February 4, 2012 · 8:20 AM

Come for the football. Stay for the Beacon Drive-In.

Something tells me this is going to be a hard sell.

22 Comments

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22 responses to “Come for the football. Stay for the Beacon Drive-In.”

  1. BMan
    February 4, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    Ah, the Beacon. On the shady side of Spartanburg (go Terriers) and makes the Varsity seem like a healthy choice.

  2. TennesseeDawg
    February 4, 2012 at 8:50 AM

    Like most people who aren’t from South Carolina….. we’ve never heard of it

    • Hogbody Spradlin
      February 4, 2012 at 9:51 AM

      It’s actually semi-famous in the upstate. Like the Varsity with worse food and no attitude, and the sweetest tea that ever made your teeth hurt.

      • Dante
        February 4, 2012 at 1:49 PM

        Again, like most people who aren’t from South Carolina, “the upstate”? Never heard of it.

        • Jay
          February 4, 2012 at 3:06 PM

          There are basically two parts to SC. Upstate and Low Country. Low Country consists of the coast, i.e. Charleston, Hilton Head, etc. Upstate is the flatter land. Columbia and Clemson are Upstate.

          • Hogbody Spradlin
            February 4, 2012 at 4:20 PM

            I usually refer to anything West of Columbia, including Greenville and Spartanburg, as upstate.

            • Hogbody Spradlin
              February 4, 2012 at 4:22 PM

              Columbia mIght be midlands. Then there’s the Pee Dee, home of South of the Border.

              • BMan
                February 4, 2012 at 6:08 PM

                I’m not from SC, but my firm has an office in the Upstate. Isn’t the Pee Dee that area between Greenville-Spartanburg and the NC border? And truly the crappy part of the state?

  4. KornDawg
    February 4, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    And they didn’t even mention South of the Border.

  5. Dog in Fla
    February 4, 2012 at 5:12 PM

    “Come for the football. Stay for the Beacon Drive-In.”
    And then to the Low Country for a hunting trip with the debs

    http://www.pigtailbrands.com/charleston-south-carolina/summerville-native-wins-yahoo-sundance-film-festival-shorts-competition-debutante-hunters/

  6. delvaldawg
    February 4, 2012 at 6:39 PM

    I post very little but I’m a Georgia alum originally from SC (I chose to go to UGa out-of-state to the chagrin of my Carolina and Clemson alum relatives).

    Lowcountry usually refers to the coast below Charleston, sometimes to the coast below Georgetown and only rarely to the entire SC coast. The coast north of Georgetown to the NC line is usually called the Grand Strand. Sometimes Horry (where Myrtle Beach is located) and Georgetown Counties are included in the Pee Dee, which is the area inland of the coast (bordered by the Pee Dee River, go figure) roughly to Sumter, where begins the Midlands. The Midlands run west past Columbia roughly to the Newberry area, where begins the Upstate.

    That’s your SC geography lesson for today.