Greenville restaurant news: BrickTop's, more coming while Smiley's Acoustic Cafe closes
This month's Greenville food and dining scene prepares to welcome a new restaurant selling sushi and sandwiches and a coffee shop led by all women. But it has said goodbye to a longtime cafe and live music venue.
BrickTop's, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based restaurant selling sushi, and in-house seafood will open in late summer or early fall.
And two friends are planning to operate an all-female coffee shop called DayDrinker that will open in August in the Sans Souci community, according to their Instagram account:
One of this month's closings is Smiley's Acoustic Cafe. The venue closed after hosting its final weekend of food and music on June 30. The cafe had been in business for more than 15 years in the West End.
Other developments include a Charleston-based pizza franchise coming to Travelers Rest and renovations almost complete at Eggs Up Grill. Foodies might also want to check out the new items on the Fatz Southern Kitchen menu.
With closings, and more culinary cuisine to try, here are our latest updates on food news around Greenville County:
Renovation almost complete at Eggs Up Grill in Greenville's West End
Eggs Up Grill, at 31 Augusta St., in the West End, has undergone a complete renovation and will reopen sometime in August. The renovation includes a new logo design, outdoor seating with a capacity of 100, and will also offer brunch cocktails to the 2,480-square-foot restaurant.
The breakfast, lunch and brunch spot will be closed for nearly two months due to the upgrade governed by franchise owners Zach Painter and Roger Beasley.
While the classic brunch items like chicken and waffles, a fried chicken sandwich and a fried chicken biscuit return, a new style of fries will go with the stack burgers. Eggs Up Grill will also remain open for dine-in, online takeout, catering and delivery options.
Fatz Southern Kitchen to introduce new items
The popular, Southern kitchen restaurant, Fatz, is rebranding its menu with all scratch-made items, and daily breakfast is now available at select locations. New items on the menu include a Monte Crisco sandwich, a Nashville hot Chicken sandwich, skillet cornbread, strawberry summer salads and more.
"Our menu additions maintain the essence of Fatz while incorporating new flavors and enhancing the overall quality of our guests' experience," said Anthony McCallum, vice president of operations.
The Greer restaurant is at 1361 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. and will offer weekend brunch. Fatz Southern Kitchen opened in 1988 and has 18 locations across the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee.
Charlotte-based BrickTop's to open downtown Greenville
Charlotte-based restaurant BrickTop's will bring its cut in-house seafood, prime sirloin meatloaf, and more to Greenville. The restaurant plans to open in late August/early September at 1 N. Main St. Suite H.
Greenville is the franchise's 10th location. Florida, Tennessee and Missouri restaurants serve jumbo lump crab cakes, lobster tails, steaks and a full brunch menu from the American contemporary restaurant.
BrickTop's opens for lunch at 11 a.m. and serves dinner from 4 to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. It is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Brunch is available on Sunday mornings with plans to expand later to Saturdays.
Coastal Crust Pizza expanding to Travelers Rest
West Greenville's favorite pizza parlor is expanding to the budding food scene in Travelers Rest. Coastal Crust Pizza will move into the former Resident Diner location at 327 S. Main St. and plans to open in late August/early September.
Greenville's Coastal Crust Pizza is the fifth location and second in the Upstate.
Coastal Crust features a lunch and dinner menu with a meatball parmesan appetizer, wood-fired pizza, and beer and wine selections.
DayDrinkers, women-owned coffee shop, headed to San Souci
Two friends, Nikki Martin and Katie Capelli, are set to open a new coffee shop, DayDrinkers, at 2903 Old Buncombe Road in Sans Souci in August, according to their Instagram account:
The all-female-owned space will offer coffee, tea and pastries. The coffee shop hopes to offer beer and wine in the coming years.
Martin, a former bartender at Due South at Hampton Station and The Village Grind in West Greenville, and Capelli, who has worked in the Greenville coffee community for seven years, are looking to establish a community of coffee lovers and showcase the power of a local coffee shop.
Greenville restaurant closings and more
Halls Chophouse at 550 S. Main St. in downtown Greenville will remain closed for a major renovation with an expected reopening at 3 p.m. on July 26.
Smiley's Acoustic Cafe is now closed after hosting its final weekend of food and music on June 30, and a final day open on July 2. The longtime West End establishment at 111 Augusta St. was in business for more than 15 years.
Rick Erwin's West End Grille will be closed for renovations until August 3 with upgrades to the flooring, paint and artwork inside the building.
Did we miss any food news? Do you have any openings, closings or testimonials to share? Is there a place you've eaten at recently that people must know about? Feel free to drop us a line at ajackson@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @ajhappened.
– A.J. Jackson covers the food & dining scene, along with arts, entertainment and more for The Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail. Contact him by email at ajackson@gannett.com, and follow him on Twitter @ajhappened.
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