Hi, friends + to all you new subscribers!! Welcome!
Our newsletter this week has a lot of fantastic local recommendations including monthly wine lunches at SeaBlue you need to know about, Happy Hour bites at 1229 Shine Avenue, and upcoming events to add to your social calendar.
Here’s the Grand Strand List week with all the food, wine, and music things you can do this weekend + summer.
Cheers 🥂
Get on the Wine Lunch List
What: Wine Lunches at SeaBlue Restaurant & Wine Bar
Why: Foodie friends, a wine lunch might be better than a wine dinner.
The menu: Chef Ken evolves the culinary experience as epically as a Kendrick/Drake rap battle…every move is calculated and executed to the highest level. The kitchen team uses the classic push/pull of textures, flavors, fats, acids and mouthfeel to make for an experience that will leave you completely satiated. Each of the four courses is thoughtfully paired with a wine.
Be prepared: The only thing that will snap you out of your blissful wine/food cocoon will be the reality that you need to block off the date for the next wine lunch – already looking for your next culinary fix. – It. Is. That. Good.
Where: SeaBlue Restaurant & Wine Bar, 501 Hwy. 17 North, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
When: Monthly from 12pm - 2ish. Dates planned for 2024 include -
June 22
July 20
August 17
September 21
October 19
November 16
December 14
How to sign up: Call SeaBlue at (843) 249-8800 and ask to get added to the wine lunch list (also read this newsletter, because we’ll share them here.)
Read more / save for later: Epic SeaBlue Wine Lunch with Flowers Wines
Head to Shine for Seafood Snacks + Cocktails
What: 1229 Shine has the vibe of a brewery with a menu crafted for a seafood-loving foodie.
Why: Because you’re looking for a place to chill with cool cocktails and snack on seafood appetizers. You can bring your kids and let them run around outside while you sip + snack on the porch.
Cocktails to try: If you like a slightly sweet drink, the Blackberry Mule on the happy hour menu is a delightful gingery concoction mixed with berries. Craft beers pair well with the food. The jalapeño margarita is refreshing, not too sweet, and also not too spicy.
Make a dinner out of apps: oysters, coconut shrimp, mini tuna tacos, tuna crudo, grouper bites. Everything is outstanding. The Happy Hour menu features $1 house oysters + many of their most popular appetizers nearly half-price making this a spot worth heading to early. Also noteworthy: the kids’ chicken finger meal which was so fantastic, you may want to order it.
Go: Shine is located on the outskirts of The Market Common shopping center is a fantastic spot to meet friends for happy hour. 📍1229 Shine Avenue, Myrtle Beach, SC, 29577
Read more / save for later / watch the video: Sips + Seafood Snacks at 1229 Shine
📆 Upcoming Food, wine & music events
This Weekend
🍷 Wine Tasting / Caymus California Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Quilt Cabernet Sauvignon, Elouan Pinot Noir, Belle Glos Blanc de Noir Rose Sonoma County, Belle Glos Pinot Noir Clark & Telephone, Emmolo Sauvignon Blanc at Wine Therapy in North Myrtle Beach / Thursday
🎶 Music / Groovin’ on the Green in Conway / Friday
🏃♂️Ed’s Hurricane Hustle & Expo & 5K at CCU / Saturday
🎶 Music / Dave Matthews Tribute Band at the Boathouse / Sunday
🍴Brunch / Blues Brunch at Eat Drink Celebrate in the Hammock Shops (check out our review of brunch at Eat Drink Celebrate) / Sunday
Make your plans
Music on Main in North Myrtle Beach on Thursdays from 7 - 9 p.m. beginning June 6th until September 26
Go on a naturalist-guided kayak tour through North Inlet Paddle by Reserve and Surf the Earth through of North Inlet estuary, meet at Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center (details + ticket info)
Summer Lights Art by Night at Brookgreen Gardens with gorgeous light installations throughout the gardens, food, drinks, and live music kicks on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer, beginning June 5th
Butter + Whisk Culinary Experience: Picnic Perfect on June 26
Beach Boys with John Stamos at the Alabama Theater on June 20
Summer Camps
If you still don’t have a plan for your kids… here are some summer camps with availability!
YMCA Surf Camps at Myrtle Beach State Park
Other YMCA Camps in Georgetown, Pawleys, downtown Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest + Conway (at CCU!)
Read the comprehensive Moms of Myrtle Summer Camp Guide for 70+ options
The Grand Strand List by the Good Taste Guide is a weekly newsletter for Grand Strand locals with recommendations for your weekend: events, restaurants, wine, music, & Lowcountry living 🥂
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Weekend List: Wine lunches at SeaBlue + 10 upcoming food, wine & music events