Monday recap: New restaurants, and closings, in Myrtle Beach area. What to know
The Myrtle Beach area saw a flurry of restaurant news last week, from new openings to a lightning strike that temporarily closed another. Myrtle Beach also lost a longtime dining spot.
Here’s a quick rundown of the stories making headlines along the Grand Strand.
- Ole Smoky Distillery and Yee-Haw Brewing Co. opened their first joint location outside Tennessee at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, featuring a 40,000-square-foot space with a distillery, restaurant, beer garden and tasting room.
- Leone’s Italian Ristorante at 330 Main Street in downtown Conway was struck by lightning during a night storm June 13, damaging the air conditioning unit and forcing closures Tuesday and Wednesday. No one was injured. The restaurant reopened on June 18.
- Wingstop, the Texas-based chicken wing chain with more than 2,500 locations worldwide, is opening a new location at Coastal Centre in Conway at 1610 Church Street. It will be the chain’s third spot in Horry County.
- The Original Painter’s Homemade Ice Cream, a 74-year-old North Myrtle Beach shop, has reopened under Dominic Anthony Munafo, known as “The Ice Cream King,” after his family re-acquired the business.
- Mr. Sub, the downtown Myrtle Beach sub shop with the iconic yellow roof, has permanently closed after more than 45 years in operation. Caribbean Flavaz, a family-owned Caribbean restaurant, has taken over the building.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
Terri Richardson
The Sun News