Anonymous wrote:We always do pizza the first night at the beach.

If you don’t want that, I’d recommend getting settled and then going to the Teeter in Freshfields and picking up dinner. Burger, hot dogs, whatever.

There is a cute little market at Night Heron Park. Would not recommend doing a full grocery order there, but you could also pick up a quick dinner (at a hefty cost) if you really don’t feel like cooking. Think Dean & Deluca (RIP) premade food.

Heads up that the last time we ordered pizza from the Italian place in Kiawah/Freshfields, we had to wait an hour and a half for pick up!

Anonymous wrote:You grill people are brave. Unknown grill. Could have spiders. No propane.

girl, those spiders will be gone as soon as you turn on that grill. What a weird worry.

Pick up a couple of rotisserie chickens, sides, bagged salad.

Angel hair with shrimp and parmesan (lemon-butter sauce). Easy crowd pleaser.

We bring a big frozen lasagna (homemade and frozen in advance). Keeps everything else (including salad stuff) cold in the cooler on the way down, and reheats from frozen/partially frozen while we unpack.

Spaghetti. Just pasta and jarred sauce and parm. A bagged salad. Garlic bread if you want.

If I have to cook, that is not a vacation. We usually hire a personal chef to prep dinner on our first and last nights if we do not already have dinner rsvps. It's lovely to get to the house and not have to worry about meals.

We always do pizza the first night at the beach.

If you don’t want that, I’d recommend getting settled and then going to the Teeter in Freshfields and picking up dinner. Burger, hot dogs, whatever.

There is a cute little market at Night Heron Park. Would not recommend doing a full grocery order there, but you could also pick up a quick dinner (at a hefty cost) if you really don’t feel like cooking. Think Dean & Deluca (RIP) premade food.

I make and freeze pesto and a meat sauce. I get good pasta (fancier than I normally get because vacation!) a good loaf of bread and bagged salad greens.
Then all you have to do is heat the sauces, boil noodles and you have a quick dinner. People can pick their sauce.
If I have time when I get there I grab shrimp to serve w the pesto. If not, no big deal.

Appreciate the ideas, please keep them coming. We’ve been to SC many summers, I’m familiar with the grocery/take away options, but our “routine” is to usually bring most ingredients for our first dinner and just grab a few items like salad, milk on our drive in.

To the poster who asked, I noted our stopover in the drive because whatever food we bring in the car with us for this first meal only needs to stay cold in a cooler for 5ish hours vs 9. In the past I’ve brought a Vace frozen lasagna for this first meal because it is a thick frozen brick and defrosts nicely on the long drive down, but I’d prefer a less heavy meal - the meatballs a PP suggested could work nicely, I could do turkey meatballs.

- OP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You grill people are brave. Unknown grill. Could have spiders. No propane.

+1 And on first night upon arrival!

Yeah I wouldn't rely on an unknown grill when I'm already tired. Especially if it needs a lot of cleaning.

Anonymous wrote:You grill people are brave. Unknown grill. Could have spiders. No propane.

+1 And on first night upon arrival!

You grill people are brave. Unknown grill. Could have spiders. No propane.

Whole Foods prime delivers to kiawah. You can also order staples through Kiawah Island resort (although I imagine that is a premium).

We normally do pasta or throw something on the grill on our first night at the beach. +1 on restaurant food or prepared food not always being the best option.