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Topsail Island Restaurants
Taking advantage of all the activities and attractions on Topsail Island requires energy, and for that you need food. We’ve found that reliably good food at a fair price is served at Mainsail Restaurant, located on Highway 50 in Surf City. Whether you’re looking for very fresh fish topped with a wonderful chipotle sauce or mango salsa, pasta dishes served properly al dente or steaks cooked precisely as they’ve been ordered, Mainsail is sure to please. Fresh vegetables are cooked properly crisp tender too. Mainsail has a children’s menu and a large room upstairs that can be reserved for weddings, anniversary parties or other private occasions. The restaurant opens for dinner at 5 p.m. year-round and has a full bar, an interesting and moderately-priced wine list and several excellent special occasion wines at higher prices. The facility is non-smoking.
Deli-ghtful Food
When you crave a good pastrami sandwich, run to the New York Corner Deli. You’ll need to run to build up an appetite for the huge sandwiches that are served on New York rye bread that really comes from New York. A large selection of delicious deli meats and all the salads you’d expect, including excellent egg salad, macaroni salad, potato salad, etc., all homemade, are served. Be sure to go upstairs to see the New York memorabilia. From a wonderful poster of Grand Central Terminal to a huge shot of Yankee Stadium to drawings of Mickey Mantle, there is much to see. Don’t leave the Deli without trying the rice pudding; it is the best you’ll find south of the Carnegie Deli in Manhattan. The New York Corner Deli is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner year-round.
Oceanfront Dining
Daddy Mac’s Beach Grille reopened on Topsail Island in February 2009 under new ownership, and what visitors will find is that the food and service have improved dramatically. From fresh seafood accompanied by tasty sauces to the best back back ribs on the island, Daddy Mac’s is sure to please.
The restaurant is open for dinner and features a full bar, kids menu, and smoke free environment. It also is set on a spectacularly beautiful site: the restaurant is right on the ocean in Surf City and features an outdoor dining deck as well as large windows for a beautiful view.
Excellent Food and Sunsets
If you love excellent food accompanied by spectacular sunsets, II Beauchaines, located at 211 South Topsail Drive, is the place for you. Looking west over the Intracoastal Waterway, Chef David Longo, a graduate of Johnson & Wales, prepares such not often offered appetizers as grilled alligater tail, sweet chili calamari or crabmeat in puff pastry. Seafood chowders are prepared daily.
All types of fresh, broiled seafood is offered and such dishes as chicken breast stuffed with spinach and artichoke or a marinated ribeye steak are on the menu too. Shrimp and grits is a popular mainstay. The restaurant has a full bar and extensive wine list.