seaside Art Gallery has steadily expanded from one room into an impressive 12 rooms, filled with selections representing an eclectic range of artists, eras and mediums --- even masters like Rembrandt and James M. Whistler...

From computer repair to home office supplies, Staples is the modern version of the old stationary store.  And it does in fact sell stationary, as well as photo paper, printer paper, notebooks and legal pads. Nearly anything you need for a...

This creative professional seamstress shop, new in 2012, is owned by Kelly Cassady, a young woman who earned her stripes with a degree in fashion design from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and an internship in New York City.  But...

Vacation Fitness delivers your fitness experience directly to you: What is uniquely called a Fit Locker (Medicine Ball, Sand Bag, Kettlebell, Jump Rope, Battle Rope, TRX Suspension Trainer, Slam Ball), is waiting for you when you arrive at your...

Established in 1977, Whalebone Tackle has everything an angler or commercial fisherman needs. This is a straight-ahead tackle store, nothing fancy or pretty about it. But what it has is staff who thoroughly know their stuff, not just about what they...

Works by local artists in every medium are available to purchase at this wonderful art gallery, but there are also historic offerings like authentic Thomas Nast wood engravings, Civil  War-era maps and surveys and old Outer Banks...