Captain Nance's Seafood - Calabash, NC (The Seafood Capital Of The World)

[@danahoisington2047]

I just found your video reviews of the Calabash restaurants and enjoyed them very much. We have a condo in Brunswick Plantation that we use mostly for escaping the cold Ohio weather and for a month in the fall for the great golf.. Captain Nance has been a favorite for 30 years when the boys were home with us and we vacationed at the beach. We prefer to sit inside by a window and watch the pelicans and other water fowl. Portions for the lunch special are nice size and my wife always asks for a 2nd basket of the hush puppies with the honey butter. We will be back down in a few weeks and stay for about 3 1/2 months and I can’t wait for that Calabash style seafood. Beck’s is also great, have missed Ella’s since the fire and you can’t beat the Boundary House and the price during the lunch hours. Thanks for your videos!

[@NCMemoryMakers]

You are very welcome. We are glad you enjoy your videos up there in Ohio. We hope you have a very safe and happy trip down there soon. We just went by and checked Ella's a few weeks ago, and the building is completely gone now. It looks as if they may be planning to rebuild? At least, that's what we've heard.

[@cathybriggs5846]

Great video . the food looked very good

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, this is a great place and right on the water.

[@markhovis4]

Tartar sauce and hushpuppies! We really enjoy your North Myrtle Beach area videos.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thank y'all so much for watching! And yes, tartar sauce definitely goes on hush puppies.

[@carolchmielewski5313]

Brings back so many family memories!

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Glad it does! Thank you for watching!

[@michaelpardue2400]

Thanks for sharing this trip with us and I love sea food

[@NCMemoryMakers]

You're very welcome!

[@amberbryant8141]

Oh my goodness that beautiful waterfront Calabash NC.❤ I never been there before visit yet. Oh look good seafood 😲🤤

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, we love Calabash and the food there!

[@rich-mp6dm]

You guys have one of the best channels on KZbin.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Well, thank you so much for that nice comment. We are glad you enjoy the channel, and we truly appreciate you saying that.

[@Wanda-dh6gn]

Beautiful place and the food looked so yummy

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, very nice place.

[@clearlycaribbeanreb2895]

Looks delicious. Love calabash style seafood. Nice video.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, it is very good. Calabash style is our favorite! Thanks for watching!

[@smokymountainman4964]

Looks like another wonderful place to enjoy a great meal on the waterfront. Thanks for another excellent review. God bless you both.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thanks for watching!

[@thejoycatcher8189]

I miss Calabash. My aunt used to live there and was married to a man named Clark Callahan who was a great artist and owned Callahans of Calabash. Great food! So much to choose from. I enjoy your uploads. Thanks for sharing them with us. Enjoy your travels and stay safe and healthy. 🦀🌊🐟⚓️🌅⛵️🐚🦞🦐

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Wow, that's a really neat story! Thank you for sharing how your aunt was married to Mr. Callahan himself. I absolutely love going in that store. They have just about everything!

[@donnawhitfield6820]

I love Callahan’s. On our annual trip to Oak Island we have to go to Calahan’s. For the past 2 years I buy my little dog a ball that lights up. Oh how she loves those balls.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@donnawhitfield6820 Yes, that is a great store. They have a little bit of everything. We'll have to look for those dog balls.

[@RuthCollins-g1g]

The food looks so good i love hot fish and any kind of sea food good to eat on the water front enjoy and God bless you both

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thank you so much! We appreciate you watching, and glad you enjoyed the video.

[@TheRocketMouse]

When my family used to vacation in Sunset Beach, we'd always stop by Captain Nance's. I miss it dearly.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Hope you get to visit again. Thanks for watching, and glad it brought back memories for you.

[@lindawiley878]

Have you ever visited the fields of the wood in Cherokee, North Carolina? It’s the 10 Commandments that are down in the grass on the mountain side, beautiful.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@@lindawiley878 That is actually down in Murphy, about 56 miles from Cherokee. No, we have not been there yet, but hopefully sometime in the future. I've seen pictures, and it does look very nice.

[@cathybriggs5846]

I love tarter sauce with fries or fried potatoes.

[@stepheniesmith4927]

Nice place looked fun

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, great dining atmosphere.

[@deborahmoore1111]

We love Captain Nance’s. We eat there at least once every trip.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, we enjoy it, too. Thanks for watching!

[@vitsteele-lz2hn]

Have a great weekend

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thank you!

[@truth4004]

Looks good I hope you gave the bird a treat.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Well, we didn't feed the birds, because the sign clearly asked us not to. But I'm pretty sure he helped himself to what was left on her plate as we left.

