A downtown Myrtle Beach bakery is closing. What’s opening in its place?
A bakery and restaurant in the heart of Myrtle Beach’s Arts & Innovation District will close after opening less than a year ago.
Le Manna Bread bakery at 507 9th Ave North will close in late April 2025, just over a year after opening. The City of Myrtle Beach owns the building housing Le Manna Bread’s bakery, and the city council approved on first reading an ordinance to terminate the restaurant’s lease during its March 25, 2025 meeting.
A spokesperson for the City of Myrtle Beach said terminating the lease will take two readings to receive final approval. The next city council meeting will be April 8, 2025.
The bakery was supposed to be a fixture of the city’s new Arts & Innovation District, and it took three years before the eatery finally opened in March 2024. However, the business was for sale by June 2024. Bakery co-owner Frank Rodriguez’s declining health played a role in Le Manna opting to go on the market, his business partner Gus Pena told The Sun News in June 2024.
In a March 2025 interview, Pena said running the business alone proved unfeasible.
The spokesperson added that Le Manna will sell its fixtures, equipment, and other items for $125,000. The location won’t sit empty for long, though, as the nearby Winna’s Kitchen plans to open a new restaurant at Le Manna’s.
The city approved starting a new lease with Winna’s Kitchen on first reading at its March 25, 2025 council meeting. According to the meeting agenda, Winna’s will pay $2,875 a month in rent and other expenses.
Winna’s Kitchen owner Jess Sagun said the restaurant plans to open in May 2025 and will keep the same menu from its Main Street location. It will be open six days a week from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
She added that the second location will keep the bakery and is adding things to its menu, like pastries. The Arts & Innovation District location plans on serving dishes like a crispy chicken or shrimp Bánh Mì, a Vietnamese sandwich featuring pickled vegetables, cucumber, avocados, spicy mayo and Korean barbecue sauce on a baguette.
The eatery will feature a new greens and grits bowl, Cuban sandwiches and mocktails and adaptogenic drinks — a herbal alternative to alcohol.
Sagun said Winna’s decided to open a second location within a minute’s walk of its current restaurant at 819 Main Street in Myrtle Beach because it is undergoing a renovation that could take up to two years to complete.
“Our food, we say, is upscale comfort, with a twist of global,” Sagun said. “We’re calling it 2.0.”
