Live roaches and expired food: the latest worst Myrtle Beach area restaurant inspections
The latest round of restaurant inspections by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, found foods past their discard dates, live roaches, employees with unwashed hands and more.
In general, SCDA gives restaurants scoring between 88 and 100 points A grades, restaurants scoring 78-87 points B grades and restaurants scoring 77 points or fewer C grades.
However, the department sometimes lowers grades for restaurants that have consecutive violations, are under enforcement action or are under pending enforcement actions, including imminent health hazards, permit suspensions or permit revocations.
Of the 213 restaurant inspections conducted in Horry and Georgetown County between April 9 and April 23, SCDA gave six restaurants B grades and one restaurant a C grade. However, only three of those establishments actually scored below 88 points. Here’s what inspectors found.
Ocean Creek Beach Club Bar and Grill
10600 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach SC 29572
Score: 79
At a routine inspection of Beach Club Bar and Grill at Ocean Creek Resort on April 23, the inspector observed raw chicken thawing in water on a prep surface with an open bag of flour tortillas, an employee who didn’t wash their hands between tasks and no sanitizer in the dish washer or cleaning buckets.
The inspection report also notes single-use items were stored upright and exposed to potential contamination, there were no paper towels at the kitchen sink and the service window didn’t close automatically, which SCDA considers a risk for pests. A follow-up inspection is to be conducted by May 3.
1040 Highway 905, Conway, SC 29526
Score: 81
At an April 14 routine inspection of Sureway Grocery, there was a roach crawling in the cabinets and residential RAID was the only insect control spray in the facility.
Other violations included foods like barbeque and sliced bologna without dates marked for safe consumption, ready-to-eat foods like chicken sandwiches and steak biscuits held at insufficiently warm temperatures, and no sanitizer test strips for the dish washer.
The report also notes that the restaurant was under construction but did not notify SCDA. The facility had shelving and floor materials that can’t be adequately cleaned, as well as holes and cracks in the walls. A follow-up inspection was required by April 25, but no report is publicly available yet.
3218 Waccamaw Blvd., Unit B, Myrtle Beach SC 29579
Score: 84
A routine inspection of Pub International on April 21 found several violations, including foods like chicken bog and bacon jam past their discard dates, foods like cheese and raw chicken stored at insufficiently cold temperatures, no certified food protection manager and frozen tuna thawed in vacuum-sealed packaging, which is a risk for botulism.
The inspector also observed chemicals and foods stored in unlabeled containers, food debris and ice build-up in freezers, cups without handles used to scoop food and to-go containers stored upright, exposed to potential contamination.
A follow-up inspection is to be conducted on or before May 1.
This story was originally published April 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM.