Shopping on the Grand Strand has four geographies — the urban village, the two entertainment complexes, and the beloved independents. This guide tours all of them.

The Market Common in Myrtle Beach, SC! Where’s is it? Location, Parking, Walking and Driving Tour.

Beachin with the Boones

Beachin' with the Boones give their fullest tour of the Market Common district: how to find it at the south end of Myrtle Beach by the airport, the free parking garage behind Nacho Hippo, and a walk down the main streets past the boutiques, restaurants, fountains and photo ops — plus the residential streets of porches and pastel houses that make the district feel like its own small town.

Key takeaways
  • Market Common sits at the south end of Ocean Boulevard, beside the airport
  • A free three-level parking garage anchors the district behind Nacho Hippo
  • The district mixes shops and restaurants with real residential streets

The Market Common in Myrtle Beach! Live, Shop, Dine, & Play All-in-one The Entertainment District.

Beachin with the Boones

A narrated overview of Market Common: 144 acres on Deville Street, less than two miles from the ocean, built as an urban village where you can shop, eat, play and live — boutiques and big-name retail, restaurants from Chinese to prime steak, a movie theater, bowling, billiards, an escape room, and residences from studios to two-bedroom suites above it all.

Key takeaways
  • The district covers 144 acres a short bike ride from the beach
  • Its pitch is 'big city shopping with small town charm'
  • Entertainment includes movies, bowling, billiards, a day spa and an escape room

BROADWAY AT THE BEACH TOUR | WHAT'S OPEN & NEW IN SEPTEMBER | MYRTLE BEACH, SC

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's slow September meander through Broadway at the Beach — a deliberate change of pace from their quick tours. They browse stores like the Retroactive shop, watch the line at Ripley's, dodge the helicopter tours overhead, and end in the Adirondack chairs facing the lake. A feel-for-the-place film more than a checklist.

Key takeaways
  • September visit: prime-season crowds still in evidence
  • Store-browsing pace — Retroactive and the specialty shops get real time
  • Helicopter tours over Broadway are part of the soundtrack

Market Common

Two Boones films cover the district: the full location-and-parking tour (free garage behind Nacho Hippo, boutiques, fountains, the pastel residential streets) and the narrated overview — 144 acres where you can live, shop, dine and play, movies and bowling included.

Broadway and Barefoot

Broadway at the Beach gets a slow September browse — Retroactive and the specialty shops at store level, ending in the Adirondack chairs facing the lake. Barefoot Landing gets two full tours; the Christmas Mouse, two stories of year-round Christmas, opens one of them.

BAREFOOT LANDING NORTH MYRTLE BEACH FULL TOUR! FIND OUT WHAT'S NEW!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's complete Barefoot Landing tour, from one of their favorite shops anywhere: the Christmas Mouse, a huge two-story year-round Christmas store. The film works the full complex — retail, restaurants and the waterfront — with the what's-new notes their regulars watch for.

Key takeaways
  • The Christmas Mouse: two stories of year-round Christmas
  • Full-complex tour, retail and waterfront alike
  • A returning-visitor's what's-new checklist

What's NEW at Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach! Full Tour!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's newest full tour of Barefoot Landing, just over the line in North Myrtle Beach: a ton of shops, a lot of entertainment and a lot of restaurants around the lake and the Intracoastal side. It's their current-state record of the complex, development news included, posted as their latest what's-new walk.

Key takeaways
  • The latest full tour — Barefoot's current state, changes included
  • Shops, restaurants and entertainment around the water
  • North Myrtle Beach, minutes north of Myrtle Beach proper

BOULINEAU'S Grocery, #1 GIFT SHOP, lighthouse & MORE in North Myrtle Beach /Cherry Grove Since 1948!

Beachin with the Boones

A full tour of Boulineau's, the Cherry Grove institution since 1948 — grocery store, gift shop, hot-food bars and more under one roof. The Boones work the aisles: buffet and salad bars, the beach-goods floors, the lighthouse out front. If Cherry Grove has a town square, this is it; the hosts call it one of the best grocery stores in South Carolina.

Key takeaways
  • Boulineau's has served Cherry Grove since 1948
  • Grocery, hot-food and salad bars, gift shop and beach supplies in one stop
  • The 2026 tour — the store as it stands now

The independents

Boulineau's in Cherry Grove — grocery, gift shop and hot-food bars, a landmark since 1948 — gets the full aisle-by-aisle treatment. The Gay Dolphin Gift Cove, on the Boardwalk since 1946, leads a six-attractions-worth-the-hype shortlist (grab bags are the insider buy). Calabash's shop-and-restaurant row closes it as the day-trip tier.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page.

Watch: Myrtle Beach Shopping Guide, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Myrtle Beach Boardwalk: Are These 6 Attractions Worth the Hype?

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's 2026 shortlist: the six Boardwalk attractions actually worth the hype, for visitors with one day. The Gay Dolphin Gift Cove leads it — a landmark since 1946, multiple stories of everything from glass dolphins to an Elvis bust, big enough to get lost in, with grab bags as the insider buy.

Key takeaways
  • Six must-dos distilled for a one-day visit
  • #1: Gay Dolphin Gift Cove, a Boardwalk landmark since 1946
  • Insider tip from the film: look for the Gay Dolphin's grab bags

The Not So Hidden Town Of Calabash NC | Shops & Restaurants | Grilled Pound Cake?

Hitch Hiking Yeti

The Hitch Hiking Yeti spends a day in Calabash, the small Brunswick County, North Carolina town whose name became a style of fried seafood. He walks the waterfront restaurant row, eats Calabash-style plates and browses the shops, showing why the little town draws crowds far out of proportion to its size.

Key takeaways
  • ["Calabash-style seafood is the town's claim to fame","The restaurant row sits along the Calabash River waterfront","Shops and gift stores cluster with the restaurants in the small downtown"]

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