Richie Mata’afa, founder of Southern California-inspired burrito pop-up Daylight Burrito, was given the opportunity to pitch his business at GVL Starts Demo Day Oct. 17 in downtown Greenville. He was victorious and the crowd favorite.
GVL Starts is a nine-week program offered through The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Furman University. The program offers emerging entrepreneurs the opportunity to work alongside and be mentored by local business owners. Demo Day occurs on the ninth week, offering the selected volunteers an opportunity to win $5,000 in startup grants.
Daylight Burrito got its start in 2022. The SoCal-influenced fare doubles down on carbs by including tots or fries inside the tortilla. It’s a sleeper meal but one that shouldn’t be slept on.
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13 Stripes Brewery will host its annual birthday party for the Marine Corps on the anniversary of its establishment, Nov. 10. It is the Corps’ 249th birthday.
The party is a scaled-down version of the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. The brewery will hold its own cake-cutting ceremony. The oldest Marine present will cut the first piece of birthday cake and give it to the youngest Marine present.
13 Stripes will release its DD-214 IPA during the event, with 100% of proceeds from the beer going toward Upstate Warrior Solution. The brew’s name comes from the DD-214 form given to military personnel when they are released from service, sometimes called the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty form.
13 Stripes is located in Taylors Mill at 250 Mill St. in Taylors.
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VisitGreenvilleSC will celebrate National Sandwich Day Nov. 7 at Fluor Field, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The organization will prepare 8,000 sandwiches with the help of Duke’s Mayo, Feed & Seed Co., Spinx, Trueline GVL, Clemson MBA, Sysco and Beltram of the Carolinas to be passed out to local nonprofits Project Host, Meals on Wheels of Greenville and Loaves & Fishes.
Last year, VisitGreenville celebrated the unofficial food holiday with “Eugenia Duke’s Unofficial Mayo Guide to Greenville.”
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The Upstate has a new ready-to-drink cocktail brand, Six Nineteen Spirits.
The brand has three cocktails: a coconut rum-based cocktail, grapefruit tequila-based cocktail and passion fruit mocktail. The business was named in honor of Juneteenth.
According to co-founder Jamille Bradfield, Six Nineteen products are not in stores yet but are expected to be before the end of the year.
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Greenville’s Craft Beer Fest has been postponed due to the residual effects of Hurricane Helene. The event was planned for Nov. 9, which now conflicts with Fall for Greenville, which was postponed from Oct. 11-13 to Nov. 8-10 due to the storm.
The beer festival made the announcement on social media. A rescheduled date has not been set, but the organizers are looking at possibly March or April 2025.
