Stuff Your Face And Eat All You Can At The Old-School Schoolhouse BBQ In South Carolina
U.S. Highway 52 is a strategic thoroughfare through the central part of South Carolina that stretches from Charleston to the North Carolina state line just north of Cheraw and then all the way up to Illinois for a total of 1,051 miles. The South Carolina segment of Highway 52 is a mere 160 miles long. And the tastiest part of the entire drive is found just 20 miles south of Florence and three miles north of Lake City.
Welcome to Scranton, a tiny town of about 850 people with a bbq joint that's legendary on Highway 52. It's called Schoolhouse BBQ and it opened in 1994 in a former (you guessed it) school house.
When you step inside you'll remember when times were simpler, meals didn't cost an arm and a leg to take the whole family out to eat, and folks were kind. (They still are at Schoolhouse BBQ!)
Aside from all those other wonderful reasons to visit this fantastic buffet, the food is amazing. Schoolhouse prides itself on their hand-pulled vinegar-based bbq pork.
So take a little journey over on U.S. Highway 52 and wind up in Scranton where you'll be treated like family the minute you step in the door — and feast like a king.
While you're here, enjoy the decor which features the work of South Carolina art sensation, Jim Harrison. (See the mural on the wall in the photo above.)
Harrison's country scenes depict South Carolina in an easier and simpler time, as does the food at Schoolhouse BBQ. The two go hand-in-hand. (You can see Harrison's work in his gallery at One South Main Street in Denmark, South Carolina.)
The next time you're craving delicious BBQ, make it Schoolhouse BBQ in Scranton!
Robin Jarvis is a travel writer and editor for OnlyInYourState.com with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. Her love for travel has taken her to many parts of the world. She's lived in the Carolinas for nearly three decades and currently resides in Charleston. When she's not working, she loves to cook with friends and check out new adventures. General questions and FAM tours: rjarvis@onlyinyourstate.com.
