As your trusted Wilmington experts, we’ve poured our local knowledge and passion into this 16-page Wilmington Guide. You can’t get this anywhere else, and it’s 100% designed to make you fall in love with our coastal city. From the best dining spots to rainy day activities for the kids, this guide has it all, and it’s our gift to you!
Curated by two locals, Matt Costin & Caroline Holman, with The Costin Group, these two have poured their heart and soul into all three of the Wilmington Guides. With a taste for the extraordinary, and a passion for supporting local- the Wilmington Guide came to be, and it’s packed with only the best of the best. Get ready to explore Wilmington like never before.
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The goal of the Wilmington Guide is to help anyone, whether you’re new in town, planning a visit, or thinking about making a move, feel like a local when it comes to eating and drinking in Wilmington! After countless conversations with clients and friends, both from around the corner and across the country, we realized how overwhelming it can be to find the best spots that locals actually love.
So, we put together over 130 personal recommendations to make it easy. From hidden gems to iconic favorites, our goal at The Costin Group is to give you a taste of what makes Wilmington such a special place to call home.
We don’t charge for this guide, and we don’t expect anything in return from these businesses! All we ask, is that whenever you’re ready to buy or sell real estate in or around Wilmington, NC, you will think of The Costin Group!
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