At Central Garden Center & Nursery, you can expect to get top-notch service, products and plants. The family-owned and operated business has been in Kitty Hawk and Elizabeth City since 1966 and specializes in plants that will withstand harsh coastal conditions as well as those milder conditions found inland. Whether you are looking for lawn care, beach grasses or plants, Central Garden Center is bound to have what you are looking for.

The center carries plants of all seasons, including annuals and perennials as well as tropical plants and herbs. During each season, customers can be sure they will find something at the center to take home. There is always something in bloom and color is bursting at the center come spring. Expect the friendly and professional service customers of Central Garden Center have grown accustomed to over the years.

Associates will gladly answer all your gardening questions as well as landscaping and lawn care concerns. The center is a licensed North Carolina Irrigation contractor as well as a state pesticide applicator. Call for off-season hours. Don’t forget to check out Central Garden Center’s website to see what the latest plants and grasses the center has available or if you need to place an order.


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252-261-7195
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  • Monday8:30am-5:00pm
  • Tuesday8:30am-5:00pm
  • Wednesday8:30am-5:00pm
  • Thursday8:30am-5:00pm
  • Friday8:30am-5:00pm
  • Saturday8:30am-5:00pm
  • Sunday10:00am-2:00pm
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Jimmy's Seafood Buffet

Jimmy's Seafood Buffet

Home of the Crab Leg & Lobster Buffet for 25! years! Jimmy’s Seafood Buffet is a great stop for an all you can eat affordable dinner extravaganza. The buffet offers over 100 different items. It even serves Jumbo Alaskan crab legs and Jumbo steamed shrimp, something you will not find on any other buffet in the OBX. The buffet offers a variety of seafood and non seafood options. Try some of Jimmy’s seafood options and load your plate with blackened tuna, Louisiana crawfish, steamed scallops and mussels, fried oysters and deviled crabs. Not in the mood for seafood? Fill your plate with steak, pineapple glazed ham, fried chicken, BBQ ribs, and fettuccini Alfredo to name a few. The buffet also offers a kid section. Let your kids load their plates with chicken tenders, mac and cheese, and corn dog nuggets. Don’t forget dessert! The buffet also offers soft serve ice cream and a plethora of baked goods. 

 

It’s been 25 years since Jimmy’s Seafood Buffet opened its doors for the first time. Since that inaugural summer, the goal has remained the same: provide customers with a tasty, fresh array of seafood full of Caribbean flavor.

 

Elizabeth Dowless and her husband Jerry had always worked in restaurants in the Outer Banks, so when the opportunity to open Jimmy’s Seafood Buffet with a couple of friends arose, it was an easy yes. The Dowlesses bought out the business in 2003, excited to turn Jimmy’s into an Outer Banks staple. When Jerry passed away later that year, Dowless knew she wanted to continue pursuing their dream on her own.

 

Dowless went all in on the concept of a fresh, flavorful seafood buffet and her hard work paid off. Jimmy’s Seafood Buffet is a beloved fixture of Outer Banks dining, with customers returning year after year for the fresh fare.

 

“Customers keep in contact with me throughout the winter. I get people every day asking me when we’re opening for the season, and customers book their vacations around our opening,” Dowless says. “I absolutely love getting to see familiar faces come back to see us each year. I love seeing them lose their minds over the buffet! Their excitement is what I love most about my job.”