HAROLD’S DINER The Tastiest Tradition by Barry Kaufman
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Hilton Head Island is a place of constant change, and always has been. Not only has our coastline changed dramatically over the centuries but our beaches change every day, the outline of our island shifting with the tides. Even looking at the span of the last few decades, we can see how the only constant on Hilton Head Island has been change. Restaurants and businesses have come and gone, local landmarks built and razed to be replaced by parks and green spaces or modernized to fit our upscale image. 16
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There is, of course, one other constant. The low-slung building on the corner of Hwy. 278 and Singleton Beach Road, shaded by an enormous live oak, is and – for many of us - has always been Harold’s Diner. Launched in 1974, it has quietly watched in its ceaseless sameness as the island around it morphed and changed. Well, maybe quietly isn’t the right word. But consistent certainly is – consistently delicious, and consistently one of the most entertaining dining experiences on the island. Whether you ate there last week or ten years ago, the
