Tin Roof Is Myrtle's Antidote to Karaoke

Tin Roof Is Myrtle's Antidote to Karaoke

Tin Roof at Broadway at the Beach. Nashville-based chain that somehow feels local. Touring country, rock, and Americana acts who play like they're in your living room. Mid-sized room, stage visible from every seat, sound mixed by someone who knows "loud" and "good" are different.

Myrtle's nightlife reputation runs toward Spring Break excess and tourist karaoke. Tin Roof is the correction: live music without cover bands, cocktails without souvenir cups, bourbon deeper than a beach bar deserves. Tuesdays tend to be the best music — weekend crowds absent, musicians warmed up from Monday, room small enough for eye contact with the singer.

After the set, walk the Broadway at the Beach boardwalk with a drink. The lake is lit in colors that make the complex feel like a theme park that graduated. The beach is ten minutes away and the surf carries like an encore.