Island Spice & Wine

Island Spice & Wine sits right on NC-12 in Avon, a small specialty shop stocking wine, liquor, and spices for a stretch of Hatteras Island that doesn't have a lot of grocery options. It's worth knowing about if you're settling into a week at a rental house and want to round out the kitchen with something better than what's in the cooler at the gas station — a bottle to go with dinner, a spice you forgot to pack, that sort of errand.

Hours to Plan Around

• Open Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday

Avon is one of the string of villages — along with Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Buxton, and Hatteras village — that make up Hatteras Island inside Cape Hatteras National Seashore, so this counts as one of the more central specialty stops if you're staying anywhere in the middle stretch of the island. It's worth calling ahead at (252) 995-7750 to confirm the day's hours, since small shops on the island sometimes adjust their schedules in shoulder and off-season months.