[@ritagarrison8315]

Oh my goodness that food looked so delicious, i love seafood and i love Calabash and Sunset beach, hope i can visit this summer. Yall go to some really good restaurants., thanks for showing us this place and great video , God Bless

[@NCMemoryMakers]

You are very welcome! We appreciate you watching, and are glad you enjoyed it!

[@adammckinney150]

We are in Myrtle Beach for the week and we are definitely going to calabash to eat!!!🌴🌊🧉

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Hope you enjoy it! Let us know where you eat and how you like it. There are several great options in Calabash.

[@tonylashmit2613]

We haven't eaten there since 2009. As a kid I used to love white trout as it was called back then. I remember pulling out the backbone out of it all in one piece . Not sure if restaurants still serve it now? May have changed the name to whiting? Yalls food looked great by the way.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

About the only place I know of now where you can pull out the backbone, is at Hoskin's Restaurant in N. Myrtle. You have to order the WHOLE flounder in order to do it.

[@GaryLetford]

Looked very good and large portions at reasonable prices.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, absolutely. We enjoy going there.

[@keitheverhart9556]

We have eaten at Capt. Nance several times. Do y'all remember a buffet in Cherry Grove called The Captain's Plank? When my in-laws lived in Holden Beach we would go there every time we visited. I could sit there and eat until I slap near passed out.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

No, I honestly can't say that I recall that. How long ago was it there?

[@keitheverhart9556]

Well, it was over 30 years ago when my in-laws lived there. The restaurant has probably been closed at least 15 years.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@@keitheverhart9556 I wish I could remember it. Was it near Bolineau's, in that area?

[@RonCorridor]

Yes, Captain's Plank was a great place to eat. I remember eating there in the early 2000's. Even had soft served ice cream.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@@RonCorridor I'm just trying to place where it was at. We've been going to that area for many years, but I just can't place it.

[@TheGatlinburgHussey]

Good morning from Gatlinburg! Great job as always! She was walking advertisement with that yellow shirt on too💪.. 😊. Have a great day guys 🏞️🌅🐻

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, that shirt made her look so bright, I couldn't hardly look at her. It was like staring into the sun. But yeah, she's pretty proud of her Calabash shirt.

[@griffinjackson7334]

You guys are great.We watch all of your videos.However it seems when you come to Calabash you are overlooking the best place in Calabash Oyster Rock. We live in the area and i've lived in Hickory , Charlotte Lake Norman and Oyster Rock is the best restaurant I have visited. Please give them a shot at some point.Thank you

[@NCMemoryMakers]

We have actually talked about going there. We're not overlooking it. We have priced their menu, and they are through the roof expensive. We would love to go for lunch, but they're only open for supper. In fact, we had actually thrown around the idea of going for lunch this past weekend when we were there, and that's when we discovered they weren't open for lunch. And we were kind of hungry at that point, and wanting seafood. We probably will go at some point, however. It is something we've talked about. Thank you for watching, and we are glad you enjoy the channel. We appreciate it.

[@griffinjackson7334]

​@@NCMemoryMakers It is expensive however, it is amazing. Sort of a special occasion place and the service is great.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@@griffinjackson7334 I'm sure we will get around to it. We have mentioned it several times. Just didn't want you to think that we weren't aware of it. Like I said, we actually were going to go for lunch this past trip, only to find out they are not open till that evening. It does look very nice, from the pictures we've seen.

[@monicamoore111]

We haven’t eaten there in several years. I am so glad y’all enjoyed it. Since Ella’s burned we are going to eat a Becks when we go down next month. How did yall like the potato salad?

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes! I meant to get back to you on that. So, I hope we got the same thing that you were talking about. It's called baked potato salad. We got a plastic container of it, and had it Wednesday evening for supper, along with some ribeye steaks we had purchased at Publix on our way out. It was very different than regular potato salad, but very good. It seemed like it had a lot of different seasonings or herbs in it. We really liked it, and would definitely get it again. Thank you for recommending it. It doesn't look to us like Ella's is going to be rebuilding. Even the sign they had up saying they were, is now gone. We can't tell that anything has been done with the building.

[@monicamoore111]

@@NCMemoryMakers glad y’all liked the baked potato salad. It is our favorite one to buy. We also enjoy the traditional one we make at home. So sad about Ella’s. I am sure if they don’t rebuild someone else will if they sell the property.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@monicamoore111 Yes, we are sad about it. I have not officially heard they're not going to, but I just know that nothing has been done in the 2 years since it's burned. We had an annual tradition of going there, for about the last 7 or 8 years.

