The best food and drink trails in America for experiencing local flavors

Hit the road and chow down along the best food and drink trails in America

by Lauren Dana on April 23, 2024 | Reprinted from Time Out

5. North Carolina Oyster Trail | North Carolina

Photograph: Courtesy Visit North Carolina/Kate Warren

North Carolina’s Crystal Coast is renowned for its beaches, but did you know it’s also considered the “Napa Valley of Oysters” since it offers a wide variety of flavors?  The destination’s Oyster Trail encompasses 80 sites, including Oyster Carolina (where visitors can take a tour, get knee-deep in the water, pull oysters straight from the sea and learn how to shuck ‘em) and Hoop Pool Creek Oyster Company (where adventure-seeking travelers can embark on a kayak tour of the farm). Expand your culinary horizons even further by digging into an order of loaded baked oysters with chorizo, scallion, cheese, bread crumbs, and sour cream at Coquina Fishbar, or keep it simple with an order of steamed or raw oysters at Parley’s Sip & Steam.