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| The building attached to this clock tower houses the Georgetown Rice Museum. It used to be a slave market. |
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Georgetown was settled in the 1700s, and its port was a hub of activity during the Revolutionary War. The area was extremely prosperous from rice plantations before the Civil War.
Today Georgetown has one of the most beautiful and preserved historic districts in the Grand Strand. If it isn’t your main destination, Georgetown is certainly worth a side trip.
You can learn more about the area at www.visitgeorgetowncountysc.com.
Goat Island Grill
719 Front St.
Georgetown
527-3500
Goat Island Grill has free Wi-Fi access and an outside deck overlooking the Sampit River. Executive chef Thomas Sullivan offers Lowcountry fare such as Crab and Shrimp Bisque, Shrimp and Grits and Pecan Crusted Grouper.
The Humble Crumb
2521 Highmarket Street
Georgetown
546-7090
www.TheHumbleCrumb.com
The food at this family-owned business is all homemade and natural – they even make the pizza crust and breads daily. They also grind their own sirloin to make the ground beef. While you dine on Artisan Pizzas, Beef or Veggie Lasagna, Garlic Cheese Bread or Shrimp Scampi, you can enjoy locals’ artwork. They’re closed Sundays and Mondays.
Kudzu Bakery
120 King St.
Georgetown
546-1847
It has been about 10 years since Kudzu Bakery in Georgetown relocated from Front Street to its present location on King Street in a renovated turn-of-the-century horse stable. In that time owners Joey and Stacy Rabon turned the upstairs loft into a cooking classroom, opened a mercantile next door, set up an outdoor dining courtyard and opened a second location called Kudzu at the Beach in Litchfield. But the bakery is still famous for its incredible cakes, pies, pastries and cookies, plus grab-and-go sandwiches, cheeses, wines, condiments, dips and gourmet vacuum-packed dinner ingredients like bacon-wrapped quail and Southern barbecue.
Lands End Restaurant
444 Marina Drive
Georgetown
527-1376
A Sunday brunch buffet is from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the regular lunch and dinner menus feature a wide variety of food including Bronzed Grouper Medallions, Creek Shrimp and Gravy over a bowl of yellow grits, London Broil Salad, Crab Pie, Prime Rib and Grouper Sandwich. The roomy restaurant has a spectacular view of Winyah Bay.
La Rocca
713 Front St.
Georgetown
545-7777
http://www.larocca-restaurant.com/
La Rocca Authentic Italian Cuisine serves Italian dishes and a few Lowcountry recipes.
Lunchtime choices include Italian specialties, burgers, Tuna Melt, Shrimp Po-Boy, Fried Green Tomato BLT, Philly Cheese Steak and a Sausage Hero with grilled peppers and onions. There’s also a Wrap of the Day, and Charles says their Charleston She-Crab Soup is incredible. The dinner menu offers many more dishes, from Calamari Fritti, Grouper Fingers and Stuffed Mushrooms, to Fresh Tomatoes with Mozzarella, Penne Pasta ala Vodka, Vitello Scaloppini Marsala and Herb-crusted Grouper. Cathy Lalomia’s cheesecake is divine, and they have Key Lime Pie, Tiramisu and a daily dessert special. There’s a shaded outdoor dining area overlooking the Sampit River.
Rice Paddy Restaurant
732 Front St.
Georgetown
546-2021
The location inside an old bank exudes Southern charm and hospitable gentility. Be sure to check out the former bank vault that’s now a wine cellar. Gourmet Southern cuisine is on the menu; the lump crab cakes, and specials like shrimp and grits, are outrageously delicious. While the meals are upscale, about any manner of dress would work here except for T-shirts and flip-flops.
River Room
801 Front St.
Georgetown
527-4110
www.riverroomgeorgetown.com
The specialty is Shrimp and Grits with tasso ham and Andouille sausage; a bonus is a fresh-baked fluffy biscuit hidden under the grits. The Herb-crusted Grouper, McClellanville Crab Cakes and Pecan Chicken Salad are all delicious. The building is historic, the ambiance cozy and warm and there’s a great view of the Sampit River.
Southside Bistro
1730 S. Fraser Street
Maryville section of Georgetown
546-2890
Lunchtime diners enjoy sandwiches like Shrimp or Scallop Po' Boys, the Bistro Burger with ketchup and chipotle mayonnaise, wraps such as Tarragon Chicken or Crab and Shrimp, and salads like the Southside Spinach and Tempura Battered Chicken. There's also a Sunday Brunch with choices such as Eggs Benedict, Sausage and Ham Egg Bake, Shrimp and Crabmeat Egg Bake, Shrimp and Grits and Create-Your-Own Omelets. The Bistro French Toast features thick bread slices soaked in cream, vanilla and Chambord liqueur before being browned and then garnished with fresh blueberries. Dinner entrees include Steamed Littleneck Clams, Peel-Your-Own Shrimp, Crab Cakes, Filet Mignon topped with crabmeat sauce, Southside Scampi, House Jambalaya and Blackened Shrimp and Scallops over pasta in white wine sauce, while dessert choices are Fudge Brownie a la mode, Key Lime Pie and Cheesecake.
Thomas Café
Front Street beside the clock tower
Georgetown
546-7776
Breakfast and lunch are all that’s served here, and they do them well. For breakfast we recommend the hoe cakes, and at lunch pay attention to the daily specials. It’s a meat-and-three diner like you’ve never had before.
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