Step into RiffRaff on West Wade Hampton Boulevard and you are in a proper Greer dive, with several games running across the TVs, a mix of booths and high-tops, and the easy noise of a room where people settle in for a while. It bills itself as the Upstate's local kitchen and dive, and the crowd plays along: groups pull tables together, nobody is dressed up, and the beer is cold and priced the way a neighborhood bar's should be.
The kitchen turns out Southern bar food with more care than the setting lets on. The 10-ounce burgers are the anchor, thick and cooked the way you ask for them, and the jumbo smoked chicken wings come in a long run of rubs and sauces, from Cajun dry rub to sweet-heat ranch. Around those sit fried platters, gourmet nachos, patty melts, and a weekday lunch deal that puts a burger, sandwich, or foot-long hot dog with a side on the table for ten dollars.
A shareable worth knowing about is Maw-Maw's pimento cheese, served with garlic toast points and candied jalapeños. Portions here tend to run big, big enough that a single order of fries can stall out two people.