Bars & Pubs in Greer

Trade Street Social sits in the heart of downtown Greer, on the Trade Street strip. It leans to the sports-bar side of things, the kind of spot where you settle in, get a game on, and pair a drink with something to eat. The name says it plainly. This is a place built for company more than a quiet dinner out, open through the afternoon and into the evening, later on weekends. If you want somewhere in Greer to meet friends, catch a game, and grab a bite, it is an easy call.

304 Grill takes its name straight from its address at 304 Trade Street in Greer, and that plainspoken feel runs through the rest of it. It is an American grill and bar in this corner of the Upstate, a casual, sit-down spot built around a familiar menu and an easy drink rather than anything fussy. Expect American plates and a relaxed room where a meal and a round are meant to be taken at your own pace. For anyone around Greer looking for a low-key place to eat and unwind, 304 Grill keeps it simple.

The Parkway spot on South Batesville Road runs like the kind of Greer sports bar you end up at more than once. Games are on, there is a patio for the warm months, and the calendar keeps the room busy on quieter nights with karaoke, bingo, and live music depending on the day. Reviewers keep reaching for the same idea when they describe the place, something closer to a neighborhood hangout than a chain. The real draw is the wings. The kitchen advertises well past 200 flavors, so the buffalo-or-nothing crowd and the garlic-parmesan people can happily share a table. Around that sits honest bar-and-grill cooking, from smoked Reubens and pastrami to burgers and Southern plates, at prices that stay in everyday territory. The bar side has its own following, with a Best of the Upstate 2025 nod for cocktails and happy hour. If you want the item people bring up without being asked, it is the ribs. Order the half rack and the falling-off-the-bone line the reviews keep using starts to make sense.

The name says it plainly. NEAT is built around bourbon and whiskey, the good pours handled the way people who know them prefer, poured straight and taken slow. It sits in Greer, in the heart of the Upstate, and it is clearly well thought of by the people who have found it. For anyone who would rather sip something worth talking about than order the usual round, this is the Greer stop to know.

Step into RiffRaff on West Wade Hampton Boulevard and you are in a proper Greer dive, with several games running across the TVs, a mix of booths and high-tops, and the easy noise of a room where people settle in for a while. It bills itself as the Upstate's local kitchen and dive, and the crowd plays along: groups pull tables together, nobody is dressed up, and the beer is cold and priced the way a neighborhood bar's should be. The kitchen turns out Southern bar food with more care than the setting lets on. The 10-ounce burgers are the anchor, thick and cooked the way you ask for them, and the jumbo smoked chicken wings come in a long run of rubs and sauces, from Cajun dry rub to sweet-heat ranch. Around those sit fried platters, gourmet nachos, patty melts, and a weekday lunch deal that puts a burger, sandwich, or foot-long hot dog with a side on the table for ten dollars. A shareable worth knowing about is Maw-Maw's pimento cheese, served with garlic toast points and candied jalapeños. Portions here tend to run big, big enough that a single order of fries can stall out two people.

The Mason Jar was built for Greer, and it acts like it. This is a neighborhood bar and grill meant to feel like a second living room: come as you are, catch up with people, and stay a little longer than you planned. It sits right on Trade Street in the heart of downtown Greer, one of the Upstate's most walkable small downtowns, with the easy, lively energy that comes with being a spot people plan a night around. The kitchen cooks from scratch and runs late most nights: hand-pressed burgers, slow-smoked pulled pork, crispy tenders, and craft cocktails alongside beer on tap. Ask around and two things come up again and again, the wings and the burgers. There is almost always something on, too, with free karaoke on Friday, live music on Saturday, weekly trivia, weekend brunch, and the screens on for the game. It is an easy place to build an evening around: park once in the Greer Station district, wander the Trade Street shops, and land here for dinner and whatever is on the stage that night, with Greer City Park an easy walk away.