RipTydz Oceanfront Grille

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville formula lands on the Grand Strand oceanfront, cold LandShark on draft with the Atlantic in view, exactly as good as it sounds and not a bit more complicated.

This is where the band Alabama got its actual start, and the Bowery’s house band has been rocking the same rowdy honky-tonk since 1944, decades of Southern rock and cold beer in one dive that refuses to slow down.

Bummz works best when Myrtle Beach stops trying to be a resort and just remembers it is a beach town, cold beer and live music in season, no pretense required.

Live bands hit the oceanfront stage almost every summer night at Ocean Annie’s, the Grand Strand tradition that made the Avista Resort a destination on its own merit.

Three separate bars, Rooftop Terraza, Dockside, and Lanai Lookout, keep Big Chill running from brunch straight through an Intracoastal sunset at Barefoot Landing.