Basnight's Lone Cedar Cafe

Specializing in fresh and local seafood. If you’re craving the freshest fish, clams, crab, shrimp, and oysters from local North Carolina waters, you’ll find them at the Lone Cedar Café.

For generations, Outer Banks families made their livings—and their daily meals—from the bounty of local waters, caught fresh every day. The Basnight family continues this tradition by serving only the freshest Outer Banks seafood, caught in local waters, and brought to our docks daily by local fishermen, then cleaned and prepared right here at the Lone Cedar Café. Our vegetables are “just picked” from North Carolina farms, we serve only all-natural beef and poultry, and even our herbs are grown in our own chemical-free garden on-site. Come enjoy delicious food, gorgeous sunsets, and panoramic water views, the antics of our resident ospreys, and our warm southern hospitality.
Local Seafood Nags Head NC – The Lone Cedar Cafe.
We take great pride in serving fresh, local food—and in being a “green” restaurant, too. By keeping our environment clean and focusing on fresh, local, and natural foods, the Lone Cedar ensures that diners have a healthful, natural, and—above all–delicious dining experience.
Basnight’s Lone Cedar has its very own Food Truck on-premise. Food truck hours vary seasonally.
Lone Cedar Cafe – Catering
We’re especially proud that Lone Cedar has earned a reputation as one of the top in Outer Banks catering. We are honored to be a part of so many meaningful gatherings – Outer Banks weddings and rehearsal dinners, birthdays, bridal lunches, reunions, business meetings, parties, and more. We have an entire staff dedicated to our Outer Banks catering events.
Outer Banks catering, as you might know, is a competitive business, so the fact that we are the recommended resource by so many Outer Banks wedding planners, event coordinators, and locals means a lot to us.