The takeaway for my husband and I, is that from now on, anytime we want barbecue, we will be…read morehappily driving 30 minutes for the best. It was the first stop. Book a tour if you want to be in the know!

John is very knowledgeable about the mills and mill villages in Greenville. We took the textile…read moremill tour and John pointed out things of interest we've driven by for years and never noticed. Tour was well done and learned a lot about Greenville's textile past. We've also done a culinary tour with John which was also great!

Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food and drinks selected at wonderful restaurants! We…read morehad Fay as our tour guide as she was so fun and extremely knowledgeable of Greenville as well as international history! She was a true joy! Highly recommend this tour! It was definitely a highlight of our trip!

Rose was a great tour guide. It was a fun and exciting night out doing cocktail tour. It is fast…read moremoving but worth it. Even being local we discovered few new places and speakeasy we never knew was downtown.

This is a great place. You need to try it. I must say it is worth your time. The service was good…read morethe food was good. They it

I am so glad I booked this tour! John is an amazing host and tour guide for the city. Not only does…read morehe select top tier and diverse local tastings, but he also shares his knowledge of Greenville and its charming history. Each of the four restaurants offered generous portions of either a specialty off their regular menu (like shrimp & grits at Soby's) OR that day's inspiration/creation (like the sweet tea inspired braised pork tenderloin paired with a bourbon and honey sweet tea craft cocktail at Nose Dive gastropub). John is very thorough with recommendations and attentive to each guest's likes and/or dislikes. We will definitely book this tour again.

We can't say enough good things about this tour. My wife and I had so much fun. Walter, the tour…read moreguide, was incredibly patient training us (yes it takes a minute to get the hang of it but then it feels like second nature). Walter then asks what you want to learn and guides you through the city showcasing all the wonderful things Greenville has to offer as well as so many historical aspects around town. He is a local and you can tell he loves to tell you all about his town. We highly recommend this tour.

Came to Greenville to check out potentially relocating for work. Walter was amazing. We did a huge…read moretour of the downtown area. He let me know about places to live, restaurants, and parks. Incredible tour! Couldn't recommend it more!

I can't believe there are no reviews for this fabulous experience on Yelp! We had such a great…read moreafternoon this afternoon with our tour guide Anne. We went to several different small local places, tasted a sampling of yummy food and/or beverages at each venue, laughed and enjoyed. Totally worth every penny!

This store has quadrupled (or more) in size since my last visit a few years back. It is now a full…read morefledged specialty grocery with fresh vegetables, cheeses, ice cream, of course all milk and dairy products, canned (jars) items such as relishes and jellies and pickled vegetables. There is also a significant section of "home remedies" from turmeric/ginger tonic to elderberry syrup in local honey, and various vinegars or juices. It is a fun place to visit and I could see this being a main grocery store for those who live nearby. It's worth the 30 minute drive for us, plus some nice countryside to see along the way. The staff is very helpful. The store is now much larger, clean and organized and well kept.

Great little market tucked away in Fork Shoals/Pelzer SC. Lots of local goods, such as jams,…read morerelishes, pickled everything, fresh fruits, cheeses, eggs, meats, and ice cream. Dairy cows lounging under the trees out front, across from the market and a small barn/shed for photos. SC Certified with lots of options for shopping local!

