Happy New Year, Greenville Journal readers!
With the holidays over, you’ll probably be looking for a place to hunker down and get back to work for the start of 2025.
Businesses on North Main Street in downtown Greenville saw considerable movement toward the end of 2024. Roost Restaurant closed temporarily for renovations, and the Starbucks in NOMA Square exited to make way for a new coffee shop.
But there’s another change you may have missed: Family-owned Tselia Coffee is now open.
The new coffee shop is run by the Langlands family, who moved to the Upstate from Temecula, California, a few years ago. The family business operates as a coffee house and coffee roaster, and offers grab-and-go options.
The shop is decked out in black and pink with an industrial feel accompanying its large black archways, offset by pink cherry blossom trees throughout. Opposite the black wall is exposed brick with an open floor plan and a pink neon sign at the entrance reading: “This must be the place.” Honestly, it’s Instagram-worthy.
Tselia Coffee is located at 219 N. Main St. between The Comedy Zone and Maren + Main.
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The previously spotted Ottaray Raw Bar & Taphouse is now open in the former Warehouse at Midtown food-hall space on Laurens Road. The business offers favorites like she-crab soup, hushpuppies and oysters Rockefeller.
Ottaray Raw Bar & Taproom is located at 1418 Laurens Road in Greenville.
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Speaking of coffee expansions, West Greenville favorite The Village Grind now serves breakfast biscuits on the weekends. Guests can choose among chicken, sausage or egg biscuits each Saturday and Sunday. Biscuit sales continue until the shop sells out. Village Grind is located at 1258 Pendleton St. in the Village of West Greenville.
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Simpsonville’s Sweet Sippin’ now has food. The wine bar will serve small plates and charcuterie. Some items include:
- Edamame
- Spinach and artichoke dip
- Seasonal breaded and baked ravioli
Sweet Sippin’ has been open in the Golden Strip since 2017. It is located in 103 W. Curtis St. in downtown Simpsonville. It is open Tuesday through Thursday from 4:30 to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 2 to 11 p.m.; and Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m.