[@donnawhitfield6820]

What is happening with Ella’s? Any rebuilding?

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Nothing has been done with Ella's. The building is still standing, but still burned. The sign that says they are going to rebuild, is now gone. I don't think it looks like they're going to.

[@robwinemiller9712]

we have never eaten here, for sure will have to try it, looks awesome. large portions for the $$$$, isn't crazy what places charge now for drinks? same here at home. just crazy. we do get shrimp from them to cook while there. such amazing views. thanks for review as always good info. keep up the great reviews, good or bad. BTW, if you have never tried it, boundary house is awesome, for a special night for dinner. we did our renewing of vows for dinner there back in 2020, and they served us so well

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, and about the drinks, I noticed after we did the video, that the menu price of drinks is not what we were charged. One of my pet peeves, is a restaurant going up on price and charging the new price for the old price is still on the menu. If I had noticed that then, I would have mentioned it. But yes, the food there is really good. And we have two videos from the Boundary House. That would certainly be a great place to do a dinner for the renewal of your vows. Very nice restaurant.

[@robwinemiller9712]

@@NCMemoryMakers agree and sounds great. enjoy

[@iamscottmitchell]

The drone footage was 🔥🔥🔥

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RobinCall-l8e]

I think Captain Nances is where we ate at a few years ago..food was really good

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, we love going there. Glad you got to try it.

[@janetparekh679]

Would love to eat here ..

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Good food, and nice dining atmosphere.

[@markebass]

I eat the honey butter then fill the container with tartar sauce. I like hushpuppies both ways!

[@NCMemoryMakers]

There you go! The best of both worlds.

[@edwardclement102]

Always be prepared for bones in a fish fillet, I pull all bones in my fillets at home, I have eaten many times at Captian Nance' and enjoyed the food, and it is nice to get the Seatrout as something different sometimes, but boy prices have gotten high under Biden, hope it ends sone.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Let's hope it does end in November. I pray that enough Americans wise up.

[@freeandfancy]

My best friends live there now. I pray we get to travel before God calls us home. 🏡🏖️🙏

[@NCMemoryMakers]

We hope you do, too. I know you would love to be able to see your friends. They live in a very beautiful area with a lot of great restaurants

[@Randy-nk2ne]

Crisfield Maryland is the seafood capitol of the world.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Google "Seafood capital of the world", and let me know which one comes up.

[@teresareed5597]

Oh, I can’t handle bones. Yes, I know it’s a risk any time I eat seafood but once I find a bone, I’m done!

[@NCMemoryMakers]

The bones were very small in the trout, but it was still more than you would find in flounder.

[@jamesboswell760]

I’m sorry but I have a hard time believing that some random place in North Carolina that I’ve never heard of is “The seafood capital of the world.” Maybe it is but hard to believe. I’ve fished off the coast of Somalia 🇸🇴 and let me tell you that is some good fishing!

[@trudivecchione9642]

I've always heard Calabash called "The Seafood Capital of the World" but just for fun, I Googled the question. The answer? Calabash, NC. 😊

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Go ahead and Google "What is the seafood capital of the world?", and tell me what comes up. That's not something that I made up or put in the title as clickbait. We did not give the town that name. That is what the town is called. I wouldn't have put it in there otherwise. And it's not just a "random place in North Carolina". It is a coastal town that is known for its excellent fishing and style of frying seafood. And also, the vast number of seafood restaurants to be condensed into such a small area. That's not saying there are not other good places in the world for fishing. That's just telling you what the nickname of this town is, and has been. I guess I'm a little surprised you say you haven't heard of it, when two KZbin channels that you watch quite a bit, have both done recent videos in Calabash. Somewhere has to be the seafood capital of the world. Why not a coastal town in North Carolina?

[@JenniferHollins-e4e]

Quick google search confirms what they said. Calabash, NC THE SEAFOOD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD If you've ever enjoyed the delicious flavor of lightly breaded and fried seafood, you already know a little about what makes Calabash, NC famous.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@@JenniferHollins-e4eThat is correct. Thank you!

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@user-hg4hj5bl8n Before I put that in the title, I even checked myself, to make sure it wasn't "Seafood Capital Of the US". I was thinking it said "world", but I wanted to make sure that I didn't put something inaccurate. But like you said, a 15-second Google search would have given the answer.

[@Spiderman_x10]

wonder why they call it calabash chicken 🐓

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Because it is breaded and prepared in the Calabash style that they use for the seafood.