In the upcoming weeks, two new restaurants, Indaco and O-Ku Sushi, will open on Main Street in downtown Greenville.
Indaco, an Italian restaurant serving handcrafted pasta and wood-fired pizzas, is scheduled to open on Friday, June 9, said Steve Palmer, founder of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group of Charleston.
“We’ll be open (for) lunch and dinner seven days a week,” Palmer said. “We plan on doing pizzas late night at the bar outside to activate this area as much as possible.”
A new sushi restaurant, O-Ku Sushi, will also open sometime after July 4 for dinner only, seven days a week. Palmer said they may open for lunch in the future depending on demand.
“Although there are other Indaco locations or other O-ku locations, we don’t consider ourselves a chain and the easiest way to point to that is if you walk inside, the interior design is different at every restaurant,” Palmer said. “But most importantly, the menus are different at every restaurant.”
Both restaurants occupy the 7,600-square-foot space of the former Rick Erwin’s Nantucket Seafood located along the Village Green in front of the Courtyard Marriott, next to City Hall. Along with interior alterations, a new outdoor dining and bar area was also created in the courtyard.
“When (Windsor Aughtry) was able to partner with Indigo Road and Steve Palmer to have just two tremendous venues become part of this space, it was – first it was a privilege, but it also activates – will activate the space on a year-round basis rather than just during the winter,” said Bo Aughtry, chairman and CEO of Windsor Aughtry.
The courtyard will continue to host Ice on Main, the outdoor skating rink open during the winter holiday season.
“Not only will (Ice on Main) continue, we want to embrace the families that are here during the holidays,” Palmer said. “There’ll be hot chocolate. There’ll be s’mores for the kids to roast on the fire.”
Palmer said they are excited about the future and to be joining the Greenville community.
“We love being a part of every city that we’re in,” Palmer said. “We’re in seven cities across the Southeast. We’re always a part of each community and in a charitable way. We believe in giving back. We believe that the power to serve food to others can change communities.”
