Explore Greenville
Whether you want to get off campus for an evening with your friends or show your family a fun weekend on the town, Greenville provides great opportunities for eating, shopping, culture, athletics, and just plain fun.
What Does Greenville Have to Offer?
Consider this:
- A downtown so bustling and quaint that it has been named one of our country’s Great American Main Streets and serves as a model for revitalization efforts across the nation.
- More than 600 restaurants (ranging from cheap eats to award-winning fine cuisine).
- Four malls and literally thousands of shops. Professional hockey and baseball teams, as well as first-class golf facilities.
- Over 450 acres of public parks, including the breathtaking Reedy River Park.
- Accessible entertainment from popular musicals to country stars.
- Cultural opportunities from classical music to one of the nation’s finest small zoos.
And don’t forget—Furman runs regular shuttles to and from downtown on weekends!
Greenville Dining
Whether you’re looking for cheap eats or fancy feasts, good down-home Southern cooking or cutting-edge cuisine, Greenville has the food to feed the most finicky palate.
Don’t know what you’re in the mood for? You can search Greenville’s
restaurant database, or see what our students recommend for the most common college situations:
Best Places to Eat with Parents
Lemongrass
Soby's
Sassafras
Trattoria Giorgio
Trio
Best Places to Eat on a Date
Coffee Underground
Marble Slab
Soby's
Spill the Beans
Trio
Best Places to Eat with Friends
Barley's
Sharkey's Pub
Waffle House
Wild Wings Café
Greenville Nightlife
Sometimes you’ve just got to get away. And Greenville is right there waiting for you, whether it’s dining, music, dancing, comedy or more:
- Check out live acoustic music at the Coffee Underground.
- Get out your lighters for stadium rock and more at the Bi-Lo Center.
- Dine and laugh with the comedy of Café and Then Some.
- Take in the sounds of the Greenville Symphony and traveling musicals and performers at the Peace Center.
- Check out jazz, folk and acoustic artists like the Whalers and Pat Green at the Handlebar or the Bohemian Café.
Want to see more? Visit the
Greenville Convention & Visitor’s Bureau for a complete list of the nightlife waiting for you!
Greenville Shopping
As the largest shopping destination in the Upstate area, Greenville is full of malls, name brand factory outlet stores, funky shops and cute boutiques that match any price range or taste.
Cherrydale
The closest shopping area to Furman, Cherrydale Mall is the home of T.J. Maxx, Goody’s, Old Navy and a 16-screen theatre, as well as many other restaurants and shops.
Downtown
Greenville’s award-winning Main Street is packed with clothing, toy, book and art stores, plus great coffee hangouts and more than 70 mouth-watering restaurants.
West End Market & Historic District
A stunning pedestrian bridge across the Reedy River Falls anchors one side of the West End Historic District, which houses the arts and entertainment destinations of the city as well as many shops.
Augusta Road
The Augusta Road Shopping District is home to Greenville’s first (and still thriving) shopping mall, as well as fine clothing stores, health food markets, flower shops and restaurants.
Haywood Road Area
If you’re looking to do some major shopping, look no further than the Haywood Road Shopping District. Haywood Mall hosts five major department stores including Belk, Dillards, Macy*s, JC Penney and Sears and 150 shops and restaurants, and the surrounding area is filled with restaurants and retailers galore.
To learn more about Greenville shopping, visit the
shopping search site.