On a recent anniversary trip to Asheville, my husband and I enjoyed Eating Asheville's historical…read moredowntown food tour. We decided to splurge for The High Roller option as it was only around $10 more a person and included beverage parings with the food. Included is up to 6 stops at restaurants, bars, or desserteries with at-least 3 alcoholic beverages pairings and then other non-alcoholic options. The tour lasts about 2.5- 3 hours. This is a walking in food tour, so you have to be able and willing to travel on foot some. It wasn't a ton of walking, but did work up a little sweat as it was a warmer Friday afternoon (this tour is offered Thursday- Sunday). We had a small group of 6 people plus our tour guide. She was very sweet and personable. I think she may have been semi new at this as her story flow was a little jumbled, but it didn't bother me too much as honestly she was trying and I was interested in food way more than history. She did point out some important sites along the way and give us some fun Asheville facts. Great thing about these tours is they do vary. While the company has a number of places they work with which ones are selected for you, depends on the day, time, season etc. So you could honestly do these tours more than once and experience new things still. Our tour began at Asheville Charcuterie where we each enjoyed a personalized board of meat, cheese, cracker, fruit, and a local spicy honey. It was also served with a Bold Rock cider. This was a cute shop where you can get a drink or snack there or take items with you to go. Next was to the Grove Arcade where we hit Bebettes, a New Orleans coffeehouse with fresh out the oven beignets with a warm chocolate dipping sauce, served with a shot of coffee. So yummy. I felt bad about all the power sugar I got everywhere. Gotta love a dessert on stop 2! For the third s location was Strada Italiano. The food here was excellent. We sampled one of their arancini balls and a grilled Florentine ravioli. Both were delicious bites and executed flawlessly. Great Italian fare with some red wine. My husband and I agreed we want to come back here for a full Italian dinner experience on our next trip. Starting to feel a little full at this point, not gonna lie but things continued to get more hearty at The Rhu. We got to enjoy their house breakfast sausage and pimento cheese on a buttermilk biscuit. Thank goodness they only gave us half each as these bad boys were thick. All three components were so tasty, with the pimento cheese winning for me. It came with some iced tea, which was definitely southern and sweet. I knew we had one more food stop left before dessert. Imagine my surprise when it was an Indiana buffet at Mehfil. On the fifth stop? Lord, a bad day to wear jeans! They place was so generous giving us a like private mini buffet of items like tandoori chicken, saag paneer, naan, butter chicken, rice and more. I truly wish I had room to eat more as everything was so tasty, especially their tandoori chicken. Also they had the best beverage pairing with a pear mule cocktail - perfectly light and smooth for a warm day. Our tour guide joked that we would need to cancel our dinner reservations, turns out they weren't kidding. The last stop was Asheville Chocolate. So many amazing sweet treats you could enjoy at this place. We wrapped up our tour with a chocolate truffle and cookies and cream gelato. I had to ask my husband to help finish these as I was stuffed. Before departing, we tipped our guide. This is not required, but we were happy to do so as she worked hard and took great care of us. After the tour, not gonna lie went back to our hotel and had an amazing nap! Sign of a good food tour! I thought this food tour was a great deal for the $90 per person price. I know at first it sounds like a lot. But we more than got $15 worth at each place from the food and drink itself, plus to convenience of being able to just walk in to a reserved table at a popular restaurant with a planned bite ready in a few minutes. Not to mention, having a personal tour guide to take you around and teach you about where you are, what you are eating , and Asheville in general. If you like to eat, and can eat a lot (you will be very full but it's worth it), take this tour. It was a great way to get a taste of places you've never been and decide where you wanna go back to and try a full meal next time!

Did we have a good time overall? Yes. However, do I think…read moreit's worth the $92/person price tag all in with taxes and fees... to sample 5 places with varying portions of food and drink? Not quite. The classic before fees is $79/person. It offers "minimum of 5 stops and at least 2 drink pairings" from their website. Don't get me started on the 15.5% extra they tack on for "taxes and fees". If the unavoidable city tax for Asheville is 7%, the remainder is 8.5% for what? Their website/payment services? To be fair, the pricing is similar to one we took part in NOLA $78/person with Destination Kitchen but the food and portions were more balanced (albeit without drink pairings). For $10 more base price, you can book the high roller tour $89/person. After all is said and done I'm wondering if we should have spent the extra amount and upgraded to the high roller since the descriptor highlights "most elegant, trendy, and acclaimed" options. I understand the business also needs to make a profit along with giving a cut to the tour guides. At the beginning and throughout the tour, the guide continued to emphasize that if we were still hungry by the end that they have not done their jobs. However, there's more to consider. I'll go through the 5 places we tried and how one of the newest additions isn't even listed still on their website so if you were to look ahead of time for the offerings you would not expect it! We met our group inside the Grove Street Arcade on a Monday in September which is a great spot with some shops and public restrooms before we started. STOP 1 - The Rhu https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-rhu-asheville This is the cafe/breakfast bakery sister to Rhubarb, which is more upscale. They prepared a small cup of iced sweet tea with half of their breakfast sandwich. The refreshing tea with sugar cubes paired nicely with the buttery biscuit sandwich. Value: $8.50 for full sandwich and drink was not listed so going to estimate total is worth one sandwich. STOP 3 - Bold Rock https://www.yelp.com/biz/bold-rock-asheville-asheville The Cidery story actually started in VA but I'm glad they expanded to NC. We sampled a 6~7 oz cider paired with a Bruschetta and Bacon Apple Grilled Cheese. (American, cheddar, goat cheese, local apples, bacon, Dijon aioli, sourdough) It was super tasty and really enjoyed everything!! Value: ~$5 half pour, ~$10 for the food so one of the better values STOP 3 - Mëhfil https://www.yelp.com/biz/mehfil-asheville-2 Full buffet spread of ~6 Indian dishes with Mango Lassi and a tasty alcoholic beverage too! Now this place is the spot I mentioned isn't even listed with their logo on the restaurant page... I checked their Instagram which isn't updated frequently either and they announced just the day before our tour so this is brand NEW. Unfortunately this is one of the cuisines my SO does not eat. We would not have known that reserving in advance... which is a shame. Value: ~$25-30 honestly since they were offering generous full size portions of their dishes that you could serve yourself, this was hands down the best cost wise. If you were to fill up it would be at this stop. The staff were also super nice and hospitable! STOP 4 - Manicomio Pizza https://www.yelp.com/biz/manicomio-pizza-asheville Plain and simple pizzeria with some funky designs. We sampled a single slice which may have been their special of the day with cherry tomato and artichoke and a lemon wedge to spritz. It tasted good, but forgettable. They just gave us water. Value: $5.50 by the slice for daily special STOP 5 FINAL - Sunshine Sammies https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunshine-sammies-asheville Makes sense we'd end on dessert and we sampled 1/2 a sandwich of I believe their seasonal pumpkin! It was a sweet way to conclude the tour. Value: $4, a full size seasonal flavor is $8 I was full from the generous spread offered at Mëhfil which carried the food and drink side of the tour. Unfortunately my SO didn't get to fully enjoy the experience, and there was no way we could have expected they'd take us to the new restaurant that was just announced. Even being generous with some of my estimates, I landed at value of ~$60, which is still short of the cost you're paying especially when more than half of these locations are more fast casual spots. The most disappointing was the pizzeria, since aside from the artwork I didn't feel anything unique about the taste and seems like a wasted opportunity given the list of other more interesting restaurants. I enjoyed the historical information the guide sprinkled throughout along with background about each of the locations. Next time I'll keep in mind for Mondays where many restaurants aren't open.

