You never know what the beach will throw at you – I’m always pretty lucky at ferreting out these little gems. Let me tell you about Duffy Street. Now the place looks like some giant casually tossed a handful of driftwood in a pile – this particular pile is on the corner of Duffy Street and Sea Mountain Parkway in Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach. (just a couple of blocks from the beach) The structure rambles both horizontally and vertically – all in a very haphazard and lazy manner. Charm? It does not get any better. However, if you are put off a bit by mess – do not come here. You must wade through about 1.5 feet of accumulated peanut shells; do not wear anything nice; do come with an appetite! The menu is mostly raw, steamed, fried or broiled seafood; fresh fish of the day is usually blackened. A good variety of interesting appetizers, including fish bites, calamari, little necks (steamed or raw), pig skinned shrimp, fried green tomatoes, and great crab cakes just to mention a few. Condiments at the table are stuffed in empty Corona six-pack containers. They dump a heaping platter of fresh roasted in-shell peanuts for you to nibble on while you contemplate what to order. Two of us had the ribs (very tender with a nice cherry glaze – these two folks were pretty well done with seafood by the end of the week); I had the Duffy Street Steam Pot (oysters, clams, shrimps with Old Bay seasoning, crab legs, baked potato, cornbread etc.). It was fantastic and everything perfectly done; the other had the fish corn and crab bisque and snow crab – the bisque was great. Many sides to select and the Key Lime Pie finish was spot on. If you every get near this part of the world – you have to try Duffy Street as a wonderful departure from the more popular Myrtle Beach scene – it is a local favorite and once you go – you will want to come back for sure. ‘Give ‘em a Google and check it out!
Cheers!
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