Seoul Sushi Gave Oyster Creek Landing Its Dinner Shift

For its first year and a half, Oyster Creek Landing worked best before dark. Drift Coffee poured espresso through the morning, P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille handled burgers at lunch, and the upstairs offices kept the 249-space lot busy during business hours. On Sept. 8, 2026, Seoul Sushi and Korean BBQ opened its doors at the Shuckin Street center off US-17. With it, the development finally has a sit-down dinner that isn't a burger.

So a Hampstead day can now start and finish in the same parking lot. You can get a cold brew at 7 a.m., a burger on the patio at noon, bibimbap at 6:30 and a pint at Tiny'z Tavern afterward without moving the car. That's the change worth knowing about this fall, and the people behind it live in Hampstead.

The Missing Shift Was Dinner

Seoul Sushi is run by father and son Sang and Adam Woo. The restaurant started as a food truck around the Cape Fear region in 2023. In 2025 it opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Wilmington's Cargo District. Hampstead is location number two, and Port City Daily reported that the Woos chose it partly because both of them live here.

Adam Woo told Port City Daily why the location made sense to them:

"We believe that Hampstead is looking for more diversity in the food sector, and we believe we can add on a different variety of food that Hampstead locals can look forward to having."

The kitchen has a long track record. Sang Woo's family owned a Korean restaurant, Young Bin Kwan, in Pittsburgh for two decades. He spent almost seven years at Pittsburgh Fish Market, which had a live oyster and sushi bar. He was also sushi chef and sous chef for Nakama Japanese Steakhouse.

The menu sticks to three categories: sushi, wings and rice bowls. Port City Daily named these standouts:

• The Seoul, a shrimp tempura roll made with fresh crab and topped with spicy tuna
• The Hanalei, a tempura-fried roll with seasoned lump crab, eel, avocado and cream cheese
• Bibimbap bowls with bulgogi beef or spicy pork over white rice, with spinach, carrots, cucumber kimchi, pickled radish, an over-easy egg, green onions and sesame seeds
• Korean BBQ wings, the most popular sauce, built on gochujang, a sweet and savory fermented chili paste

If you're looking for the truck, a few days before the opening Adam Woo told Port City Daily they would temporarily stop taking food truck bookings until the Hampstead location was "ready and adjusted."

Hampstead's food scene shifted elsewhere this season too. The same StarNews openings-and-closings roundup that covered Seoul Sushi also reported that VK PHO at 2761 N.C. 210 had closed while the space moved to new ownership. The same roundup noted that Cuban Coffee Co., a mobile espresso and matcha business, was serving the Hampstead area, with pickup at Raise the Bar Therapy Services.

A Full Day, Door by Door

Before September, the center's dining choices thinned out once the lunch crowd left. Now a full day at Oyster Creek Landing looks like this:

1. Morning at Drift Coffee. The Hampstead Drift at 43 Shuckin St. is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and the kitchen closes at 3 p.m. The menu covers brunch and lunch plates, espresso and coffee drinks, tea and smoothies. Drift calls the concept a coffee shop and kitchen hybrid with grab-and-go food, so it works for a quick weekday stop or a slow Saturday brunch.
2. Lunch at P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille. The Hampstead P.T.'s at 44 Shuckin St. serves burgers, fresh-cut seasoned fries and lemonade, and it has an outdoor patio. It's one of the center's oldest tenants. StarNews reported it open by November 2024.
3. Dinner at Seoul Sushi. Sushi rolls, rice bowls and Korean BBQ wings fill the slot the center didn't have before.
4. Later at Tiny'z Tavern. Tiny'z serves pub fare and was already part of the center in May 2025, when WilmingtonBiz listed its tenants. Hours can change with the season, so check its current schedule before you go.

Each of these businesses owns a different part of the clock, and Seoul Sushi filled the one that was empty.

Three Buildings, 249 Spaces, and Offices Upstairs

The layout explains why the center can run on that kind of schedule. W. M. Jordan Company, the construction manager, describes a 31,030-square-foot development. It has two 11,765-square-foot buildings and one 7,500-square-foot building, with retail on the ground floor, offices above and 249 parking spaces.

That mix keeps the lot in use all day. Office workers upstairs and service appointments downstairs bring people in during weekday hours, which is when a coffee shop and a lunch counter need customers. The restaurants carry the evening.

WilmingtonBiz reported that the developer was Double Dimension LLC, which also owned Progress Point in Wilmington. The center held a free grand-opening celebration with live music and food and drink specials the weekend of May 23, 2025.

In that May 2025 report, the non-restaurant tenants included:

That roster is more than a year old, so call ahead before planning around a particular business. Even so, a Pilates class, a salon appointment or a therapy session can now sit right next to a meal in the same lot.

The center may still grow. In March 2025, WilmingtonBiz reported that a third building had recently been finished and some spaces were still open. The partners said they planned to complete Oyster Creek Landing and pursue more development in Hampstead.

November's Bigger Plates Are Up the Highway

Oyster Creek Landing covers the regular week. Hampstead's two big November dates are a few miles away, and both fit easily around a meal on Shuckin Street.

The NC Spot Festival runs Nov. 7 and 8, 2026, at 14221 U.S. Hwy. 17. Admission is $5, and children 6 and under get in free. The $12 spot dinner includes two spot fish, hushpuppies, French fries and coleslaw. The festival doesn't allow pets or coolers, so bring lawn chairs and leave the dog at home. Visit Pender lists hours from 9 a.m. on Nov. 7 through 6 p.m. on Nov. 8.

Two weeks later, the 16th Annual Hampstead Kiwanis Park Turkey Trot starts at 9 a.m. on Nov. 21 at 586 Sloop Point Loop Road. The race registration page lists an 8K, a 2-mile race and a Kids Sprint, and the Kids Sprint stays inside the park. That's the same park where Pender County held a ribbon cutting in April for the new pirate-ship playground, so younger runners have somewhere to go after the sprint.

A morning race at Kiwanis Park, a late breakfast at Drift before its kitchen closes at 3 p.m., and dinner at Seoul Sushi that night can all fit into one Saturday on Hampstead's side of US-17.

If you've watched Oyster Creek Landing fill in over the past year and wonder what that kind of growth means for your own street, I'd be glad to talk it through over coffee at Drift. Holly Griffith of Homes By Holly lives and works in Hampstead and keeps up with what opens here. Schedule a Free Consultation whenever you're ready.