As a small commercial fishing town linking the Intracoastal Waterway and The New River, Sneads Ferry is part of the Topsail Island community. It was originally called Lower Ferry, as it provided postal delivery access between Virginia and South Carolina in the 1700s. Today, the town celebrates an annual shrimp festival, which is a 2-day fundraiser and consists of several local seafood restaurants.
With an entire menu devoted to seafood, Rick's Restaurant and Sports Bar is open daily for lunch and dinner. Selections on the menu include the snow crab leg dinner with Canadian snow crab, the nut-crusted mahi-mahi with garden herbs or fried oysters with a Bloody Mary dipping sauce. The restaurant also offers appetizers like Shrimp Le Jon, which consists of eight jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon and stuffed with horseradish. Besides seafood, the restaurant also serves of burgers, sandwiches, steak and pasta. Being a sports bar as well, Rick's is home of the Steel Street Mafia Fan Club where Steeler fan club members can watch the game and receive a discounted rate on their meal.
Rick's Restaurant and Sports Bar
510 Pete's Way
Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
910-327-2300
eatatricks.com
As a restaurant located within the Clamdigger Inn, the Clamdigger Restaurant serves a wide range of seafood and southern dishes, and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant offers many seafood combinations with up to five items, including flounder, shrimp, deviled crabs, clam strips or oysters. Other seafood entrees consist of crab meat au gratin, when the crab meat is in season and Shrimp Newberg, which is served with potato or rice. For appetizer options, oyster stew and the crab meat cocktail are served. Clamdigger's features a full bar, oceanfront lounge and a daily special menu.
Clamdigger Restaurant
105 Sugar Lane
Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
910-327-3444
clamdiggerinn.com/restaurant.htm
As a luxurious family owned restaurant in Snead's Ferry, Christopher's Restaurant serves French-inspired cuisine. It has steak, chicken, pasta and a variety of fresh seafood. Some items on the menu include the hot crab dip for an appetizer, the pan-seared sea scallops with bacon and spinach and the seafood pasta with lobster tail, shrimp, scallops and a white wine butter sauce. The restaurant is equipped with a full bar and includes a lengthy wine list, elegant decorating and live music on the weekends. Christopher's is open for dinner every night except Sunday.
Christopher’s Restaurant
1084 Hwy. 210
Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
910-327-3007
