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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 ...

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 ...

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Up to his head in soda bread



Last year Steve Perrone of Perrone's Fine Food and Wine Market in Pawleys Island spent two full days right before St. Patrick's Day making 200 loaves of Irish Soda Bread.

"I was literally covered with flour for two days," he says.

This year he is taking pre-orders for his hugely popular soda bread. It's $7.99 for a round 10-inch loaf that serves 10 people.

"Traditional Irish soda bread is on the dry side," ...

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 ...

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Daytime Dining



You know a place has better-than-average food when you see a lot of people dining there who look like they know their ways around a kitchen. You can look at them and imagine scooting up close to their tables and enjoying some fine home cooking.

And that's the sort of folks you see at Surfside Jenny's during breakfast and lunch hours.

You can get biscuits and gravy, eggs, grits, home fries and ...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Can-Am Days



47th Annual Canadian-American Days Festival
March 8 - 16
Myrtle Beach, SC

Stay tuned for additional details about these fun Can-Am events.  Or, for more information about Can-Am Days, call 843-626-7444 or visit http://www.canamdays.com.

March 1 - United States Army Field Band Concert
March 6-8 - National Shag Dance Championships
March 8-16 - Canadian Appreciation Days in Georgetown County
March 10 - Can-Am Kick-off Celebration Expo
March 11 - South Strand Can-Am ...

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Culinary Competition



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We had 86 chefs, 441 gourmet dishes, four world-class chef/judges...and it took place in just three days, Iron Chef-style.

The Myrtle Beach Chapter of the American Culinary Federation had its seventh annual culinary competition Jan. 29-31. All the action, including photos of the chefs' dishes, can be found at:

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