Clock Drive-In

Clock Drive-In is a fast food restaurant in Greenville, SC, that has served made-to-order American diner fare since opening in 1954 as the third in a local chain of Clock restaurants. The menu centers on burgers, hot dogs, chili, onion rings, fries, and sweet iced tea, with specialties that include a homemade chili cheeseburger, a chilidog plate built with mustard, chili, onions, and slaw, and onion rings that are hand-punched, double-dipped, and floured each day before being fried to order. The restaurant holds a rating of 4.4 from 1,015 reviews.

The Clock Drive-In has kept the look and feel of a 1950s diner, with red booths, drive-in style service, and a large clock out front that has become part of its identity. The chili used on burgers and dogs is slow-cooked for ten hours and combined with a made-from-scratch sauce, while the tea is steeped from orange pekoe black tea, strained, sweetened, and boiled again for a bold flavor. John Banias has owned and operated the Clock since 2001, having grown up in the restaurant his father ran before him. He is joined by Gus, a long-time fixture at the register and in the kitchen who moved to the United States from Greece as a teenager and worked at other Greenville spots before joining the Clock. The staff is described as carrying on a decades-old legacy of humor, loyalty, and hard work.

The restaurant sits at 1844 Wade Hampton Blvd, at the intersection with North Pleasantburg Drive. Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery is about 0.2 miles away, along with Stratton Hall and the campus post office, putting the Clock right at the edge of the university neighborhood.

For more than 60 years, the Clock has been a fixture on Wade Hampton Blvd, and its mix of classic diner food and unchanged 1950s character is what has kept generations of Greenville customers coming back.

Services:

• Classic Diner Menu
• Delivery
• Dine-in Experience
• Drive-In Restaurant Service
• Takeout Orders