More rural restaurants named “Best in America”

Two other South Carolina restaurants have been named America’s Best Restaurants.

The national social network for America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) announced Friday that two restaurants, both in Spartanburg County, will be featured on its social media platforms and website, as well as the restaurants’ Facebook pages.

(ABR recently named a Greenville restaurant one of America’s best. Watch this video above.)

ABA will be filming on location at the restaurants below:

• Friday, July 28, 6-9pm – BBQ game today165 W. Main Street, in Duncan
• Friday, August 4, 2-5 p.m. – Burger and bakery8881 Warren H. Abernathy Hwy., in Spartanburg

On each date, the popular dishes at each restaurant will be highlighted, and the owners will talk about the importance of supporting their communities.

Ryan Mueller, owner of Game Day Grill, says the venue’s menu includes a grilled cheese sandwich—a second seller after the classic ham—and the Redneck Cubano, which consists of grilled pork, pork chops, pickles, mustard sauce, and peppercorns. Common “side favorites” include okra, sweet potatoes, and collard greens.

“Our collard greens are fresh collard greens from North Carolina,” Mueller says. “We try to make as much from scratch as possible, just like Banana Oreo pudding. We make it on the stovetop, just like Grandma did, but we use vanilla Oreos instead of vanilla chips.”

A popular restaurant in downtown Greenville is featured in various broadcast series. More on that below.

Burger and Bakery owners, Deana and Mike Okin, serve up homemade burger buns, including a spicy version that Mike calls six out of ten on the spice scale, smash burgers on a 750-degree grill and desserts with a European/Asian flair, making them a Spartanburg signature.

“Spartanburg is an absolute burger town. We wanted to do something out of the box,” said Mike.

Popular menu items that may appear in the episode include The Big Tony Burger, which consists of a double burger with cheese, Carolina red sausage, pepperoni, and bacon; or The Barnyard, made up of a beef burger, a turkey burger, bacon, a fried egg, and goat cheese. As for desserts, the cheesecake and tiramisu are top picks. Eight to twelve choices a day that rotate between the roughly 450 Deana can do.

Premieres of finished episodes filmed at both restaurants in the state will be announced on ABR’s Facebook page and shown It appeared on her website at a later date.