A popular coastal NC seafood restaurant is expanding in the Triangle

Drew Jackson
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A coastal North Carolina seafood brand is building an inland empire.

Cape Fear Seafood Company will open its third Triangle location next week in Wake Forest. The new location follows restaurants in North Raleigh and The Village District.

The Wake Forest restaurant is located at 3612 Roger’s Branch Road in the Wheatfield Plaza shopping center.

The first Triangle location opened in 2019 in the former Kamado Grill location in North Raleigh.

This will mark the second Cape Fear opening in Wake County this year, following the Village District restaurant opening in January.

The brand first launched in Wilmington in 2008 and now evenly divides its six restaurants between there and the Triangle.

The Triangle locations are owned by a franchise group of longtime Cape Fear employees Eddie Elliott and Matt Wivell.

“We have been fortunate to enjoy growth in a Raleigh area that already boasts some of the most iconic seafood restaurants in the state. We don’t take that for granted,” said Elliott. “We have succeeded because of a mission of hospitality, a dedication to quality ingredients, and a desire to stay true to what we know: serving up delicious seafood. We are confident our new Wake Forest location will be true to that.”

Cape Fear’s menu includes the kind of broad seafood experience that’s familiar when visiting the coast. Popular dishes include shrimp and grits, stuffed flounder and an array of fried seafood platters.

As it has for previous openings, the Wake Forest Cape Fear Seafood will hold charity dinners for the first few nights of service May 25-28. The nights are reservation only and 50 percent of sales will be donated to The First Tee of the Triangle, The Joel Fund and The Trawick Pediatric Cardiology Fund at Duke Children’s Hospital.

“Giving back to these three dynamic causes while celebrating our opening feels extra special,” said Eddie Elliott, Franchise Partner for Wake County. “Everyone associated with the restaurant has an ethos of service – from the greeters to the wait staff and cooks, all the way through how we give back to organizations that do so much for the community that we love so much.”