A diner with a throwback style will be opening along the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail in Travelers Rest.
Resident Diner will be taking over the spot formerly occupied by Hare and Field at 327 S. Main Street, joining a third location from The Community Tap and Coldwell Banker Caine real estate gallery and event space.
Designed as an updated soda shop-meets-1970s dive bar, Resident Diner will feature a menu familiar to fans of owner Meredith Bost’s food truck and popup concept Resident Dogs.
“A dive bar is my comfort zone and the place I like to drink,” Bost said.
Beyond the hot dogs that have become Bost’s specialty, the menu will expand to include sandwiches, salads, wraps and other comfort food dishes, all made fresh with homemade ingredients. A small bar will offer fresh cocktails with simple ingredients.
“If you can’t find it as a mixer in your mom’s basement, you’re not going to find it at the bar,” Bost said.
The Community Tap co-owner Mike Okupinski said he’d been hoping to work with Bost on a more consistent basis and was looking forward to having Resident Diner as a new neighbor in the development.
“When the Travelers Rest project came about, and there was a restaurant included, we naturally started the conversation,” Okupinski said. “Meredith really is family to all of us and we’re so excited for all of the culinary delights that will flow from her kitchen and the chance to collaborate and create with her.”
The diner is set to open by the end of the year, barring any supply chain delays related to construction materials.
Fans of Resident Dogs, fear not: The brand will also continue operating for events.
Planned hours of operation for Resident Diner will be Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with eventual Sunday brunch after the initial opening.
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