Onto Wrightsville Beach

Dockside from the street, 6¾ x 9½" watercolor

Actually, this popular seafood eatery is in Wilmington. Dockside Restaurant is, however, more highly associated with Wrightsville Beach. Located on the west side of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, it is just before one crosses over to Wrightsville Beach. It was perhaps the first seafood restaurant I can remember going to in North Carolina where the menu didn’t consist of mostly deep fried seafood. It was also the first place I tried soft shell crabs, served on buns with fries on the side. With all their legs extending out of the buns, the soft shell crab sandwiches look like they could run off. Buns with legs — who’da thought?