How to get a taste of the territory!
Myrtle Beach is overrun with fast food joints and national restaurant chains that offer the same fare they’re serving in Denver and Philadelphia. In many cases, they’ve imported their cuisine from the Caribbean, New Orleans, Italy or Mexico, and while this is probably great food it is not a culinary experience representative of the South Carolina coast.
Dig into a variety of Myrtle Beach restaurants and dining options located throughout the area. From fine dining options to down-home southern cuisine from BBQ to seafood specialties, we have it all!
About South Carolina Cuisine
To really get the flavor of the low country, you’ll have to find an eatery that serves local cuisine, and that could mean driving past some very enticing propositions. Seafood is a given in this place where the land meets the sea, and you’ll find different dishes available at different times of the year. Those big-rig fishing boats you see offshore bring in redfish and flounder year-round, red snapper, cobia, tarpon and shark in the summertime, and king mackerel, black bass and grouper in the fall. From a quick shrimp burger from a local sandwich shop to five-star cuisine, there’s no shortage of fresh South Carolina seafood.
She-crab soup is made from the roe of a female crab in a creamy concoction that might occasionally involve a dash of sherry or brandy. Oysters are a huge favorite September through April, and if you’re lucky you might find a place that serves steam pots (sometimes called steam buckets) loaded up with oysters, clams, shrimp, corn on the cob and crab legs, all thrown in with some rather kicky spices. A variation of this dish is known as a low country boil.
