I remember the first time someone told me about a place where you had to shout your order across a counter like you were calling bingo numbers at a church social.
That place turned out to be The Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it has been slinging the same hearty comfort food since 1946.
Walking in feels like stepping into your grandparents’ favorite story, the one they tell every Thanksgiving about how things used to be better, simpler, and served with more fries than any human needs.
A roadside legend in Spartanburg since 1946
Locals still point their cars to The Beacon Drive-In, a highway-side institution that has served the same comforting plates since Thanksgiving Day 1946. It feels like a time capsule in motion, humming with regulars who learned to eat here from their parents…