MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WBTW) — A second-story fish joint in Murrells Inlet has ground-level costs with a high story style.
“We’re actually lucky to reside in somewhat slice of paradise that’s such a small neighborhood,” says Andy Shaw, proprietor of Russell’s Seafood Grill. “Murrells Inlet’s our model. We prefer it laid again and type of low key and be capable of go to the seaside.”
Russell’s Seafood Grill is a spot the place the locals have been dwelling it up for practically 30 years.
Similar to Murrells Inlet is Shaw’s model, it appears Murrells Inlet likes him too.
“We pleasure ourselves on serving the native fish and such,” Shaw mentioned. “So lots of people are available in right here to get that actually high quality fish all 12 months lengthy. We’re lucky sufficient to be open all 12 months. So we now have an excellent native base and a number of vacationers that come again ever single 12 months and do get some new vacationers, as nicely.”
Russell’s opened in 1993, however the constructing itself began throughout the road on high of Nance’s. It was the upstairs bar/ready room, till it wasn’t.
“When Hurricane Hugo got here via it it mainly destroyed all the pieces down right here as all people is aware of,” Shaw mentioned. “This wasn’t actually harmed so that they mainly ended up taking it off the highest, placing it on the bottom and utilizing it for a short while, type of like a bar for Murrells Inlet as Russell at all times mentioned. He and his dad ultimately put this up on the pillars it’s on and ended up making a restaurant out of it and have been right here ever since.”
Immediately Russell’s is staying dry, and by that we imply it within the literal approach. Don’t fear — their bar is absolutely stocked. However right here, it’s all in regards to the fish.
“We get spoiled,” Shaw mentioned. “We purchase all our fish from Seven Seas proper right here on the Inlet so we get about as recent of a fish as you may get. It’s simply wonderful what number of species we now have and we undergo. Proper now we now have triggerfish and simply had hogfish which is one other well-liked native fish. We at all times have grouper from the realm.”
The enterprise itself is previous and rustic.
“We’re surrounded by reside oaks on the property,” Shaw mentioned, “and so they’ve been right here for a really very very long time. It’s type of what makes Russell’s the little tree home of Murrells Inlet. Everyone likes to name it. We love being that old skool model fish shack slash tree home.”
Russell’s Seafood Grill is on Enterprise 17 in Murrells Inlet.
