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Grand StrandTuesday, November 3

Chef JK King earns a second Michelin nod, and nearly 800 homes are planned in Carolina Forest

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If you've eaten at O.A.K. Prime on River Oaks Drive, you know the steaks. Now Michelin does too: Chef Jerrett King says the restaurant earned a Recommended designation in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide American South, announced at a Nashville ceremony on Wed., Oct. 21.

“And to be the only restaurant of over 2,000 establishments along the Grand Strand was mind-blowing.”

Chef Jerrett King

1Grand Strand restaurant honored in the 2026 Michelin Guide

O.A.K. Prime was the only Myrtle Beach-area restaurant recognized, among 28 recommendations from South Carolina.

Sources: Post and Courier, myhorrynews.com

King, a former Myrtle Beach-area basketball star, became a father at 15 and first worked in restaurants to pay bills. He worked his way from Dirty Don's Oyster Bar to Fire & Smoke.

King's restaurant has earned a Michelin recommendation two years running

  1. 2022King begins co-owning O.A.K. Prime on River Oaks Drive.
  2. 2025O.A.K. Prime earns its first Michelin recommendation.
  3. Oct. 21O.A.K. Prime is recommended again in the 2026 guide.

Sources: Post and Courier, myhorrynews.com

Meanwhile in Carolina Forest, nearly 800 homes are planned for a new subdivision.

  • Site: 472 acres along Middle Ridge Avenue
  • Homes: up to 394 single-family, 392 multifamily
  • Planning Commission recommendation: Nov. 5 meeting
  • Offered: 5 acres, $5,800 per home, a walking trail

Sources: myhorrynews.com, Post and Courier

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