Best Mother’s Day brunch in South Carolina? These spots rank among nation’s favorites
If you want to take your mom out for a tasty brunch, you may not have to travel far.
That’s because South Carolina is home to four of the nation’s best 100 restaurants to visit for Mother’s Day, new rankings show. The state’s winning restaurants:
- Blueberry’s Grill in North Myrtle Beach (No. 39)
- Drift in Myrtle Beach (No. 43)
- The Flipside Cafe in Fort Mill (No. 57)
- Page’s Okra Grill in Mount Pleasant (No. 62)
The Palmetto State made its mark on the list — called the “Top 100 Brunch Spots for Mother’s Day” — after the restaurant review website Yelp said it studied online comments that customers left over time. The website then “ranked those spots using a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews mentioning ‘brunch.’”
“If a chain appeared on the list more than once, we only included the highest rated location,” Yelp wrote in its May 4 report. “We included only 10 businesses per state for geographic diversity.”
The results were released ahead of Mother’s Day, which falls on May 14 this year. That day, Drift will be open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and take customers on a first-come, first-served basis, Carlos Ramirez, general manager and part owner, told McClatchy News in a phone interview. Meanwhile, Page’s Okra Grill also won’t take reservations and plans to serve brunch 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Though the other two winning South Carolina restaurants didn’t share their holiday schedules with McClatchy News on May 9, both of them list Sunday brunch-time hours online.
The highest-ranking South Carolina restaurant was Blueberry’s Grill. Though the “Mediterranean-themed American” dining spot has more than one location, the blueberry hush puppies were among the dishes that gave the North Myrtle Beach site a boost on Yelp.
Nearby, Drift in Myrtle Beach has a morning menu that includes chicken and waffles, omelets and other classics. Several Yelp users were fans of the restaurant’s coastal decorations and customer service.
Further down in the rankings, The Flipside Cafe in Fort Mill — south of Charlotte, North Carolina — left many people raving about its grits. Meanwhile, customers of Page’s Okra Grill in the Charleston area took to Yelp to praise the sizes of their meals and the eatery’s outdoor seating.
Overall, Yelp said the No. 1 place to eat brunch in the United States was Cafe Kacao in Oklahoma City.
This story was originally published May 10, 2023 at 9:27 AM.
