Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - 60

Weekend!

Landrum, South Carolina
Story and photos by Joe Tennis

The doorway to South Carolina's Dark Corner is
a spot where the mountains 'just sort of pop up.'

The Cherokee Foothills National Scenic
Highway connects some of the Palmetto State's
rockiest mountains, riding west of Landrum.

L a n d i n g i n L a n d ru m , S o u t h
Carolina, I hop into the Hare &
Hound and catch a crispy flounder.
It's as mouthwatering as a mountain
spring - and every bit as tasty as the
scenery of some stone-faced peaks
on the outskirts of town.
Settled as early as 1760, little
Landrum took its name after the
Rev. John Landrum gave land to
establish a railroad depot in 1877.
Today, this small city is part of
Spartanburg County, sitting just
below the North Carolina border -
with a population of less than 2,500.
"It's a really bustling, little
town," says 28-year-old Sarah
McClure, the operator of Landrum's
Southside Smokehouse. "There are
art things and music things happening now, and the library puts on all
these events."
Southside Smokehouse began as
a venture by McClure's parents. She
started helping while in high

mountains," McClure says. "The
mountains just sort of pop up."
So do horses.
"We have a plethora of horse
activity," says Stone Soup Restaurant
owner Suzanne Strickland. "This
area has a huge equestrian history,
too, which is why I love this area so
much."
Strickland moved to Landrum in
1999 and opened Stone Soup
Restaurant about a decade ago.
Today, at 54, Strickland says, "It's
very important to live in an area that
enlarges my soul and makes me feel
good."
Stone Soup serves such colorful

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school. Later, McClure went out of
town and earned an art degree. Yet,
all the while, she worked in
restaurants.
Now, she's back in Landrum and
loving it. McClure also uses her
artistic eye when designing pretty
plates of smoked chicken, pulled
pork and catfish tacos.
"That is one of my favorite parts:
putting out real pretty-looking
food," she says.
McClure must naturally draw
inspiration from the rolling landscape of Landrum and the nearby
mountains. "We're right below
them, so we get a better view of our

While You're In Town
Hare & Hound: 864-457-3232; thehareandhound.com
Red Horse Inn: 864-909-1575; theredhorseinn.com
Southside Smokehouse: 864-457-4581; southsidesmokehouse.com
Stone Soup Restaurant: 864-457-5255; stonesoupoflandrum.com


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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015

Best of the Blue Ridge Parkway
Western North Carolina Food Foray
Is Harvest Table the Region’s Premier Farm-to-Table Restaurant?
Rhododendron Season Arrives: The Photoessay
The Secret Biltmore You Never See
Sleeping in School
Saving West Virginia History
Cabins at Cosby Creek
Blue Ridge Weekend
Landrum Weekend
From the Editor / Worth a Click
Mill Creek Stories
Mountain Report
Creature Feature
Great Home Buys in the Mountains
The Hike
Festivals & Events
Country Roads
Mountian Garden
Guest Column
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Intro
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Cover1
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Cover2
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - 3
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - 4
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - From the Editor / Worth a Click
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Mill Creek Stories
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Mountain Report
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Creature Feature
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Great Home Buys in the Mountains
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - The Hike
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - 11
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Festivals & Events
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Country Roads
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Best of the Blue Ridge Parkway
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Western North Carolina Food Foray
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Is Harvest Table the Region’s Premier Farm-to-Table Restaurant?
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Rhododendron Season Arrives: The Photoessay
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - 37
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - The Secret Biltmore You Never See
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Sleeping in School
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Saving West Virginia History
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - 51
Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Cabins at Cosby Creek
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Blue Ridge Country - May/June 2015 - Mountian Garden
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