>>> EVERY TOWN HAS THAT PLACE, THE PLACE WHERE LOCALS FLOCK,
CONVERSATION FLIES, AND THE DINERS DON'T COUNT CALORIES.
THEY COUNT GOOD FOOD.
SUCH IS HOW YOU'LL FIND IT IN KITTY HAWK AT ART'S PLACE BAR
AND GRILL DAY AND NIGHT.
MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO EAT AT ART'S PLACE KNOW WHAT THEY WANT
AND KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM
RIGHT AROUND THE AREA.
IN FACT, THEY LIKE TO SAY AT ART'S PLACE TOURISTS ARE
TOLERATED, BUT EVEN A VISITOR WON'T FEEL LIKE A STRANGER FOR
LONG BECAUSE OWNER TAMMY NICHOLS SAYS --
>> IT FEELS LIKE HOME.
>> YOU'RE ALWAYS GREETED.
NICE.
MEET FRIENDS YOU NEVER MET, WHICH I DO ANYWAY.
>> MY DAD USED TO LOVE COMING HERE ON SATURDAYS AND HAVING A
HAMBURGER OR A HOT DOG RIGHT AT THAT TABLE.
EVERYBODY HERE TREATED HIM LIKE A KING, AND HE LOVED IT HERE.
WE ATE HERE EVERY SATURDAY.
>> AND YOU CAN BET THEY DIDN'T MAKE A HABIT OF EATING HERE
EVERY SATURDAY JUST FOR THE COMPANY.
>> THE ART'S PLACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD PLACE TO GET
HAMBURGERS, AND THAT'S WHERE I CAME HERE FIRST.
BUT THE BREAKFAST IS EVEN BETTER.
>> WE SPENT THE WEEK AT DUCK, AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE
AIRPORT, AND WE FOUND IT ON TRIP ADVISOR, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
>> THE BREAKFAST IS EXCELLENT.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST YOU CAN HAVE, AND I TRULY
SAY THAT SINCERELY.
IT'S BIG PORTIONS.
IT'S HEALTHY.
IT'S GOOD.
IT'S JUST -- YOU'LL HAVE TO TRY IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
>> BELIEVE ME, I WILL.
>> ORDER UP.
>> WE HAVE YOUR BASIC EGGS, BACON AND SAUSAGE, HAM, COUNTRY
HAM, OMELETS, HOME FRIES, GRITS.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST GRITS YOU'VE EVER HAD.
BISCUITS, WE MAKE THEM OURSELVES.
PANCAKES, FRENCH TOAST, MONTE CRISTO SANDWICH.
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
>> YOU MAKE YOUR BISCUITS.
WHERE'S THE RECIPE FROM?
[LAUGHING] >> I HAD BEEN CHALLENGED ENOUGH.
IT WAS TIME FOR BREAKFAST.
NOW, I HAVE ORDERED ART'S BIG BREAKFAST.
WE'VE GOT COUNTRY POTATOES, BISCUITS AND GRAVY, COUNTRY
FRIED HAM.
THAT LOOKS INCREDIBLE.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A BONE IN THERE.
EGGS JUST THE WAY I LIKE THEM, OVER HARD, FRIED, AND A BIG FAT
PANCAKE.
TAMMY WAS RIGHT.
THE FOOD IS GOOD.
FLUFFY PANCAKES CRISP AROUND THE EDGES, THICK COUNTRY HAM, AND A
GREAT SOUTHERN TRADITION I DECIDED TO TRY FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
I CAN'T EVEN TALK WITH ALL THIS BISCUIT AND GRAVY IN MY MOUTH.
WHAT TAMMY'S DOING AT ART'S PLACE IS CARRYING ON A TRADITION
STARTED BACK IN THE LATE 1970s.
>> THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS ARTHUR GLIDDEN, AND ART USED TO WORK IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND HE MET A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE PICTURES.
AND HE OPENED UP THIS LITTLE PLACE.
AND IT HAS BEEN GOING EVER SINCE.
36 YEARS.
>> THE EXTERIOR YOU SEE FROM THE MAIN STRIP IN KITTY HAWK IS ONE
YOU CAN'T MISS.
THAT PART WAS TAMMY'S IDEA.
>> I MET AN ARTIST.
HE'S VERY GOOD.
HE ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED, AND I JUST SAID I WANTED IT TO BE
ALIVE AND HAPPY AND INVITING AND THAT I LOVE THE BEACH, SO THAT
WAS PRETTY MUCH THE THEME.
AND IT BRIGHTENED IT UP A GREAT DEAL, BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE
IT, AND NOW THEY DO.
>> SO ART'S PLACE STANDS OUT DURING THE DAY AND NIGHTTIME
TOO, WHICH IS REALLY HANDY WHEN THEY'VE GOT LIVE MUSIC.
>> IT'S A VARIETY OF MUSIC.
WE HAVE JAZZ MUSIC TONIGHT WITH JOE MAPP AND THE COORDINATES.
JOE IS GUITAR, AND HE IS FROM HERE.
HE'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
I WOULD SAY JOE IS THE BEST MUSICIAN ON THE BEACH.
>> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE AT ART'S PLACE YOU CAN GET THE BEST MUSIC
ON THE BEACH, THE BEST BURGER ON THE BEACH, THE BEST BREAKFAST ON
THE BEACH, AND SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET, EVEN IF
YOU ARE A TOURIST.
FOR "NORTH CAROLINA WEEKEND," I'M DEBORAH HOLT NOEL.