The Basics

  4.3 (758 reviews)
Claimed $$ Southern, Breakfast & Brunch
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About the Business

Specialties

The Basics specializes in traditional Southern recipes, from hoppin' john and collards to shrimp and grits and duck and andouille gumbo. We have a lovely weekend brunch on Saturday and Sunday, nightly dinner specials featuring local produce and freshly caught local seafood, a weekday breakfast, and lovely sandwiches like a fried green tomato on ciabatta, and salads like our Carolina Cobb with yummy devilled egg for lunch.

History

Established in 2007.

In business since 2007, The Basics is dedicated to preserving historic recipes and promoting Southern delicacies.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Mary L.

Business Owner

I was raised in the restaurant industry starting in Athens, GA. Over 16 years, I worked at several successful restaurants there, and eventually opened my own two places, Five Star Day Cafe and Speakeasy with my business partners. I moved to Wilmington in 2007 after catering a dinner for the Lee Brothers, James Beard award winning authors of a definitive Southern cookbook. Inspired by their passion for Southern tradition, I followed my heart and opened The Basics to give Wilmington, NC a sense of our shared Southern culinary history.

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