Country ham
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Dry-cured ham from the Appalachian foothills: salt-cured, hickory-smoked, aged six months or more. Served thin on biscuits at breakfast, or as a cured meat platter.

Country ham is a Carolina mountain tradition: pigs raised in the Appalachian foothills, cured with salt rubs, smoked over hickory, aged through the cool months. The technique came with Scotch-Irish settlers in the 1700s. Greenville sits at the edge of country ham country; Soby's keeps a country ham starter on the menu year-round.

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Stella's Southern Brasserie ★ 4.8

$$$American, Southern BistroDowntown

Stella's Southern Brasserie runs French-influenced Southern from a Rocky Slope Road storefront: shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes, bourbon-pecan tart.

OrderShrimp and grits, Fried green tomatoes, Bourbon-pecan tart

Soby's New South Cuisine ★ 4.6

$$$Modern SouthernDowntown

Soby's anchors the Main Street dining scene in Greenville: Carl Sobocinski's 1997 New Southern flagship in a former dry-goods store, with she-crab soup.

OrderShe-crab soup, Spicy pimento cheese, Fried green tomato Benedict

Tupelo Honey ★ 4.4

$$SouthernDowntown

Tupelo Honey runs scratch-made Southern on the North Main corner: fried chicken biscuits, shrimp and grits, sweet potato pancakes. Asheville-born group.

OrderFried chicken biscuit, Shrimp and grits, Sweet potato pancakes

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