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Is Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant Still Open? (Kitty Hawk, NC)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 16 Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant is listed open on blackpelican.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website displayed dated, current dinner specials (dated September 7, 2026), indicating active ongoing operation under the same name. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this oceanfront restaurant on the same February 11, 2013 episode, highlighting grilled and blackened seafood plates served in a dining room overlooking the Atlantic near the Wright Brothers memorial in Kitty Hawk. The restaurant operates on North Virginia Dare Trail as a full-service, oceanfront dining room within sight of the National Park Service's Wright Brothers National Memorial, a longtime draw for Outer Banks tourism. According to the restaurant's own website, blackpelican.com, the dinner specials posted there were dated September 7, 2026, including a shrimp-and-scallop pasta and a mixed grill of ribeye and blackened swordfish, indicating the restaurant remains in active, current operation under the Black Pelican name. Location data compiled via OpenStreetMap lists the restaurant's posted hours as Tuesday through Sunday, from 11:30 a.m.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 16

Episode 7
Aired
Title: Land to Sea · What was featured: grilled and blackened oceanfront seafood plates
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  1. blackpelican.com https://www.blackpelican.com/
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