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Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Ultimate Eating Contest



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This petite 42-year-old mother of two named Juliette Lee won the Ultimate Eating Contest at Broadway at the Beach. Her husband and daughters came with her from Maryland, and they plan to spend part of Juliette's $500 first-place winnings at Hard Rock Park.

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Smoothies, chicken wings, pizzas, hot dogs and nachos were the dishes each contestant had to chow ...

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Win Hard Rock Park Tickets



http://www.myrtlebeachrestaurantnews.com   is giving away two day passes to Hard Rock Park so a couple hungry rock 'n' rollers can check out the park's great restaurants. This May the park opens, and it's the world's first amusement park to bear the Hard Rock name.

You can enter every day through Tuesday, May 6. On Wednesday, May 7, they'll announce the winner.

Some of the menu items to look forward to at the ...

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Gordon Biersch is the new brewer in town



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Photo caption: This is Dan Gordon, one of the founding partners of Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants. He came to Myrtle Beach on March 31 for a day of media interviews before the company's 26th store opens on March 3.

Ingredients first

Dan Gordon had nothing to do with selecting Myrtle Beach as the 26th Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, and Monday he made his first-ever trip to the ...

Friday, March 28th, 2008

The Market Common



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Prime dining

One thing you have to realize about the two new Divine Dining Group restaurants opening out at The Market Common is they are different. All you have to do is look at the menus to see that.

Let's glance first at the food being offered at Divine Prime. Please note the menus are not finalized, but you'll get a good idea of what to expect.

In ...

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Easter dinners



narcissus-and-egg.jpgI've been gathering info on Easter dinners in the Grand Strand area, and you can check out the list here:

http://www.myrtlebeachrestaurantnews.com/easter.html

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Easter egg plunge



If you are going to be in town over Easter weekend, this city-sponsored event sounds like a fun family activity:

Easter Egg Plunge

2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22

Canal Street Recreation Center

901 Canal St., Myrtle Beach

Bring the entire family to our aquatic Easter Egg Hunt, and be prepared to get wet!  The Canal Street Recreation Center is having an Easter Egg Hunt in the pool at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22. 

The Plunge is ...

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

New spring menu



Louis's at Pawleys, which is in the Pawleys Island Hammock Shops, has new menu items.

New dinner dishes include:

Short Rib Ravioli with Red Wine and Truffles

Baked Grouper, Shrimp and Oysters in Piquant Sauce with Aromatic Rice

Grilled Free Range Chicken Breast with Black Eyed Pea Risotto and Collard Greens

Orecchiette with Garlic Spring Peas, Asparagus and Morels tossed in Parmesan Cream

Mustard Crusted Salmon with Potatoes, Spinach and Dijon Broth

Pepper Seared Tuna with Tomatoes, ...

Monday, March 10th, 2008

All Systems GO



My family and I attended the official launch of CanAm Week yesterday - a concert by Festive Brass, which is a volunteer all-brass band. The house was packed!

 Canadian-American Week is a big deal around Myrtle Beach because so many Canadians come here for the week of fellowship, fun and special events. And the warm weather - can't forget that. Those wacky Canadians even go swimming here this week - a ...

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Goober's 52



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A friend and I visited Goober's 52, which is near the intersection of U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, before it opened and were impressed by the décor and menu, and by the friendliness of owner David Parker. Then I tasted Goober's food at two different charity events and was even more pleased.

But I hadn't made it to the actual restaurant to dine until last week, ...

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

French influence



Chef Eric Masson 

Family oriented

With a couple thousand restaurants, the Grand Strand area has a lot of chefs. At least half of those chefs grew up somewhere else before deciding they wanted to work and live at the beach.

So here at the Carolina coast we have plenty of eager young chefs ready to make their grill marks on the world and then surf on ...