One of Greenville’s food treasures, OJ’s Diner is a family-owned and operated cafeteria-style restaurant in South Carolina that serves delicious home-cooked southern soul food cuisine. It’s popular among locals, which always speaks volumes and makes it a must-try in our book. So pack your bags and head on out to this local gem.

Open since 2005 on Pendleton Street in Greenville, OJ's Diner opened a second location on Calhoun Memorial Highway in 2012 in Easley.

It's not hard to understand why this joint expanded, it's wildly popular with the locals.

Depending on what day you visit, you'll have a choice between five everyday meats and two to four specials, as well as a variety of vegetable options. The food is prepared fresh daily using family recipes, likely the reason the food tastes like what you may remember from your grandmother!

There's such a huge variety of food you can take all your family and friends here, everyone will find something to love no matter how different their preferences are.

Fried chicken is one of your everyday meat selections and is some of the best you've ever tasted.

You'll never want to eat fried chicken anywhere else.

Spaghetti, on the other hand, is a Wednesday special baked with OJ's marinara meat sauce and sharp cheddar cheese.

With the regular specials, there's something new and exciting to experience every time you come in.

If you go on a Friday, one of the specials is OJ's popular baby back BBQ ribs with delicious, fall-off-the-bone meat.

As you can imagine, this one attracts a big crowd.

Although the savory options are plentiful, there's lots of sweetness available too.

You'll also find a number of dessert choices. Customer favorites are the banana pudding and peach or sweet potato cobbler!

OJ's Diner is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Special order items such as French toast, pancakes and eggs, and so much more.

And, of course, there's plenty of coffee to help you fuel up for your day.

OJ's also offers catering services for all types of occasions. And if you need an event venue, you can check out the Easley location to see if it will suit your needs.

With such a wide range of options, OJ's truly has all your needs covered.

Whether enjoying OJ's at the restaurant or an event being catered, you definitely should try its lemonade, said to be some of the best ever!

On a hot day, there's nothing so refreshing.

Along with the wonderful food at OJ's Diner, you can expect to receive top-notch service with a family atmosphere, something that great care was taken to maintain as OJ's expanded to its second location.

You'll feel like a local when you dine here.

It's a place where no one's a stranger and it's not long before you're a regular. Don't be surprised if your preferences are remembered once you've been a few times... it's been known to happen a time or two.

Visit the OJ’s Diner website for additional information and updates. Take your kids by Kangaroo Jax for some fun indoor playtime afterward!

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