The “Ocracoke Strong” kitchen reopens today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ocracoke Community Center.
Jason Wells, co-owner of Jason’s Restaurant, which is undergoing repairs from Hurricane Dorian flooding, will be cooking homemade chicken noodle soup and egg salad sandwiches for lunch today, enough for 400, he said on Facebook.
According to his Facebook post, the following is the tentative lunch schedule this week: Tuesday will be a food truck; Wednesday will be tacos with Kathy Perez; Thursday will be a food truck; Friday TBA; and Saturday will be a fish fry with all the fixings.
Wells cautions that, “depending on the availability of outside food trucks, the days I’m cooking could change at the drop of the hat. So please be sure to check Facebook daily and spread the word to the non-Facebook peeps.”
Anyone who wants to volunteer to help Wells cook or just serve, contact him at 252-921-0263.
Wells began the Ocracoke Strong Kitchen a few days after Hurricane Dorian devastated the island on Sept. 6 with food donated by the island’s major food suppliers. His meals, with help by other island chefs, supplemented the free meals supplied right after the storm by the Salvation Army and the Baptists on Mission, who departed the island this past weekend.
Also, as per the Hyde County commissioners’ approval at their Oct. 7 meeting, alcohol sales resume on Ocracoke today.
Among those opening today will be Zillie’s on Back road, open from 2 to 8:30 p.m. daily and is offering a 20 percent across-the-board discount until the evacuation order is lifted.
While the mandatory evacuation for Ocracoke is still in effect while the island rebuilds, the commissioners also pushed back the island-wide curfew hours. It is now from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
