Top 10 Places You Have to Try Before You Die

In no particular order:

Tiger Town Tavern

• Clemson, SC
• Must try: The Chris Patton (Bacon-Swiss Burger)
• Pros: Great food, good service, great classic rock music, outside patio, no wait for lunch
• Cons: Bar atmosphere

Joe’s Ice Cream Parlor

• Easley, SC
• Must try: Two Hotdog Special (all the way) on Mondays and Fridays
• Pros: Hometown place, they bring the entire pitcher of tea, Cheerwine in glass bottles
• Cons: Cash or check only. “Chilidogs” only have chili and no dog. Ask for a hotdog with chili. 

Beacon Drive-In

• Spartanburg, SC
• Must try: Cheeseburger A-Plenty Plate, BLT, Pig’s Dinner (Banana Split)
• Pros: Amazing food, world famous sweet tea
• Cons: Antacids are available in the bubblegum machine as you enter

Wade’s Southern Cooking

• Spartanburg, SC
• Must try: anything… they have it all
• Pros: Meat and Three, Buffet
• Cons: Can get crowded

The Moose Cafe

• Asheville, NC
• Must try: Fried Chicken and massive biscuits w/ homemade apple butter
• Pros: Great food, tea served in mason jars, amazing view of the mountains, breakfast
• Cons: Almost too much food to eat

Ancheaux’s

• Clemson, SC
• Must try: Black Jack (Blackened chicken sandwich with Monterey Jack and bacon)
• Pros: Sandwiches, burgers and burritos! Homemade bread!
• Cons: bring a crew and snag a seat… tables fill up fast and the wait can be up to 30 minutes

Murasaki

• Greenville, SC
• Must try: Lobster Roll and Clemson Roll
• Pros: Great atmosphere, main street downtown, good service and food, raw and cooked sushi
• Cons: Sushi isn’t for everyone

The Blue Ridge Brewing Co.

• Greenville, SC
• Must try: Carolina “Q” Sandwich (Pulled Pork)
• Pros: Main street downtown, patio seating available, homemade ketchup and bbq sauce, reasonable lunch prices, micro brewery, wild game sampler (dinner only)
• Cons: Pricey dinner menu

Smoke on the Water

• Greenville, SC (West end)
• Must try: Baby Back Ribs and West End Burger
• Pros: Good prices, wonderful service, plenty of food, close to Falls Park
• Cons: tricky to find parking

Yoder’s Dutch Kitchen

• Abbeville, SC
• Must try: Fried Chicken and Peach Pie
• Pros: Homeade food, Amish Style, grandma’s cookin, affordable
• Cons: Abbeville is a drive from the Upstate, peach pie only available when the peaches are in season