actually called the Branch Eating House uh... which was a stagecoach diner if

you will

uh... and the actual Branch Eating House

it was moved to this location so it was a stagecoach restaurant that was moved

here

that dates back to 1858 presently we've been here August will

be uh... eight years

so my wife and i met in the restaurant business down in Charleston

and uh... she being from Branchville brought me here

and started this uh... 8 years ago in August

all my advice getting into this was just keep it simple and that's basically what

we've done uh... we do an array of seafood from fried shrimp oysters

scallops we do a couple of grilled fish salmon and a mahi typically

uh... then we do a grilled chicken breast pork tenderloin

we do an eight-ounce beef tenderloin here

then we accompany that with a lot of local produce

and we actually have people that come from Columbia as far as Columbia

we do a big draw from Bamberg of course which is the next down over Saint

George the next town over

Walterboro and then into Orangeburg

three United States presidents Taft

Hardy

and Roosevelt uh... ate in the uh... dining room here

since we've been here we did a spring catalog for Saks Fifth Avenue

they came down and did a uh... spring photoshoot which is really neat

one of the things i love most about living in Branchville is the small-town

no red light

and Edisto Beach is the closest beach and we can get in the car and there's not even

a red light between here and there and to me that's pretty neat