The adjacent shopping center has Friedman's Jewelers, Cato's, and a discount clothing store, with a card store, bagel restaurant, Dairy Queen, Subway, GNC, and dollar shops to come. Inlet Square Mall has recently added Cellular One, PretzelMaker, and Hibbett Sports stores to their center. Outlet Park Mall at Wacammaw has gone smoke-free, joining the other area malls, and area beach shops are now required to shelve sexually explicit merchandise in separate areas of their stores, out of sight of children, or face a fine. A shopping center, the Village at Carolina Forest, is already being planned for the large suburban Carolina Forest development west of the Intracoastal, and will feature a grocery store and other businesses. A couple of large 24 hour nightclubs featuring fine dining and video gambling have opened.
Entrees are available at dinner.
Yet another theme restaurant is coming to the beach. Easyriders Cafe, based on the motorcycle magazine of the same name, will be opening at Broadway at the Beach in the spring of 1997. There will be a microbrewery contained in the complex, along with a motorcycle museum and possibly a repair shop. The menu will feature good old red meat, and plenty of souvenirs will be available for purchase. Coming soon, a detailed rundown of the upcoming Vivace arts festival October 18 - 27.