Best Breakfasts Launch Great Days
By Becky Billingsley
Whether your day in the Myrtle Beach area involves playing golf, working in an office, lazing on beach or bargain hunting, starting that day with a delicious breakfast will make whatever you're doing happier and more productive. These spots serve superb breakfasts.
Akel's Family Restaurant - 6429 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, 843-449-4815.
If you like lots of choices, you'll love the Akel's breakfast menu. Pancake varieties include Hawaiian, Banana Nut, Peach Flip and Chocolate Chip; omelets run from vegetarian to sausage; Pecan Waffles are a southern fave; they have good old country ham and eggs, Pigs in Blankets, Breakfast Quesadillas, and Southern sides such as liver pudding, sausage gravy, sliced tomatoes and grits.
Bello Cibo - 115 Willbrook Blvd. in the Litchfield Market Village Square Plaza, Pawleys Island, 843-237-4333.
Morning choices include breakfast sandwiches, bagels, toast and buttered Kaiser rolls. Those breakfast sandwiches can be filled with eggs, bacon, ham and a variety of cheeses. Combination suggestions are in the menu, but customers can have their food exactly the way they like it: mixing and matching is allowed and encouraged.
Coastal Café - 1300 S.C. 544, 843-234-4622.
For breakfast there are three-egg omelets, and pancake choices include Pigs in a Blanket, Banana Nut Stack, Blue or Straw Berry Stack, a Chocolate Lover’s Stack, a Short Stack and a Big Ole Stack. Belgian Waffles and French Toast are also available. Light eaters can opt for one egg and toast, or the Fresh Start with a cup of fruit, cottage cheese and wheat toast. Other choices include Corned beef Hash and Eggs, and the Coastal Special with two eggs, meat (one choice is pork roll), home fries or grits and toast. (Insider tip: Go for the Marble Rye toast. It comes fresh from a local bakery.) Four breakfast sandwich choices are Uncle Wes’s Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese; Steak ‘n’ Egg; Classic Fried Egg; and Kaysie’s Veggie and Egg with bell peppers, onions, jalapenos and tomatoes. A new offering from 7 a.m. to noon Saturdays and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays is a $7 breakfast buffet.
The Cypress Room - in Island Vista Resort, 6000 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, 888-733-7581
The décor is stunning with its honeyed woods, wrought iron, tapestry fabrics and embossed linens. The long dining room overlooks a beckoning porch with rocking chairs, a lush lawn, dunes topped with sea oats and the ocean. Breakfast standards are here, and a specialty of the house is Sweet Potato Pancakes with Maple Pecan Butter.
Damon's Grill - 2985 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, 843-626-8000
You can enjoy a morning stroll on the beach before choosing items from a breakfast buffet that is served seven days a week starting at 7 a.m. Add a Mimosa or Bloody Mary to the scene, and you have the start of a tranquil day. That breakfast buffet includes an egg station where you can order a custom-designed omelet.
Kudzu Bakery - 120 King Street, Georgetown, 843-546-1847; 221 Willbrook Boulevard, Pawleys Island, 843-235-8560
Breakfast pastries are sold, but you can also get a sandwich on freshly baked bread. Even better, you can buy a whole loaf of bread.
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Lulu's Café - 1903 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, 843-712-1890
For breakfast I there is Oatmeal Brulee for, which is oatmeal with a burnt sugar crust. Horry County Benedict is thick bologna slices, poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce on toast. Several versions of Eggs Benedict are offered, including the Charleston Benedict for $9 that's topped with a crab cake. Breakfast sandwiches can come on white, wheat or rye toast, like the BLT with thick slices of hickory smoked bacon. Many egg plate combos are listed, including two eggs with beef tenderloin, toast and grits for $6. Biscuits and gravy is $3.50, a bagel with salmon and cream cheese is $7, and beef filet and an egg on a bagel is $4.50. There are three-egg scrambles with lots of mix-ins (comes with grits, $6-$9) like the Green Eggs and Ham with pesto, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella; the Philly Cheese Steak with filet, cheese, peppers and onions; or the Down Home with country ham and collard greens. You can have plain waffles or Chicken and Waffles, which is highly seasoned fried chicken breast meat tenders on waffles. Pancake choices include Chocoholic and Chunky Monkey (pecans and bananas). Lulu's French Toast is thick-sliced brioche coated with cobbler batter and topped with fruit and whipped cream; and the Banana Nut French Toast where instead of brioche they use banana nut bread.
Murray's Savory & Sweets - 2954 Howard Ave., Myrtle Beach, 843-839-0836
Chef Brothers Murray and Mike Stahler bake terrific pastries if you're in the mood for a sweet breakfast, but they also make their own delicious and healthy granola and other gourmet treats that can be enjoyed with coffee, cappuccino, espresso and other coffee drinks.
Pawleys Island Bakery - 10517 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island, 843-237-3100, PawleysIslandBakery.com
Apple fritter or house-made donut anyone? Or perhaps you're a cinnamon roll lover.
PierHouse Restaurant - Ocean Boulevard at Second Avenue South, Myrtle Beach, 843-445-7437
PierHouse Restaurant is on the elevated first floor of Second Ave. Pier and has a terrific ocean view. For breakfast they have Boardwalk Biscuits & Gravy, Socastee Shrimp and Grits, Tabor City Toast (bananas and peanut butter are involved), omelets, egg plates and more.
Sea Captain’s House - 3002 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, 843-448-8082
This former beach house, then boarding house, is a Myrtle Beach landmark. They’re known for seafood, so for breakfast you can have the Seafarer’s Omelet with lump crab meat; Brie and Bacon Omelet; Crab Cakes Benedict; and Pecan Waffles. Others enjoy the breakfast buffet with an omelet station, grits, fruits, a variety of meats, potatoes, biscuits and much more. The oceanfront location can make you believe you’re on vacation, even if you're a local who has to go to work after the meal.
Thomas Café - 703 Front St., Georgetown, 843-546-7776.
Pull up to the table or counter in this delightful small town diner and enjoy Lowcountry Creole Omelet with three Eggs, Shrimp, Crab meat, Cheddar Cheese & Creole Sauce.
Toffino’s Italian Bakery & Deli - 550 Farrow Parkway, Myrtle Beach, 843-477-1598, Toffinos.com
The Bear Claws are divine, along with many other breakfast-worthy pastries.
The Trestle Bakery - Two Main Street locations, just a block or so apart –308 and 322 Main Street, Conway, 843-488-2069, TrestleBakery.com
This is another good apple fritter and donut spot, and they also have scones and sticky buns. You can also sit down and tuck into French Toast made with house-baked sourdough or enjoy an egg plate with all the trimmings.
Waterscapes - in the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes, 8121 Amalfi Place, Myrtle Beach, 843-913-2845
Executive Chef James Clark offers breakfasts made from fresh, local and organic sources. This means eggs are from local Hughey Farms, and they can be accompanied by country ham, applewood smoked bacon or sausage gravy and biscuits, or they can be whipped into a Shrimp and Crab Omelet with scallions and roasted red pepper coulis. WaterScapes also offers French Toast stuffed with vanilla bean cream cheese and topped with berry compote; Bananas Foster French Toast; Smoked Scottish Salmon on a bagel with cream cheese, red onion, tomato, cucumber and capers; or an assortment of freshly baked breads and pastries.
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