Sweet Marie's Diner · Hampstead, North Carolina
Southern comfort, Carolina pride and a place for everybody at the table.
Sweet Marie's is our family diner in the making, our Sugar Shack in Hampstead and our way of bringing good food, family fun and neighbors together.
Come sit a spell
There is always something going on at Sweet Marie's
We are building a diner, pouring cold drinks, sharing family recipes, helping feed our neighbors and making free things for Carolina kids. Pull up a chair and look around.
The Sugar Shack
Fresh-squeezed lemonade, sweet tea, specialty drinks, family fun and plenty of Carolina sunshine.
Visit the Sugar Shack → Our community tableFeed A Neighbor
A simple promise: when a neighbor needs a meal, we want to help put one on the table.
Learn about FAN → For Carolina kidsKids Corner
Free coloring pages, Carolina Characters, educational videos and a refrigerator full of young artists.
Head to Kids Corner → From our kitchenCook With Us
Family recipes, community recipes, cooking videos and Carolina food traditions worth passing down.
Come into the kitchen →A few of our favorites
From the Sweet Marie's shop
Take a little Sweet Marie's home
Shop by collection
Shirts, cups, hats, things for the house and a few things that are just plain fun.
Now serving in Hampstead
Come cool off with us
The Sugar Shack is where Sweet Marie's is serving right now. Stop by for fresh lemonade, sweet tea and specialty drinks. Bring the family, stay awhile and make a memory with us.
At our house, everybody eats
Help us Feed A Neighbor
Feed A Neighbor is our way of making room at the table. You can sponsor a meal, and local businesses can help us keep meals available for the neighbors who need them.
Made for little Carolinians
Color something, learn something and put it on the fridge
Kids Corner is not homework. It is free family fun built around the Carolina places, animals, food and stories we love.
Free Printables
Coloring pages inspired by Carolina wildlife, the coast, local history and food.
02Carolina Characters
Meet Liam Osprey, Harper Mermaid, Captain Edward Lowtide and Memaw Sue.
03Educational Videos
Friendly videos that turn curiosity into a good family conversation.
04Virtual Refrigerator
A place to proudly hang the pictures and memories families share with us.
Stories From the Table
The food matters. The people around the table matter more.
These are the recipes, memories, family stories and neighbors that make Sweet Marie's what it is.
The heart of Sweet Marie's
A real family diner, built around good food and a full table
Sweet Marie's is Southern comfort food, Carolina favorites and the kind of place where folks are treated like neighbors. The diner is still getting ready to open in Hampstead, but this is the food—and the family—at the center of everything we do.
Meet the diner →
From our family kitchen
Recipes are better when somebody teaches you how
Cook With Us is where family recipes, Carolina traditions and community favorites get passed along instead of lost. Amber and Josie will show you what they are cooking, why it matters and how to make it at home.
Cook with us
Friends & Neighbors
Pull up a chair and stay awhile.
Join our Friends & Neighbors and be the first to hear about new menu items, Sugar Shack specials, family events, recipes, Kids Corner activities and whatever else we get ourselves into.