Kim Stacks Mills brings us another travel installment; last time, she wrote about Charleston delights, while this time she talks to us about Wilmington. In her words:
This year, my husband, Jeff, and I chose Wilmington for our annual anniversary vacation. We did a lot of the usual tourist attractions, but the best part of our trip was by far the restaurants.
We stayed in a condo called "The Gallery" in the historic district, just a block and a half from the River Walk. I requested a free guidebook from the Cape Fear Coast Visitor's Center and decided on The Gallery when I scanned the accommodations chart: The Carolinian: 61 units, The Wilmingtonian: 40; The Gallery: 1. I went to the Web site just to see if it was a mistake. But when I saw the place, I knew I wanted to stay there. We loved this place. The owners made it easy to feel at home there. They had bottled water in the fridge, a customized visitor's guide with their own restaurant reviews, a kitchen full of dishes, appliances and pots and pans, beach chairs and a cooler, toiletries in case you forgot something, DVDs and videogames, pretty much everything you could need. We parked the car and didn't move it again until it was time to go to the beach. We'll definitely stay there again.
But back to restaurants: Here are some of the places we liked best.
