New Businesses

Carmela Coffee - Avenir is a coffee shop in Palm Beach Gardens, FL — a bright, comfortable spot inside the Avenir community serving avocado toast, breakfast croissants, and fresh-brewed espresso.

Monica's Italian Sandwiches is an Italian sandwich shop in Boynton Beach, FL — a scratch-made counter known for chewy focaccia, fresh ingredients, and attentive service.

Sushi Jo & Jo Bistro is a Japanese restaurant in Lake Clarke Shores, FL — a Forest Hill Boulevard spot known for açaí bowls, pad Thai, and a lively happy hour.

Sushi Jo is a Japanese restaurant in West Palm Beach, FL — a South Dixie Highway spot known for lobster rolls, pad Thai, and açaí bowls with a shaded outdoor patio.

Field of Greens - Phillips Point is a health food restaurant in West Palm Beach, FL — serving salads like Full of Life and pear alongside Caesar wraps, smoothies, and a tuna melt on an English muffin.

Field of Greens - Dixie is a health food restaurant in West Palm Beach, FL — serving açaí bowls, chicken-Caesar wraps, and smoothies alongside chia and overnight-oats pudding, with outdoor seating and a kids menu.

Field of Greens - Palm Beach Island is a health food restaurant in Palm Beach, FL — serving açaí bowls, Market salads, and pesto chicken sandwiches made with homemade almond butter and bottled fresh juice.

Field of Greens - North Palm Beach is a health food restaurant in North Palm Beach, FL — serving açaí bowls and chicken-Caesar and falafel wraps alongside post-workout smoothies, with indoor and outdoor seating.

Field of Greens - West Palm Beach is a health food restaurant in West Palm Beach, FL — a Clematis Street counter-service spot serving açaí bowls, salads, and wraps, including a barbecue-chicken salad and tuna sandwiches.

Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar is a festive Mexican restaurant and tequila bar in Boca Raton, FL — a Town Center Circle spot known for tableside guacamole and an extensive tequila selection.

Talkin' Tacos Boca Raton is a taco restaurant in Boca Raton, FL — a North Federal Highway spot known for slow-braised birria tacos, birria, and horchata, served in a welcoming, casual dining room.

Berry Fresh Cafe is a breakfast-and-lunch spot in West Palm Beach, FL — known for buttermilk biscuits, mimosas, and a corned-beef sandwich in colorful surroundings.

C.R. Chicks (Abacoa - Donald Ross Rd.) is a chicken restaurant in Jupiter, FL — a casual rotisserie spot near Abacoa serving horseradish mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, chicken pot pie, and a standout meatloaf dinner on a breezy patio.

C.R. Chicks (Indiantown Rd.) is a casual rotisserie chicken restaurant in Jupiter, FL — a laid-back spot on West Indiantown Road known for its Cuban-inspired sides and breezy patio seating.

C.R. Chicks (PGA Blvd.) is a chicken restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens, FL — a casual rotisserie spot on PGA Boulevard serving meatloaf, penne, and Smokey pasta with strong sides in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.

C.R. Chicks (Northlake Blvd.) is a chicken restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens, FL — a casual rotisserie spot on Northlake Boulevard serving chicken salad sandwiches, meatloaf, and freshly made Smokey pasta alongside classic desserts.

C.R. Chicks (Village Blvd.) is a chicken restaurant in West Palm Beach, FL — a casual rotisserie spot on Village Boulevard serving smoked chicken, chicken Caesar salad, and horseradish mashed potatoes with restrained, homestyle seasoning.

Restaurant 17 sits at Hotel Domestique, the boutique hotel George and Rich Hincapie built into the Blue Ridge foothills a few miles north of downtown Travelers Rest. The dining room looks out toward the mountains, and the property carries the European-countryside feel the Hincapies brought home from years of travel and racing abroad. Getting here means leaving the Upstate's busier roads for a quiet stretch of Road of Vines, which is part of the draw. The kitchen, led by chef Haydn Shaak, works a seasonal menu rooted in the land around it, with a European and Mediterranean lean rather than anything fussy. Much of the plate is grown close by, drawing on Stage 22, the hotel's own farm along the North Saluda River, plus neighboring farms and nearby streams. Because the menu follows what is in season, it shifts through the year, so two visits months apart rarely look alike. That local sourcing is what reviewers keep returning to, along with a setting that stays relaxed rather than stiff despite the polish. If you go, leave time before dinner for a drink at the hotel's Bar 17; starting the evening there, then moving to the table as the light drops over the foothills, is how people who know the place tend to do it.

