They need a place to go and speak to people, a place where they can feel at home but have company. “There are lonely folks out there, and these aren’t the type to sit around all day staring at their phones.
Recently, he added a small breakfast counter area because he believed that the older individuals in the community, especially those who have been widowed, would benefit from having a place to hang out and meet other people. He exhibits this belief in his own restaurant. “Sure, people get upset about a little traffic in the summertime,” he says, “but I like to remind them how truly blessed we all are to live here on the Outer Banks! I say go over there, sit on this beach, look out at the water and then tell me you’re still upset.” I believe we should make sure they feel welcome. These people are a part of our community too. “There are a lot of people, especially retirees, moving into the community every year. “We stay open year-round, which is great because we really get to know the locals.” But he appreciates newcomers to the community just as much. Steve likes to think of his restaurant as a hub for locals, transplants and tourists alike.
He’s always looking for more opportunities to give. Every week he caters morning breakfasts for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He’s helped with events to honor students excelling in athletics and academics at First Flight and events to honor the teachers as well. Steve has catered events serving up to 500 people at churches like the Duck United Methodist Church to help raise scholarship funds. Since Steve’s team has this capability, he uses it to support various groups in the community. Catering by Kiki’s Kitchen offers food ranging from Greek all the way to Mexican! They’ve been known to handle large events, including weddings.
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Steve’s restaurant offers full catering services, appropriately coined after Steve and Nick’s mother. I think of the restaurant as a base of operations for me to connect with the community.” I believe in starting things, and I want this place to keep getting better, to be better for my children, for other people’s children. “I remember as a kid growing up here what it was like to not have much,” he says. “But, hey, that’s part of the deal.” Steve knows what it takes to raise a family on the Outer Banks, and just like his father before him, Steve wants to help build up an even stronger community for his children. “My youngest has been testing us a bit lately,” he says, grinning. He speaks about them as most fathers do, with a mix of pride, humility and loving irritation. Steve, a strong believer in Christian values and a dedicated family man, has four children ranging in ages from 20 months to 21 years. “I deal mainly with schools and churches, and my brother works with the YMCA, Kiwanis, Rotary Club as well as the OBX Marathon and Nags Head Wood Run. “We have always believed in giving back, so we do a lot of events and fundraisers,” says Steve. Steve and his wife, Kristine, own and operate the Kitty Hawk location and Nick and his wife, Dawn, own and operate the KDH location. Both restaurants have remained busy to this day.
Though Perry has since died, his sons have carried on his legacy not only in running their restaurants but also in giving back to the greater community of the Outer Banks.
Four years later, in 1985, they opened the second Stack ’em High in Kitty Hawk. After they sold the Point Harbor Restaurant, they opened the first Stack ’em High in KDH in 1981. As a family, Perry, Kiki, Steve and Nick ran Point Harbor from 1969 to 1980. He immediately walked into a real estate office and asked for a restaurant, and, in 1969, Perry and Kiki opened Point Harbor Restaurant at the foot of the Wright Memorial Bridge. Back then, you could check the surf from the main road (which, like the beach road, was only two lanes then) because there weren’t many houses blocking your view.īut Perry Kiousis saw the potential that this place held. In 1968, when Perry and Kiki Kiousis brought their two boys, Steve and Nick, to vacation in Kill Devil Hills, Perry saw something in the quiet, empty beach town that many others might have missed – a thriving community in the making. My dad always stressed the importance of working for the community,” says Steve Kiousis, owner of Stack ’em High in Kitty Hawk.
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