The Wright Brothers took off on their historic flight from Kill Devil Hills on December 17, 1903 .  From this same barrier island off the Atlantic coast, Kill Devil's Frozen Custard and Beach Fries was born just 99 years later, on April 1, 2002 when we opened our first restaurant.

The name Kill Devil, as the story goes, happened like this:  A few hundred years ago, when all our goods arrived by ships, there were many who ran aground off this coast and when the ships broke apart and the cargo washed ashore, one of the most sought-after commodities was the wooden kegs filled with Kill Devil rum.  Unfortunately the rum is long gone, but the quality food that Kill Devil's offers is certainly in great demand from coast to coast.

The decision to open a high-quality food and ice cream restaurant started in 1957 when, as a 14-year-old I worked in a custard stand in Middletown, N.Y., where they made authentic frozen custard.  This shop was the focal point of this small town in the lower Catskill Mountain area and it was a common sight to see people waiting in line to taste the velvety smooth rich flavor of this gourmet ice cream.  Very simply, it’s the best.

Competition?  Well there is none, not even the largest ice cream franchise in the country.  No other ice cream can beat it.  Frozen custard is made fresh hourly and is made totally different from other ice cream products, therefore you stand alone in the market place – your customers will notice the difference with the first lick (and how many ice cream establishments use real  whipped cream?)

It may have taken me 45 years to finally realize my dream, but good things take time.  Once we were satisfied we had the world’s best ice cream, we needed to expand our menu with the very best quality of some very classic food items.  As we are all aware, behind every successful man there is a great woman and mine is also a gourmet cook – she set the bar pretty high for these additions….like our fabulous, juicy, marinated “Better Burger” – you need lots of napkins!  Or our Coney Island hot dog:  We have the recipe for the original sauce that dates back to the early 1900’s and that recipe has been a prize winner in New York for almost a century.  Our Beach Fries?  They’re hand cut from Idaho’s best (never frozen) and cooked in pure peanut oil to a golden brown.  The NC Bar-Be-Que sandwich we serve is an authentic southern treat and we put it on a buttered, toasted roll with our homemade coleslaw.  This is a real hit on the west coast.

We’ve rounded out our quality menu with a veggie burger served with homemade hummus and a black bean burger served with salsa, as well as three new wraps.

Kill Devil's is poised to fill what is a significant void in the fast-food industry – the consumer is looking for quality.  From babies to grandparents, everyone loves ice cream and we have the best.  Our food items are America’s top choices with a gourmet twist.

In a word:  it’s Killer!