Duck's Cottage Coffee & Books opened at the Waterfront Shops on July 22, 2002. Our home is the Powder Ridge Gun Club, a hunting cottage built in 1921 by a group of New York investors who frequented the area taking advantage of the waterfowl hunting it afforded. Powder Ridge was the only hunt club ever built in Duck, is one of the oldest buildings in Duck and is often mentioned in local history books.

The original floor plan included three bedrooms, one bath, a kitchen with attached porch, a combined living and dining area and a screened porch on the front. Several outbuildings- guide's quarters and a boathouse- were part of the Club in its heyday.For most of its existence the Club stood right on the shores of the Currituck Sound and a distinctive pair of crossed whalebones graced the peak. Managed by village native and life-long resident Lewis Scarborough, most hunting was done from battery rigs and shoal brush blinds. The Club fell into private hands in the forties and remained a private residence until 2001 when it was moved east a few hundred feet to where it sits today. Its last inhabitant, 'Duck' Braithwaite was a Duck legend; many early comers to Duck have fond memories of sunset cocktail hours spent with Duck and his wife, Betty, on 'Duck' s Porch'. The business, Duck's Cottage, is owned by Allen Lehew; the building remains in the caring hands of Duck and Betty's sons, Jimmy and Bill Braithwaite.

In both locations, we strive to provide Duck's Cottage patrons with the best coffee, the most interesting books, the coolest toys and awesome service. We are here to help make your vacation experience... your reading pleasure.. or just your day!.. the best it can possibly be.