Cheap Eats in Greenville

Henry's Smokehouse

• ★ 4.6
• Barbecue
• $
• Wade Hampton

Henry's has chopped pork down to a science on Wade Hampton since 1992: house-mixed rubs, four-sauce SC line-up, sweet tea by the gallon. Counter service.

Methodical Coffee (Downtown)

• ★ 4.6
• Café
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Drink Filter coffee from house-roasted beans

Methodical Coffee runs filter brews and house-roasted espresso from One City Plaza on Main Street. Floor-to-ceiling windows, plenty of laptops.

Strossner's Bakery, Cafe and Deli

• ★ 4.5
• Bakery
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Order Layer cakes, birthday cakes, and Danish

Strossner's is the oldest family-run bakery in Greenville, opened by Richard and Beatrice Strossner in 1947: cakes, Danish, German rye, deli sandwiches.

Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery

• ★ 4.5
• Café
• $
• West End

Drink Local coffee, fresh-pressed juices

Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery anchors the Swamp Rabbit Trail north of downtown: locally-grown groceries, a cafe counter and a beer garden out back.

Due South Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.5
• Café
• $
• Hampton Station / Stone Avenue

Drink Single-origin pour-over, house-roasted espresso

Due South Coffee Roasters runs a cafe in Hampton Station next to Liability Brewing. House-roasted single-origins from a converted textile mill in Taylors.

Sully's Steamers

• ★ 4.4
• Bagels
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Sully's Steamers runs steamed bagel sandwiches from East Washington Street. Quick service, big late-night crowd Fridays and Saturdays when the kitchen.

Bake Room

• ★ 4.4
• Bakery
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Order Everything croissant and morning bun

Bake Room runs a tightly-shortlisted viennoiserie programme from the Commons. The everything croissant and morning bun sell out before noon. Get there early.

OJ's Diner (Counter)

• ★ 4.4
• Street food
• $
• Village of West Greenville

Try Meat-and-three soul food: fried chicken, turnip greens, mac and cheese

OJ's is a Black-owned soul-food counter on Pendleton: fried chicken, baked mac and cheese, turnip greens, sweet tea. Meat-and-three, cash only.

OJ's Diner

• ★ 4.4
• Fried chicken
• $
• Village of West Greenville

Try Soul food meat-and-three: fried chicken, turnip greens, mac and cheese

OJ's is a Black-owned counter-service soul food diner on Pendleton Street: fried chicken, turnip greens, baked mac and cheese, sweet tea. Cash preferred.

The Bakery Off Augusta

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Order Custom layer cakes

The Bakery Off Augusta runs custom cakes and a small case of pastries from a Sevier Street storefront. Cakes need a week's notice, pastries are first-come.

Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery Bakery

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• West End

Order Sourdough boule and pop-tarts

Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery runs an in-house bakery: sourdough, whole-grain breads, jam-filled pop-tarts. The bake case sits next to the cold-press.

Coffee Underground

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Drink House-roasted espresso, specialty coffee cocktails

Coffee Underground sits below street level since 1995: house-roasted beans, all-day breakfast and lunch, coffee cocktails. The underground theatre hosts.

White Duck Taco Shop

• ★ 4.2
• Tacos
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

White Duck Taco runs creative tacos on Main: Korean bulgogi, banh mi tofu, buffalo chicken. Asheville-born, fast-casual, ten dollars and you're full.

Stax Omega Diner and Bakery

• ★ 4.2
• Café
• $
• Eastside / Haywood

Drink Diner coffee, fresh-squeezed juices

Stax Omega anchors the diner trade in Greenville since 1988: Greek-American breakfasts, fresh juices, a glass case of pastries baked daily. Family-run.

Southern Pressed Juicery

• ★ 4.2
• Café
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Drink Cold-pressed juices, açaí bowls

Southern Pressed Juicery runs cold-pressed juices, açaí bowls and plant-forward bowls on West Washington. Quick stop for a fresh juice between Falls Park.

Henry's Smokehouse (Counter)

• ★ 4.2
• Street food
• $
• Wade Hampton

Try Chopped pork, pulled pork sandwich, brisket plate

Henry's Smokehouse on Wade Hampton runs counter-service barbecue: chopped pork, pulled pork sandwich, brisket plate, with all four South Carolina sauces.

Stax Omega Diner

• ★ 4.2
• American diner
• $
• Eastside / Haywood

Try Greek-American diner breakfast

Stax Omega runs Greek-American diner breakfasts under fifteen dollars on Orchard Park: gyros, pancakes, fresh juices, a glass case of pastries baked daily.

Highway 301 Food Truck

• ★ 4.0
• Street food
• $
• Downtown / Main Street

Try Table 301 catering classics: Carolina bison burger, hot chicken sandwich

Highway 301 is the Table 301 catering food truck pulling Soby's and NOSE DIVE plates on the road. Carolina bison burger, Greenville hot chicken sandwich.

Mac's Speed Shop (Lunch)

• ★ 4.0
• New American
• $
• West End

Try Pulled pork plate at lunch

Mac's Speed Shop runs a lunch plate of pulled pork with two sides under fifteen dollars on the West End. Dog-friendly patio, live music Thursdays.