Goat Island Grill

Restaurant Waterfront Bar and Grill, Georgetown, SC

Myrtle Beach  Pawley's Island  Murrells Inlet Georgetown  Charlestown Lowcountry South Carolina

Offering Seafood , Steaks,  Pasta, Chicken, Low Country Cuisine

Fine Wines and Full bar in a beautiful waterfront family restaurant.

Columbia Valley 2009

Goat Island Grill, Emi’s merging menus under new concept.
 
 When the owners of popular Pawleys Island sushi restaurant Emi’s
decided to close, Georgetown’s Goat Island Grill co-owner Fred Majors
offered to share some of his unused space upstairs.
 
From that generosity, Emi’s operator Ben Cachila developed a new
strategy — he calls it an “accidental concept” — for his family’s
business.
 
Beginning Dec. 4, Emi’s will run a restaurant-within-a-restaurant with
Goat Island Grill, located at 719 Front St., Georgetown. Cachila has
worked out similar agreements with Ron Jon’s in Myrtle Beach and Salt
Creek Café in Murrells Inlet.
 
“We are trying to think outside the box,” Cachila said. “We are
working with other restaurants to add sushi, diversifying their menus
and cross-marketing. Essentially, we are renting space from other
restaurants to help them maximize their square footage, giving them
exposure to our menu.”
 
Cachila says the concept gives a meat-and-potatoes menu broader appeal.
 
Cachila credits his in-laws, Shozo and Keiko Sakata, with bringing
authentic Japanese sushi to the Grand Strand. They ran Japanese
restaurants in Chicago for 30 years before retiring to Myrtle Beach
for the golf. Once they got here, they thought Myrtle Beach needed a
sushi restaurant. They opened a little place called Deruma that caught
on with restaurant employees and entertainers looking for light fare
late at night.
 
Later, they moved on to Murrells Inlet and opened Hana’s, a French
continental restaurant with sushi on the side. Then came Petite Vine,
a French bistro, also in Murrells Inlet.
 
Cachila gave up his wine sales job to run Emi’s when the family
business moved further south to Pawleys Island. There, Emi’s Asian and
sushi menu became mainstream cuisine.
 
Emi’s lease expired in the middle of the economic downturn, and the
owners made the decision to close. “The overhead in Pawleys Island is
designed for a great economy,” Cachila says.
 
Emi’s took stock of its assets. Cachila says his father-in-law is the
talent behind the operation. He prepares the rice that make Emi’s
sushi so authentic. Emi’s expansion to other restaurants and into
catering is only limited by how quickly chefs can be trained to
duplicate the recipes.
 
Emi’s uses local red snapper, flounder and crabs and imports
yellowtail tuna from Japan and mackerel from Norway.
 
Cachila says working with other restaurants relieves him from the bar
business. More people are ordering wine by the glass than the bottle
these days, he says. Goat Island Grill will add saki, rice wine and
Japanese beer once Emi’s arrives, says co-owner David Wilson.
 
The Japanese menu will be available to all Goat Island Grill’s diners,
inside and on the deck, as well as at Emi’s upstairs.
 
“We are excited about it,” Cachila says. “I’m curious as to how it’s
going to work.”
 

Article from the Georgetown Times

Goat Island Grill tapped for cuisine

Welcome friends!

Welcome to Goat Island Grill restaurant.  Our fine restaurant is located on the waterfront of historic Georgetown, SC. We offer the finest in Low Country waterfront  dining anywhere.  At the Goat Island  Grill restaurant, we will grill your steak to perfection, sauté, grill or fry your choice  of seafood and absolutely win you over with our pasta entrees. Our wine list is extraordinary and our full bar  offers cold beverages and perfectly blended cocktails, and you can visit our waterfront restaurant seven days a week.

        Traveling along US Highway 17 from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, hidden along the way is the historic harbor town of Georgetown.  If you follow the signs to the Historic District, you will be surrounded by a picturesque Southern town; with many homes from the 1800’s fronted with ancient live oaks with Spanish moss draped in the sunlight.  Our restaurant is only ten minutes south of Pawley's Island.

       Front St. runs parallel to the Sampit River and boasts a vibrant shopping district with many local vendors, restaurants, taverns, pubs and specialty shops for those looking for a more unique shopping experience away from the chain stores.  For most people the Georgetown Boardwalk is the most interesting part of their time in town.  Running from the Kaminski House to the Rice Museum, the boardwalk offers great views of the harbor and the town.

              Goat Island Grill is located at 719 Front St., Georgetown, SC 29440 and has access to the street or the boardwalk.  Join us on the waterfront deck for a relaxing meal at lunch, dinner or just to watch the sunset over the harbor as the boats slowly pass.  We also offer a warm and comfortable inside dining room where locals love to come have a great meal with impeccable service, and not have to stretch their wallets.  We have a full service bar for those who want to enjoy a drink while soaking in the atmosphere.  The pride of our bar is the wine list.  We are constantly looking for new and exciting wines that are great values for our guests, as well as offering some of the finest wines from around the world.