Dirty Dick's Crab House is perfect for people who look to have fun and food at the same time. With outlets in Kill Devil Hills, Avon and at Virginia Beach, the small chain ensures seafood aficionados of all ages go home pleased and wanting to be back.

The crab house specifies that the only serious thing at their venues is the fact that they take food seriously, an aspect diners always value. The soups, dressings and sauces are all made in-house every day. Start your meal with a fried crab martini or house-smoked shrimp with cream cheese, served chilled with fried bread crisps. Salads could include a lovely shrimplee d’licious of spinach leaves tossed with honey-roasted pecans, eggs, bacon, mushrooms, red onions, bleu cheese and topped with popcorn shrimp.

Steamed dishes encompass Dungeness crab while the crab pot offers creole stuffed crabs, crab lasagne, and mains of barbequed smoked ribs, steaks, platters of fried seafood as well as burgers, sandwiches and paninis.

They have a children's menu and accommodate groups.