Dirty Don’s Oyster Bar opens a third Grand Strand location and first outside Myrtle Beach
Dirty Don’s Oyster Bar & Grill has expanded out of Myrtle Beach and opened a third Grand Strand location in North Myrtle Beach.
It just took a little longer than expected.
The restaurant held a soft opening on July 4 and grand opening celebration on July 9 in a stand-alone building within the New Shops on Main development in North Myrtle Beach.
Co-owner Don Cauthen hoped to open in the spring prior to what he anticipated would be a busy summer tourism season, but he delayed the opening because of the coronavirus.
“We decided the best thing to do was to do the best we could and open the doors,” said Cauthen, a who owns the three restaurants with his son, Tanner. “Opening under reduced occupancy and with the fear of the virus out there, it certainly was not helpful but we are in this for the long run.”
The original Dirty Don’s Oyster Bar & Grill on 21st Ave. North has been open since 1991 and a second location on the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk was added 10 years ago.
“North Myrtle Beach’s Main street area is a great place for us to expand and grow the brand, and the Shops on Main is a top notch development,” Cauthen said. “. . . I’ve been looking at North Myrtle Beach for the past couple years. I told him I wanted a free standing building at least twice as big as the one on 21st because we’re booming there. North Myrtle Beach has blasted off in the past five or six years with all the shopping centers.”
The Dirty Don’s menu includes oysters prepared a number of ways, other seafood served a number of ways including in boils, Cajun grilled and fried, salads, burgers, soups and appetizers.
This story was originally published July 14, 2020 at 3:16 PM.
