Sorellas

Sorellas serves lunch seven days a week in Ocracoke village, open from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. along Irvin Garrish Highway. There's no evening service to plan around — this is a midday-only kitchen, with a moderate ($$) price range and takeout available for anyone headed out to the beach or back to a boat.

Finding it

Ocracoke village sits at the island's southwest end near Silver Lake Harbor, the only developed stretch of an island reachable solely by water — the free ferry from Hatteras village, the longer toll ferries from Cedar Island or Swan Quarter, or a private plane into the local airstrip. Irvin Garrish Highway is the village's main road, so Sorellas is easy to fold into a day that also takes in Springer's Point, the Ocracoke Lighthouse, or the walk around Silver Lake.

With a consistent daily window and no dinner hours, it's worth checking the clock before you plan a late lunch — the kitchen closes mid-afternoon.