Well-known local chefs take on mantle of creating the perfect beach food.
There is nothing so perfectly Outer Banks as a John’s Drive In dolphin boat and shake…or burger basket and a shake. For 40 years the Tice family has provided that consummate culinary accent to beach life. But as Michelle Wagner reports in the Outer Banks Voice, the new owners may be able to take John’s to a whole new level.
“After more than four decades of offering popular lunch “boats” and milkshakes to generations of locals and visitors, John Tice has officially retired as owner of the iconic John’s Drive In, an authentic and windswept family-run lunch spot at MP 4.5 on the beach road in Kitty Hawk.
But Tice, who says his family has put their “heart and soul” into John’s Drive In over the years, asserts that with the new owners – Outer Banks natives Jason and Chelsea Jordan – his family’s legacy, along with its famous menu items and beachy atmosphere, will continue on.”
