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Blue Crab Tavern Stalwart dockside bar and beer garden with a laid-back vibe offering epic sunsets over Kitty Hawk Bay
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ARGIE’S POTLUCK RETIREMENT PARTYSaturday, October 10 • 2–5 PMJust like the old days, bring a dish to share. Come raise a...
10/06/2026

ARGIE’S POTLUCK RETIREMENT PARTY
Saturday, October 10 • 2–5 PM

Just like the old days, bring a dish to share. Come raise a can, break bread, tell a few lies, and help usher in a new era as Argie finally hands over the reins.

After 33½ years, the old girl will soon be hanging up her bar rag.

Hopefully, whoever takes over will understand the 'esprit de Crab' and have the good sense to leave the soul of this place alone. Keep the gritty, funky, local feel. Keep the characters. Keep the stories. Keep the damn jukebox.

Please avoid the A.I. slop, the polished 'tiki bar' makeover, and whatever you do, don’t change the name to “The Blue Oyster Bar.”

The beach has changed dramatically since 1993. The traffic got worse. The houses got taller. The pace got faster.

But somehow, the Blue Crab stayed the Blue Crab.

Until now.

There’ll never be another Argie.

But she wouldn’t have made it this far without the people who kept walking through that phukin' door—local retirees, fishermen, bartenders, boaters, beach bums, construction workers, painters, misfits, degenerates, and everyone else who helped make this place what it is.

So come show her a proper send-off.

Here’s to the Blue Crab legends of the past…and the questionable heroes of the future.

Long live the Blue Crab Tavern.

Time to 🐖 out for a worthy cause.🐶🐾🐈‍⬛
10/02/2026

Time to 🐖 out for a worthy cause.
🐶🐾🐈‍⬛

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Happy Summer Solstice!

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Ask Cricket about his humane fly trap invention today.
06/13/2026

Ask Cricket about his humane fly trap invention today.

hey Ladieeeeeeeeeees!
05/29/2026

hey Ladieeeeeeeeeees!

It is Friday so you might catch some of these guys at The Blue Crab Tavern ... hopefully they're saving those sweet cut off shirts for Jorts in June. See you Saturday, June 13th!

Down here at the Bluuuuuuuu Crabbbbb…
05/16/2026

Down here at the Bluuuuuuuu Crabbbbb…

Great time last night at the Crab!! Come check us out at for the first time tonight @7:00!!

Address

1180 Colington Road
Kill Devil Hills, NC
27948

Opening Hours

Monday 1pm - 11pm
Tuesday 1pm - 11pm
Wednesday 1pm - 11pm
Thursday 1pm - 11pm
Friday 1pm - 11pm
Saturday 1pm - 11pm
Sunday 1pm - 1am

Telephone

+12524415919

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