If you're in the Columbia area and want something different to do, try Columbia Food Tours, LLC…read more Grab a group of friends/family or even go solo like I did! It's a walking tour lasting about 3-3 1/2 hours, so make sure you wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Just a heads up: if you're a picky eater or have food allergies, this tour may not be for you. Or if you have bad legs and can't stand or walk for long periods of time then it's definitely not for you. ‍ They don't accommodate substitutions and the food is pre-selected by each restaurant. I went by myself and still had a great time. I met some awesome people in my group, and the tour guide did an amazing job! Definitely worth checking out if you want a fun, social, and different experience in Columbia. I'll definitely be going back and actually eat at some of the restaurants that were featured on the tour!!

Had the best time on the Columbia Food Tour today! Brian was super friendly! We had food and drinks…read morefrom 6 different venues on Main Street!

Four neighbors/friends and I have had two lovely tours--Columbia and Newberry--with these ladies!…read more Excellent venues including the museum in Newberry. Highly recommend!

I know they have a bunch of reviews on Trip Advisor but I really wanted them to get raves here on…read moreYelp, too. My family and I went on an amazing food tour with them last night. We had some family from New York come down and we really wanted to showcase Columbia in a fun way. This was a winner!! First, I love that they've partnered with Historic Columbia. Our historical guide was A+ and really knew his stuff. I learned so much about this city and really have gained a new appreciation of it. He is a VOLUNTEER and any tips go back to Historic Columbia. How cool is that?! I also loved that the buildings that the restaurants are housed in have so much history as well!! I mean: who knew THAT about Pearlz?? I really liked that we were in front of the Adluh mill and learning about its history, then off to Blue Marlin where we actually had the grits made at that same mill. Even the "Yankees" loved the grits and were pleasantly surprised! The restaurants were a great representation of some of the different places in Columbia. Just to give you an idea, we went to Blue Marlin, SakiTumi, Liberty Taproom, Hickory Tavern, and Kaminsky's for desert. Some members in our party were worried that we would still be hungry after the tour. Nuh-uh!! At the end of the tour you've eaten the equivalent of a full meal. It left us really satisfied and wanting to come back to each place and try a meal at each. It really inspired debate about our favorite places on the tour. The Two Gals (Gloria and Janet) are just lovely! They are so sociable and fun and really know their stuff. I really appreciated the fact that the actual two gals are a part of the tour as well. One of them stays with the group while another goes on ahead to make sure everything is ready at our next stop. You can really tell that they've done everything to make sure the tour goes as smooth as possible. Email and phone communication with them before the tour was a pleasant experience and there were no hiccups of any kind. We definitely would love to go on another tour with these gals they really are A++. I highly recommend either a private or public tour with them. They even do brunch tours!

The day was perfect. Calm waters and warm temps. The guide explained the history of the development…read moreof the lake, and took us to the waterfalls that would never be found without his knowledge. The price is right because renting a boat was more than we needed for a 3 hour tour. I booked online ahead but several couple paid that day, I assume by calling and knowing there was an opening for them.

Awesome Lake Jocasse tour! Booking was efficient with good follow-up prior to our day. Kevin…read moretailored our tour to the group's vibe. He provided a thorough history of the development of the lake as well as the eco and wildlife. We had kids (Andes 8 and 11) as well as adults on our morning adventure. The boat was very clean and safe for all. Highly recommend Southern Outlaw Adventures for your group!!!