Bantam Chef

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  I Love this place. It is a must stop for breakfast when I'm driving from NC to FL. Delicious country style home made breakfasts. Their Bacon, Egg & Cheese biscuits are one of my faves. Great coffee, great grits, you can't go wrong. Cash only, so have cash on hand or use their ATM.
  
  1950s decor but home cooked country style food.

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  Posted on 08.14.13 Amanda W.

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  Wow- what a funky little place! Stopped here while heading back to Florida to get a quick snack and as usual referred to Yelp for guidance. Went with a country ham biscuit & a sweet Tea..yum! Real "southern country style ham" and the biscuit was perfect. Would have loved to tried some more down home goodness, but that was enough for now. Everything looked delicious that was coming out of the kitchen. Very much a "locals" place...southern diner fare and country folks are a fav for me!

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  Posted on 09.21.12 Dana G.

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  I can only review the drive-through, since I haven't had the chance yet to venture inside. My bf has family in Chesnee, and we were there recently for a wedding. We pass the Bantam Chef, whenever we're in town, and I always get a chuckle from the giant rooster, car rear end, Capt. America and other 50's memorabilia on the roof and building.
  
  With cousin D's house right down the road, and no one wanting to cook, we made the Bantam Chef's big, delicious biscuits our choice two mornings in a row. These are real, Southern biscuits done right: no lead dough balls or barely held together dried crumbs here. The biscuits are moist yet fluffy and light with a mild, flaky, buttery flavor. I had mine with bacon and egg. The portion of bacon was very generous. The country ham biscuit was well-laden with salty, meaty goodness as well. Our cousin opted for a local specialty, Liver Mush. It's a patty made from pig liver, other parts, spices and corn meal. It's apparently got lots of flavor, and is a real "comfort food" for Carolinians.
  
  If you're in the area, definitely give the Bantam Chef a try, for the atmosphere and for the food!

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  Posted on 06.06.12 Tamara M.

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  I forgot to mention the slaw-dogs...Yes, my CA-bred husband looks at me like I am an idiot when I say that I like slaw-dogs! (I guess it's a southern thing, especially since I haven't been able to find them west of the Mississippi.)
  
  Anyway, at Bantam Chef, their slaw dogs come with homemade chili (no beans), wiener, bun, onions, mustard, catsup all topped with slaw. Make sure you have plenty of napkins...and don't ever think about eating them while driving!

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  Posted on 10.20.09 Cecelia E.

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  We were looking for local flair on a drive through South Carolina and boy did we find it! In a tiny town called Chesnee is a tiny diner called Bantam Chef.
  
  This is the type of place where the employees all have two first names like "Marie Sue" or "Emma Jane" and a thick deep south drawl. The ladies in front of us actually had a conversation about whether the one had remembered her teeth! No kidding!!
  
  They have a pretty big menu of typical diner fare but it is all really CHEAP. $3 for a bacon cheeseburger with all the fixins'. $2 for a heap of fries or onion rings. Milkshakes and ice cream. I must say the my burger was actually great as were the fries. The onions rings were the big, crispy kind and would have been delicious too if they hadn't been overcooked. My boy got a kids meal which came in the cutest paper car which he loved so much we brought it home.
  
  The place was pretty filthy. As we opened the door I remembered that smoking is allowing in South Carolina restaurants. As a nonsmoker in Florida I'm spoiled that I can dine smoke-free anywhere. The place stunk of stale cigarette smoke but after being in it for 10 minutes you didn't notice it as much. The floor looked like it hadn't been mopped in weeks. There were black and white checkered tiles but they looked were more like grey and black. The ladies room was so nasty we changed my toddler's diaper in the car.
  
  Even the grunge and grime of the place somehow seemed to fit. There was a big crowd at lunchtime so I'm sure it attracts business from quite a distance. Not that I'd ever be travelin' that way again but if I were this city girl would stop back by the Bantam Chef.

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  Posted on 03.10.09 Janene H.

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