This new column is featured twice each month in the Saturday Coasting section of the Myrtle Beach Sun News. With daily readership of over 86,000, the Sun News, a Knight-Ridder paper, serves Horry, Georgetown, and Brunswick counties.

Caroline Wright is a freelance writer and frequent Sun-News contributor; she has enjoyed fine dining experiences as a resident of New York, Paris, and Hawai`i. Her husband, Matt Campbell, grew up in Myrtle Beach and is an enthusiastic gourmet who makes the best biscuits on the planet.

Reviews:

RIVERTOWN BISTRO, Conway, SC, October 7, 2000
Food: ***1/2; Atmosphere: **1/2; Service: **1/2
CHESTNUT HILL, North Myrtle Beach, SC, October 21, 2000
Food: **1/2; Atmosphere: **1/2; Service: **1/2
SUGAR SHACK, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, November 4, 2000
Food: **; Atmosphere: **; Service: ***
THE RICE PADDY, Georgetown, SC, November 18, 2000
Food: ***; Atmosphere: ***; Service: **1/2
NANCE'S CREEK FRONT RESTAURANT, Murrells Inlet, SC, December 2, 2000
Food: see summary; Atmosphere: ***; Service: **1/2
GIOVANNI'S: A TOUCH OF ITALY, Myrtle Beach, SC, December 16, 2000
Food: ***1/2; Atmosphere: ***1/2; Service: ***1/2
BIG D'S BBQ BARN, Myrtle Beach, SC, December 30, 2000
Food: ***; Atmosphere: **; Service: **
THE PHARMACY, Southport, NC, January 13, 2001
Food: ****; Atmosphere: **; Service: ***
410 MAIN CAFÉ & CATERING, Conway, SC, January 27, 2001
Food: **1/2; Atmosphere: **1/2; Service: **
MARSHALL & CHUBBS ALE HOUSE & RAW BAR, Garden City, SC, February 10, 2001
Food: **1/2; Atmosphere: **; Service: *1/2
VILLA KATRINA'S UNDERGROUND CANTINA, Myrtle Beach, SC, February 24, 2001
Food: ***; Atmosphere: ***; Service: *1/2
VITTORIA'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, Loris, SC, March 10, 2001
Food: ***; Atmosphere: **; Service: **1/2
THE PARSON'S TABLE, Little River, SC, March 24, 2001
Food: ***; Atmosphere: ***1/2; Service: ****
HANA'S RESTAURANT FINE FOOD & SUSHI, Murrells Inlet, SC, April 7, 2001
Food: ***; Atmosphere: ***1/2; Service: ***
THE INDIA PALACE, Myrtle Beach, SC, April 21, 2001
Food: ***; Atmosphere: *1/2; Service: **
RADD DEW'S BAR-B-QUE PIT, Conway, SC, May 5, 2001
Food: ***1/2; Atmosphere: ***1/2; Service: see review