Word on the street
What locals are saying
Bessinger's on Savannah Highway carries genuine institutional weight — the Bessinger family has been the backbone of South Carolina's mustard-based BBQ tradition since the 1930s, and Thomas Bessinger's branch keeps it a family-run operation. The pulled pork and donut-size onion rings are the calling cards, and the Carolina Gold mustard sauce is the real draw for anyone who grew up on this side of the state. Consistency is the lingering knock: cold plates, hit-or-miss ribs, and occasionally indifferent counter service have crept into the record alongside the loyal regulars who fill the dining room on Sunday afternoons.
Carolina Gold mustard sauce as the whole identitypulled pork — good days and off daysdonut-size onion rings, polarizingfamily-run institution since the 1930scold food and service gripes in recent visitsSunday church crowd filling the room
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