The kitchen builds a new three-course prix fixe most weeks around whatever the restaurant's own farm and neighboring Upstate growers are harvesting, so the menu shifts with the season rather than sitting still. Dinner runs three courses for $65, Thursday through Sunday. It occupies the old Williams Hardware building on Main Street in Travelers Rest, with a screened, heated porch that looks out over the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Live jazz plays on Thursday evenings and select Saturdays bring a bluegrass brunch, which gives the room the feel of a neighborhood gathering as much as a special-occasion table, though it handles both. Beyond the weeknight prix fixe there is weekend brunch, a full bar with a curated wine list and craft cocktails, and a Sunday chef's tasting that changes weekly, five courses with an optional wine pairing. Plant-based cooking gets serious attention, from a deep vegan lineup to a Plant Based Supper Club that runs a few times a year. The attached kitchen and market bakes bread to order and carries local produce and chef-prepared meals. Chef Adam Cooke, a 2020 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef Southeast, leads the kitchen, and much of what comes out of it traces back to the restaurant's own 16-acre farm and named local growers like Bradford Farm and Barbee Farms.

Stella's has been cooking on Fairview Road for more than fifteen years, long enough to sit near the top of most Simpsonville diners' lists. The room manages relaxed and polished at the same time, easy enough for a weeknight dinner but put-together enough that people book it for anniversaries and other special occasions, with service that stays attentive without turning stiff. The kitchen works from scratch and leans Southern, with coastal-Carolina influences and a real commitment to sourcing close to home. That is not just a line on the wall; the menu credits its growers by name, from Tyger River Farm greens to Split Creek Farm goat cheese, so a plate here traces back to Upstate and regional farms. Around the food sits a full wine list, a bar that takes its cocktails seriously, and a Sunday brunch worth planning for. Larger gatherings have the Indigo Room, the restaurant's private space, which seats up to fifty for anything from a plated dinner to a full event.

L'INCANTO was built for elegant comfort, and the details carry it: frosted-glass rose emblems, a bar washed in cool blue light, and an intimate dining room made for a slower evening. It sits on East Poinsett Street in downtown Greer's walkable historic district, the kind of dinner-only spot you settle into rather than pass through. The kitchen belongs to Chef Carlos Echeverri, who runs it alongside his wife, Kristi. Their cooking stays rooted in Northern Italy while leaving room for a modern hand, and each plate is built with real attention to how flavor, texture, acidity, and pairing come together. The menu shifts with the seasons rather than sitting still. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diners are looked after, and the staff know the wine list well enough to guide you through it. Reviewers keep returning to specific plates: the bolognese, a pork belly osso buco, Chilean sea bass, and lamb that guests call out by name. Beyond the regular menu, the restaurant hosts seasonal wine dinners and keeps a private room for larger parties and celebrations. Because the menu turns with the seasons, the dish people are raving about one month may be gone the next, so the favorite you leave with is likely to be one you find on your own.

Rick Erwin's Greer brought the Rick Erwin name, a fixture of Upstate fine dining, to downtown Greer in 2023, taking over the East Poinsett Street space locals knew for years as Strip Club 104. It is the group's newest room, and it runs on the same idea that built the name: a serious steakhouse that stays warm instead of stuffy. The setting is intimate and dressed up without tipping into formal, with private and semi-private areas for larger parties. Executive chef Ben Arendt's kitchen is built on premium cuts of beef and fresh seafood, backed by a full bar and a deep wine list, along with chef's features written just for the Greer location. Diners keep pointing to the she-crab soup, the shrimp and grits, and the crab cakes, and to the Saganaki cheese flamed table-side, while the steaks pull the kind of praise a steakhouse lives or dies on. It is a reservations-first kind of place, and the occasions guests describe tend to repeat: an anniversary, a milestone worth marking, a date night, or a business dinner where the pacing and the service carry as much weight as the food.

Patterson | Kitchen + Bar is the dinner restaurant at Hotel Hartness, an upscale American kitchen and bar in Greenville. It sits toward the higher end of the local price range, the sort of place set aside for a slower, special-occasion evening out rather than a quick weeknight meal. Dinner is served Monday through Saturday from 5 p.m., and the kitchen is closed on Sundays.

Scoundrel is one of the upscale dinner spots along North Main Street, the walkable heart of downtown Greenville where much of the city's restaurant and evening life sits close together. It plays toward the higher end of the local scene, the kind of table you plan an evening around rather than wander into, which makes it a natural fit for an anniversary, a celebration, or a night out when the meal itself is the occasion.