
Frost’s workshop is located downstairs, and is right next to the arcade, aquarium, and childrens play area. His magnificent 30 ft replica of the Queen Elizabeth II greets all guests as they enter Original Benjamins.
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Original Benjamin’s isn’t just a restaurant though, it’s an experience! This landmark, its lighthouse on the top framed by the beautiful coastal sky, houses one of the largest model ship collections in the world with dozens of displays full of the breathtaking work all done by their master ship builder Jimmy Frost. The buffet includes delights from the land and the sea as well as their signature crab leg station, an incredible array of calabash style options, a carving station, a pasta station where you can watch your dish be created by a chef, and an in house bakery that offers over 25 delicious desserts and renowned from scratch hushpuppies. Not only is Original Benjamin’s one of the first buffets in the area as well as rated one of the best, it’s also the largest with over 170 items available. This true landmark has been the “original” calabash seafood buffet that has made its way into patron’s hearts and stomachs for over 30 years, opening in 1986. The first standout that one has to mention when the topic of seafood buffets comes up is Original Benjamin’s Seafood Buffet on Restaurant Row right on North Kings Highway. But with so many choices of restaurants, especially the beloved seafood buffet, how does one decide where to take the family for a special night out? That’s where we’re here to help – want a local’s opinion? Here are three of the best seafood buffets in North Myrtle Beach! “We have a record of running honest, straightforward businesses, which ultimately benefits us and our parents,” Chastain said.North Myrtle Beach is a delightful coastal town that provides tourists and locals alike with many, many incredible experiences, though no one can deny that the things it may be best known for are the beach, the golfing, and the seafood. That’s why their parents’ claims against them hurt so much, they said. They said in an interview they have proved they can run successful businesses in a fickle industry during a recession. The daughters say they just want to get back to work, hopefully with a clear understanding that they own the Williamsburg and Kill Devil Hills restaurants. If that doesn’t work, the case might wind up in a courtroom, Bowles said. George Bowles, attorney for Chastain and Perkins, said the family is in mediation, a private process where they try to work out a solution with a retired judge. He filed another suit in Dare County, N.C., to evict them from the Kill Devil Hills restaurant property. George Pitsilides filed his own complaint in federal court in April alleging his daughters are illegally using his restaurant’s trademarked name and clipper ship logo. George and Sherry Pitsilides’ rebuttal says he was allowing the vendor to resell crab legs he already had bought, and there’s nothing criminal about making a small profit.

The restaurant buys a quarter-million pounds of crab legs per year from that vendor.

The daughters say at one point their father conspired with a major vendor to hike the price of crab legs to the Williamsburg and Kill Devil Hills restaurants by 20 cents per pound.

They continue to run the Williamsburg and Kill Devil Hills locations, where their complaint says they are 86 percent and 100 percent owners, respectively. The parents say the daughters changed passwords so they couldn’t get into online bank accounts.Ĭhastain and Perkins filed a complaint in Circuit Court in February and stepped down from the Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach restaurants. The daughters say their parents blocked them from company email accounts. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
