Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The hundreds of restaurants are mostly high-volume and middlebrow - think buffets
longer than bowling alleys and 24-hour doughnut shops. Ironically, good seafood is hard
to come by; locals go to the nearby fishing village of
Murrells Inlet
.
Prosser's BBQ
SOUTHERN$$$
(3750 Business Hwy 17, Murrells Inlet; buffet breakfast/lunch $6/8.30, dinner $9.30-13;
6am-2pm Mon-Sat, plus 4-8pm Wed-Sat; )
The gut-busting lunch buffet is downhome deli-
cious. It includes fried fish and chicken, sweet potatoes, mac 'n' cheese, green beans, and
vinegary pulled pork. Hours vary by season. Your best bet on Murrells Inlet's 'restaurant
row.' Worth the drive.
Duffy Street Seafood Shack
SEAFOOD$$$
(
www.duffyst.com
;
202 Main St; mains $10-23; noon-10pm)
This place has a divey, peanut-
shells-on-the-floor ambience and a raw bar 'happy hour' with 35ยข shrimp.
Entertainment
Fat Harold's Beach Club
DANCE
(
www.fatharolds.com
;
212 Main St; from 4pm Mon & Tue, from 11am Wed-Sun)
Folks groove to
doo-wop and old-time rock and roll at this North Myrtle institution, which calls itself
'Home of the Shag.' The dance, that is. Free shag lessons are offered at 7pm every Tues-
day.
Information
Visitor Center
( 800-356-3016, 843-626-7444;
www.myrtlebeachinfo.com
; 1200 N Oak St;
8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
Has loads of maps and brochures.
Getting There & Around
The traffic coming and going on Hwy 17 Business/Kings Hwy can be infuriating. To
avoid 'the Strand' altogether, stay on the Hwy 17 bypass, or take Hwy 31/Carolina Bays
Pkwy, which parallels Hwy 17 between Hwy 501 and Hwy 9.
Myrtle Beach International Airport
(MYR; 843-448-1589;
www.flymyrtlebeach.com
;
1100 Jetport Rd)
is located within the city limits, as is the
Greyhound
(
843-448-2472;
511 7th Ave N)
station.
