ferings. Just be sure to save room for dessert. Besides the Dairy Bar there’s peach cobbler. pecan and apple pie. Serving over a million folks
per year, the Beacon is also the iced tea champ, serving more tea than any other restaurant in the world. In 2001, The Beacon Introduced its own line of Iced Tea to the retail market, and now sells its Tea from Virginia to Louisiana. In June 1999, the Beacon
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burger a-plenty ($7.00). Of course, one can opt-out on the onions and fries and just have the burger for $3.25. Over the years I have enjoyed taking
friends from all around the world to lunch at The Beacon. Baseball star/actor Brad Lesley came out from California one summer and wanted “the same sandwich Toy Caldwell used to eat,” which he said was the BBQ pulled pork a plenty ($7.25). He seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. Another friend of mine, a radio personality from North Carolina, met me at the Beacon once and told me his fa- vorite is the Chicken Gizzards.($4.00, avail- able also as a plate or a Plenty). I was so curious I had to try some my- self, and you know what? He was right. The Chicken Livers are equally yummy. The menu is so big, you might
consider printing on out from the website and look it over prior to arrival. After all, you want to be ready to “Call it!” when J.C. tells you to! With all of the burgers, sandwiches and such, there are also fish plates - perch, flounder and catfish, as well as various fried chicken of-
Drive-In expanded to create "The Beacon Dairy Bar" offering more than 20 flavors of ice
cream. And don’t miss the Beacon shakes, malts, and the Pig's Dinner, a massive dessert. The Beacon is open six days a week at 7:00
am, they open on Sundays at 11:00. Phone (864) 585-9387
(Photos for this feature were taken by Randy Davis, a California “Tuckerhead” I have known online since 1996, but only met a cou- ple of months ago during his private “Mar- shall Tucker Band points of interest” tour of
Spartanburg. Thanks Randy.)
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