Carolina Lunch only serves breakfast. You pretty much have to be from Hartsville -- or a very regular visitor -- to know that fact. From the Selling Hartsville perspective, we would probably call this one of the "Pleasant Surprises" that you will find around this community.
This Saturday morning, about 7:15, it looked like just about every seat in Carolina Lunch was occupied and there were people coming and there were people going. Carolina Lunch for breakfast was a happening place. As I drove by and saw some of the people it reminded me of the little things that make such strong connections in a community. If you want to know the latest of what people are thinking in Hartsville, you probably want to stop in to Carolina Lunch and overhear conversations. It is the center of talk and while facts might need to be checked, it is certainly where you can find the pulse of the day. Talking to Hartsvillian visitors to their town, you will often find that one of the highlights of their time home visiting is a nostalgic trip with their father(sometimes mother)to Carolina Lunch for breakfast. Besides a trip back to Church on Sunday morning, I am wondering what other touch points might be part of a return visit to our Community.
Now there are other places people meet for their first get-togethers of the day, it just so happens that Carolina Lunch is the place I have passed daily for a lot of years and the one that always seems open for coffee just after 5 a.m.
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I have always loved the quirkiness of Carolina Lunch's name. They make a great, simple breakfast too. One small-town feature is the big back table where the true local regulars drop in and out. Over the years, fathers who were regulars at that table have passed on and their sons have taken their places. I suppose it has been going on like that for a long time.
ReplyDeleteFriday, I took my son to Ruth's Drive In for lunch, having read and written about it recently on HVTD. It too is a landmark on the local Hartsville culinary scene. It had been years since my last visit (back then, they still served the Coke products advertised on their sign... now they serve Pepsi products). He enjoyed his half-hot with cheese and gravy and the friendly local characters who know each others' first names.
These local landmarks used to be fixtures of most small towns and Hartsville is very fortunate to have preserved theirs.
thanks for that comment. I have video of a new resident of Hartsville whose one-word description for this city is "Authentic", so of what you point out in your post.
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