The Myrtle Beach Blog

December 26, 2012 | Let the Food Dude be your captain for this culinary cruise around the world, or at least the Grand Strand. We're going international, featuring cuisine from all over the globe that's served here in the Myrtle Beach area. Our first port of call …

December 19, 2012 | Forget what the Mayan calendar says about the end of time. The Myrtle calendar says it's time to dine. According to conspiracy theorists who put their faith in an ancient culture that couldn't foresee the end of its own civilization, much less t …

December 12, 2012 | More and more visitors are turning their Christmas shopping chores into a Myrtle Beach vacation, mixing the business of marking off their shopping lists with the pleasure of a Grand Strand getaway. It makes sense; there are more malls and outlet stores …

December 6, 2012 | What better place to begin our international food cruise around the Grand Strand than the Atlantic Ocean, which, if you think about it, is really just one big all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. Of course, the Myrtle Beach area has plenty of seafood buffet …

November 14, 2012 | Baby, it's cold outside, but that doesn't mean you can't warm your body and soul inside and out with a nice meal by the fire at a Grand Strand restaurant. Myrtle Beach may be primarily a summer vacation destination, but there's still pl …

November 7, 2012 | It's the Food Dude's favorite holiday – Nov. 11. Veterans Day, you say? Well, that too, but it also happens to be the Food Dude's forty-somethingth birthday. And since I'm also a veteran, I figure it's an extra special day for …

November 2, 2012 | Soup is not exactly what the Food Dude considers a meal. When I'm hungry, a cup of soup is just enough to make me mad. But on a chilly day as a warm-up for a “real meal,” there's nothing like a hot and hearty bowl to nourish the sou …

October 25, 2012 | Halloween may be the strangest holiday we celebrate in the US. It's not so much a holiday as a home invasion. Kids in disguises go door to door holding home owners hostage for candy. Refuse to feed the spooks and you run the risk of waking up to a …

October 24, 2012 | Millions play golf in the Myrtle Beach area every year. Those who aspire to play some of the area's best courses can head south to the Strand's historic Southern shores to tee it up on the Waccamaw Golf Trail. Featuring a dozen Lowcountry layou …

October 17, 2012 | There are five seasons in Myrtle Beach – summer, spring, winter, fall and golf. You won't find the latter on an official calendar, but it's outside my window as we speak. The signs are mild temperatures, light winds, low humidity and a 10 …

October 10, 2012 | For those who live on the Grand Strand, you know the Taste of the Town is the best festival to sample some of the best food from the best restaurants in the Myrtle Beach area. For those who don't, allow the Food Dude to catch you up: About 7,000 hu …

October 3, 2012 | A romantic, candle-lit dinner, a delicious albeit expensive dish and bottle of wine on the table and the sounds of sweet, soft music … and a few screaming children turning the restaurant into a de facto day care center. Most of us have been on bo …