Three Spartanburg County Chefs Serve Up Their Secrets
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
As a fourth-generation South Carolina farmer, I’m always interested to see how chefs showcase our regional staples on their menus. While Spartanburg County is renowned for peaches, our unique corner of South Carolina is home to a number of seasonal delights. I talked to three local chefs about the ways they highlight our area’s artisanal foodstuffs and here’s what they ha
Continue Reading >The Sparkle City Pizza Scene
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
When I told my girlfriend that I had been asked to write an article about Spartanburg’s pizza scene, she crunched her face into a quizzical smirk and asked, “What pizza scene?” The attitude was expected. My girlfriend is a bona fide Yank—born and raised just outside of New York City—which means, among other things, that she maintains a steadfast discrimination toward
Continue Reading >Meat and Three: It’s What’s Cooking in Spartanburg
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
By Jan Scalisi , produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. If you’re visiting Spartanburg County—and would like to think that you’re doing a fine job of taking in its special culture—be sure to do this before you leave: Relax your belt buckle a notch, loosen your traveling pants, and take in some Southern-style comfort food. The locals will tell you tha
Continue Reading >A Tale of Two Distilleries
Friday, November 13, 2015
By Sharon Purvis, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. If you ask ten people to name ten things that they associate with the Southern Appalachians, it's a pretty safe bet that most of them will include moonshine on their list. And with craft breweries and distilleries on the rise, it was only a matter of time before legal hooch made an appearance-but it's
Continue Reading >Eat a Plenty
Friday, August 28, 2015
By Brad Wright, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. I’ve always heard that 9 out of 10 restaurants fail in their first year. It stands to reason, then, that any restaurant that survives into its sophomore year and beyond must offer superior food, atmosphere and service. It would take me more space than I’ve been allotted to extol the many wonderful
Continue Reading >Sweet Spartanburg Peaches
Monday, July 27, 2015
Georgia has the license plate. Gaffney has the Peachoid. But when it comes to being the peachy king, Spartanburg wears the crown. May through September, peach lovers look to pick the freshest, tastiest, most chin dripping peach around. If travelers are fortunate—and smart—they’ll find themselves in Spartanburg County, the sweet spot for peaches. The Hub City, intersecting
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