Restaurant Update: Greenville adds new brewery on Main Street and an older brewery closed

Greenville is starting the new year with the food and dining scene packed with new storefronts, business closings, and more changes.

Breweries kick off the food and dining update with a six-year West Greenville beer establishment that has closed and a new one opened in Simpsonville.

Other restaurants will change locations, including Rocket Fizz Soda & Pop & Candy will move to 640 S. Main St. from Main Street downtown. Further north on Main Street, Creme Shack will move into 109 N. Main St.

To keep up with the changes to the restaurant and grocery scene in the Upstate, we encourage our readers to join our Greenville Food & Dining Group on Facebook for conversations about Greenville cuisine:

Fresh, affordable salads coming to North Main Street

Fresh Salads Ect., a new salad, soups and wraps shop, will open on Jan. 16 at 120 N. Main St. It is replacing Creme Shack, which is moving to 109 N. Main St.

Fred Williams, owner of Fresh Salads Ect. and Creme Shack, is bringing a new salad concept to North Main with intentions to have scratch-made healthy eats costing no more than $10. The former CFO for Ovation Brands has spent time analyzing food establishments and noticed a clear void downtown.

"We get feedback from people who work downtown, and it's too expensive to eat, so we thought we'd open a place that was more reasonably priced and healthier," said Williams. "If people don't crave your food, it won't work. So making it healthy and tasty is what we plan to do."

Fresh Salads Ect. will have hours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

New Big Apple Doughnuts & Cafe opens in Taylors

Big Apple Doughnuts & Cafe opened its third local doughnut franchise on Dec. 28 at 3245 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors.

Known as a doughnut and coffee cafe, its variety of croissant breakfast sandwiches is a noteworthy portion of its menu. Big Apple also offers Boba Tea, Cold Brew and lunch sandwiches.

In Taylors, store owner George San offers a similar menu to the 219 W. Mauldin Road location. Store hours are from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m., or until doughnuts sell out.

Big Apple Doughnuts & Cafe's original brick-and-mortar building is located at 1222 Reynolds Ave. in Greenwood, which doubles as a bakery and full restaurant.

Growler Haus, local brewery closing in West Greenville

After six years open at 12 Lois Ave., in West Greenville, Growler Haus has closed its fourth Upstate location since late December.

What originally began in 2012 at 313 N. Main in Anderson would later expand to breweries in Spartanburg, Fountain Inn and Greer by 2017. Only the Anderson location is still in operation as of January 2024.

Capri's Italian returning to Greenville on Pelham Road

Since the 1940s, Capri's Italian Restaurant has been known across Greenville for its cuisine. The restaurant began on Augusta Road.

As of Jan. 8, a new Capri's has opened at 115 Pelham Road Ste. 1, at the former site of 4 Aces Kitchen & Cocktails.

The updated menu will feature classics from the Stone Avenue location, including Southern Italian food, steaks and seafood.

Store hours are from 4 to 8:15 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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Bridgeway Brewing Co. Opened on Dec. 22

Bridgeway Brewing Company, located at 610 Bridgeway Blvd., opened on Dec. 22 as part of the Bridgeway Station development in Simpsonville.

Dean Atkinson, head brewer, brainstormed on what to do for customers. With 21 taps, a full-liquor, wine and scratch kitchen menu, Atkinson is crafting the menu at the new South Greenville county beer stop near Interstate 385.

"We are a social experience, so people stay for a while," said Michelle Dodge, owner at BridgeWay Brewing Co. "There's nothing like this in the Mauldin, Simpsonville area. It's been very well received so far. We want everyone to feel welcome, with awesome customer service and want them to come back."

Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Sunday. Visitors can expect four lanes of duckpin bowling, mini-games and Wi-Fi accessibility.

Reid's Fine Foods closes near downtown Greenville

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based upscale grocery, wine and restaurant at 1 Laurens Road has gone out of business after nearly three years in downtown Greenville. A sign on Reid's storefront door on Dec. 28 announced the closing.

"We signed a lease two or three weeks before COVID hit and never got any traction," said Tom Coker, managing partner at Reid's Fine Foods. "We had a lot of open and closed days during that time frame and didn't get off to a good start. It was the best business decision we could make at the time."

According to Coker, some employees received severance packages. But he also mentioned employee retention as being another hurdle for the grocer.

Reid's was the first and only store in South Carolina. There are currently four in Charlotte.

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– A.J. Jackson covers the food & dining scene, along with arts, entertainment and downtown culture for The Greenville News. Contact him by email at ajackson@gannett.com, and follow him on X (formally Twitter) @ajhappened.

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