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Off To See The Mermaids ... and other stuff 6 comments
Well, Phase II of summer vacation starts today, and I'll be out of town for a good little while. I'll try to check things often enough to keep comment-spam to a minimum, and I've got some pictures for updates to various posts I may get around to uploading. I may possibly make a post or two, but realistically -- probably not! Feel free to chat amongst yourselves.
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Krispy Kreme, 2856 US-17 Business (Garden City): Spring 2008 (Moved) 6 comments
(7 Jan 2011):
11 April 2011:
This Krispy Kreme on US Highway 17 in Garden City had been there since forever (although it was obviously converted from a gas station at some time in the past). We used to badger our parents into stopping there from time to time growing up. It had the interesting distinction of being the only Krispy Kreme store I know of which didn't make its own doughnuts. Honestly, what is the Krispy Kreme concept without the Hot Doughnuts Now! sign? Not that they were stale, there are at least three stores up the road in Myrtle Beach that make hot ones and could supply this store on a same-day basis.
From the note, it appears that the whole "dead plaza" area around this store is to be re-developed, which w accounts for the Krispy Kreme and the auto-parts store both losing their leases. I suppose you could say re-development started a few years ago with the new Walgreens in the same block.
I was a bit surprised to see that the new Krispy Kreme location (a few blocks North, still on US-17) still doesn't make its own doughnuts.
UPDATE 3 September 2012: Added pix from 7 January 2011.
UPDATE 26 Jan 2013: Add pix from 11 April 2011.
UPDATE 4 April 2012 -- The place is now open, completely remodeled, as a Verizon store:
Also, the first new Krispy Kreme location mentioned above (north of here on the west side of the road) has now moved across the street to the east side of US-17 and *does* now make its own doughnuts, with the requisite Hot Doughnuts Now sign.
UPDATE 13 March 2025: Updating tags, putting real street address in post title and adding map icon.
The Seashell Restaurant, Folly Beach: Fall 2007 4 comments
Well, I'm back in town after a nice little break for Summer Vacation Phase I (Phase II upcoming in July...). I know it's completely out of the area, and I can't even make the excuse that it's a "Grand Strand" closing, but this place in Folly Beach caught my eye while I was down there. I've eaten a number of places in Folly, but never here since I'm not a seafood fan. Nonetheless, I really like the deck decor, the purple flowers in the hedges and the pink flamingos around the borders. Judging from some flyers sitting on a table inside, I'm guessing they threw in the towel around October of 2007. Certainly they were open during Spoleto season last year.