The retail and office block next to McDonald's on Shuckin Street held its grand opening on a Saturday afternoon in May 2025, with live music and food and drink specials. It already looked busy on paper. Most of the names on its directory were appointments, though: occupational and pediatric therapy, a Pilates studio, a salon, a nail bar, an aesthetics bar.
The food side was smaller and uneven. One spot was a burger grille. One was a sports bar. The third food tenant served pineapple soft serve and shave ice. On Sept. 8, 2026, that last space reopened as Seoul Sushi and Korean BBQ. With that change, Oyster Creek Landing became a place you can use from a 7 a.m. coffee to a late beer without moving your car. A good part of Hampstead's Asian dining shifted in the same few weeks.
What the block looked like at the start
Oyster Creek Landing is the first Hampstead project from Double Dimension LLC, which also owns Progress Point on Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington. Shops are on the ground floor and offices are upstairs. When it opened, WilmingtonBiz listed P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille, Tiny'z Tavern and Bubba & Finn's as the food and drink tenants, with Drift Coffee "set to open soon."
Tiny'z was already there by then. Its Hampstead location opened on Aug. 30, 2024. Bubba & Finn's Hawaiian Kine Treats was a family-owned, veteran-owned shop. Its menu ran from Dole pineapple soft serve, Hawaiian shave ice and smoothies to island plates like chicken katsu and kalbi ribs. In July 2025 it posted hours of 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
That left a clear gap in the evening. You could get a burger at the grille or bar food at the tavern. Past that, the dinner choices here were a dessert shop with a few plates or a drive somewhere else.
The swap on Shuckin Street
StarNews reported in late June that Seoul Sushi had signed a lease for the former Bubba & Finn's space. At the time, the leasing brokers expected a July opening. It opened in September instead. The restaurant's address is 44 Shuckin St., and the June story mentioned plans to add drinks like soju to the menu.
The owners are a father and son, Sang and Adam Woo. Seoul Sushi started as a food truck around the Cape Fear region in 2023. It added a counter in Wilmington's Cargo District in 2025, and Hampstead is its second brick-and-mortar location. Sang Woo's background goes back decades. His family ran a Korean restaurant, Young Bin Kwan, in Pittsburgh. He spent almost seven years at Pittsburgh Fish Market, which had a live oyster and sushi bar, and later worked as sushi and sous chef for Nakama Japanese Steakhouse.
Both Woos live in Hampstead. Adam Woo explained the choice of location to Port City Daily this way:
"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."
According to Port City Daily, the menu matches the Cargo District location:
- The Seoul: shrimp tempura and fresh crab, topped with spicy tuna
- The Hanalei: a tempura-fried roll with seasoned lump crab, eel, avocado and cream cheese
- Bibimbap: bulgogi beef or spicy pork over rice, with spinach, carrots, cucumber kimchi, pickled radish and an over-easy egg
- Wings: tossed in house sauces, with the gochujang-based Korean BBQ sauce as the most popular
- Seoul-loaded fries: shoelace-cut potatoes tossed in sesame oil, topped with a protein, yum yum sauce, gochujang and kimchi
Adam Woo said specials will come once the new location settles in. He also said the food truck has paused bookings while the family gets the Hampstead restaurant running. If you hired the truck for an event in the past, its schedule has changed for now.
Four meals from one parking space
With the dinner slot filled, the block now covers a full day. Hours change more often than menus, so the times below come with the source and date behind each one.
- Morning at Drift Coffee. Drift's Hampstead page lists breakfast, coffee, bowls and sandwiches. It posts hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, with the kitchen closing at 3 p.m. Drift was still "coming soon" at the May 2025 grand opening, so it's one of the newer pieces here.
- Midday at P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille. The restaurant's own Hampstead page leads with burgers, seasoned fries, fresh lemonade and patio seating. The only hours available come from an older third-party menu listing, so call before you go.
- Dinner at Seoul Sushi and Korean BBQ. It's the newest tenant and the only one built around dinner and shared plates. Current Hampstead hours weren't posted when this was written. The restaurant's website still mostly covers the food truck.
- Late night at Tiny'z Tavern. A directory listing updated in July 2026 shows 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weekdays and noon to 2 a.m. on weekends.
Upstairs and between the restaurants, the 2025 directory included Paradise Pilates, Haven Salon Studios, Oppa Nails and Salt Aesthetics Bar. That's a list from opening day, not an October directory. Even so, it shows how this block was set up from the start for a class or appointment followed by lunch or dinner.
Where Seoul Sushi fits among Hampstead's Asian restaurants
Hampstead already had several Asian restaurants. Sushi Gem at 17230 US Highway 17 N covers Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese dishes along with sushi and sashimi. Rainbow King serves Chinese and Japanese food at 201 F Alston Blvd. China Garden is at 14568 US Highway 17 N. Seoul Sushi adds Korean food to that mix: bibimbap, bulgogi and wings built on gochujang. None of the existing menus lead with those dishes.
Other changes landed around the same time. The StarNews roundup of openings and closings published Oct. 3, 2026, reported that VK Pho at 2761 N.C. 210 had closed while the space changes hands. For now, that leaves the Hampstead area without the pho shop it had on the 210 side of town.
Another Thai option is coming. In March 2026, StarNews announced Thai Zen, a new Hampstead restaurant from Mone Somsnith and the family behind Wilmington's Tokyo 101, Umaii Thai and Pho Vanhly Noodle House. StarNews photo captions describe it as similar to Umaii Thai and say it "should open by the end of 2026." No public source names its address yet. With roughly 12 weeks left in the year, that target is close, and the location will matter as much as the menu.
More construction is planned along US 17
Oyster Creek Landing sits on the same US 17 corridor that Double Dimension's managing partner, Louis Dworsky, called "one of the most active corridors of southeastern North Carolina" at the grand opening. More commercial space is planned. In July 2026, StarNews reported a proposed seven-building commercial center in Hampstead with more than 67,000 square feet for retail, restaurants and offices. The report didn't give a location or a schedule.
The road work is still months from easing traffic. On May 29, 2026, NCDOT moved southbound US 17 onto new lanes between Leeward Lane and Vista Lane for good. The first actual section of the Hampstead Bypass, from N.C. 210 to Sloop Point Loop Road, isn't expected to open until late 2027. Until then, this block's biggest advantage is that you can park once and cover several meals in one stop.
Knowing what each new tenant on Shuckin Street means for daily life is part of knowing Hampstead well. It's also what Ronel Austin brings to every conversation about the US 17 corridor. If you want to talk through how new businesses and road projects like these affect your part of Hampstead, Let's Connect.
