- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – The Carolina Country Music Fest was not only eventful for tens of thousands of country music fans, but many bars and restaurants in Myrtle Beach saw a boom in business over the weekend.
“It was fantastic, constantly busy,” Spencer Deegan, a bartender at Grand Strand Brewing Company, said. “I worked every single day that weekend so I stayed busy, but I made money so it made it worthwhile.”
This year was the brewery’s first time experiencing the CCMF crowds. It opened back in February.
Deegan said they had a plan in place to help things go smoothly, such as switching the food menu to grab-and-go and splitting up bartenders.
“A big thing was a lot of people who live in the Grand Strand area who decided they were going to go to CCMF came to us for the first time and so I hope we get a lot more customers,” Deegan said.
“I’m happy with the numbers we did. However, just given how everything was set up in years past, I…
