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Legend [6928]
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Just saw the thread from yesterday about Mac's...Are PapaG and I the only ones
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that've never eaten there?
Like him, I always heard it wasn't worth the effort to go, and I never found myself feeling FOMO.
Just us? Of course I also don't like kettle chips and got mocked for that, so....
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I've eaten it once, it was to-go as well. Don't think I ever sat in there and
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ate.
I was too scared to sit down in there.
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Legend [6928]
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I spent 5 years at CU, live and work in Anderson county now, and pass by Clemson
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& Pendleton every few weeks or so. I'm not even sure I could find it from memory if I WANTED to eat there.
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My wife rented a house near-ish to there so they ate there some, I ended up
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getting some with them once, IIRC.
It's been years though, but I do remember picking up food and them glaring at me from behind the counter.
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Went lots of times. Not sure I'd say it was effort to go there.
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Mac was always cool with me, even let me leave my car in the parking lot one time while when I needed a tow.
The old man needed taken down a peg or 3. The young fella needed a few more brain cells, but never really saw it as a effort or hassle to go.
All that said I haven't been in 20 years or so and don't figure it is high on the list to go to if I'm in town.
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Heisman Winner [86230]
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Look at this commie kettle chip hater !
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I sat there and ate
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it was food
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Last time I went was back in the 70s.....
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I enjoyed it then.
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Re: Last time I went was back in the 70s.....
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Me too. Thought it was tasty.
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I've never been either. I didn't live on that side of town and rarely ventured
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towards anderson. The farthest we went that way was the convenience store behind the armory that had really cheap natty light.
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TigerNet HOFer [124201]
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Plez U had good beers after I left Clemson. Good Craft stop and it was near
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Columbo's which had good pizza.
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Plez U, I thought that's what it was called. We weren't there for the craft brew
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although that wasn't much of a thing then. If they had Guinness, Sam Adams and Becks that was exotic AF.
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TigerNet HOFer [124201]
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Sammy Smith's Nut Brown Ale was the craft beer of choice when on Panic lot
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I procured quite a few 6ers of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat from that Plez-U.
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Also got a Bud Card there--Budweiser credit card lookin' thing that was good for a 10 or 15% discount at Plez-U. Don't remember if it worked anywhere else, probably not. I got the Reverend Horton Heat to sign it some years later, and he was duly impressed by the existence of a Bud Card and its associated discount, as he was quite the lush 25 years ago. Probably still have it in a shoebox somewhere.
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I'm a 3rd gen Clemson alum and have never stepped foot in Mac's that I can
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remember.
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Re: I'm a 3rd gen Clemson alum and have never stepped foot in Mac's that I can
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Orange Beast [6306]
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I don't think I ever knew Macs was a thing until the lunge
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The AG department milkshakes tho, those were for sure something I had as a kid
They tasted infinitely better when they came outta the little window at the ag center
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Graduated in 1983, never went as far as I can remember
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Wifeof did.
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Never been
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Don't really feel the need to go.
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TigerNet Champion [110300]
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Driven by there 6,969 times
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Stopped twice.
Lived very close to there on 2 separate occasions, worked very close by, got married across the road.
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You got married in the gulley down there?***
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my diddy almost
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died in that creek for real for real. Not during the wedding though.
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I went a handful of time while a student. I haven't been since I graduated.
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I remember the food being fine (and cheap). The service varied from indifferent to actively surly. I ordered a milkshake once to see what would happen. The waitress was clearly displeased.
I'm not really sure why it is as famous as it is. I've heard Mac Smith's has a good burger but I have not been out there.
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Mac Smith's has one of the best burgers you'll ever eat. They have a variety of
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ways you can get it too. Definitely worth going.
I grew up eating at Mac's Drive-In. Haven't been in a long long time, tried to go a couple times recently but it was closed. Mac was a great guy, in college I went behind the counter (as I usually did) to refill my tea and this lady looked at him and was like "You're just going to let him do that?" to which Mac replied "Well hail, he's been eating here since he was 2, he can pretty much do ### well whatever he wants." And since I was a nice guy, I refilled her tea. #tsb
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Went once
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About 10 years ago with a friend who grew up up the street and he wanted to go for old times sake
It’s cool to see all the memorabilia.
The food is what you used to get at a middling independent burger joint back before there was fast food on every corner
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Please clarify, do you find the middling independent burger joint
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better or worse than the fast food giants?
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Re: Please clarify, do you find the middling independent burger joint
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Can be
The independents tend to be very inconsistent so might blow the chain out of the water one visit and be awful the next.
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I ate the F*ck out of Paw's Diner, Ancheaux's, Rockhoppers (for Trivia)
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and Sardi's (until I had a friend work there and tell me about the massive amount of cockroaches)
RIP to all of them.
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Ancheaux's was pretty good as I recall***
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Dyer's was great too. We would go in there hungover on Sunday mornings when
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church was getting out. 80% of the people were dressed for church and we were looking rough.
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National Champion [7557]
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I worked there one summer...here's how you make it....
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Part of what made Ancheaux's so good was their bread. They made their buns fresh from scratch each day.
So yeah, getchurself a good bun, butter the top and bottom and put them on a flat grill until they just start to brown, then pull them off.
Chicken = small chicken breast, butterflied and dipped in melted butter, placed on the flat grill. Season liberally with Lawry's season salt and blackened seasoning. Season one side and put it facedown on the grill, then season the other side as it starts cooking. Flip once the first side is cooked and and give it a couple of minutes. Once it's pretty much cooked through, drop a slice of monterrey jack cheese on top of the chicken and two pieces of cooked bacon criss-crossed on top of the cheese. Pull the chicken once it's cooked and the cheese has melted.
Top with lettuce, tom, onion and condiments to your liking.
#### I miss that place.
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BMEIST AND CRUMP, CAN YOU BOOKMARK THIS POST AND PIN IT TO THE
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TOP OF THE JOUNGE, THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE POSTED HERE SINCE WE FOUND OUT VIRGINIA TECH WAS GOING TO RUN DOWN THE HILL. THIS IS REAL CLEMSON HISTORY!!!!
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Re: BMEIST AND CRUMP, CAN YOU BOOKMARK THIS POST AND PIN IT TO THE
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I've submitted an enhancement request to allow the jounge to govern itself thus users being able to choose what is pinned and what isn't
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Re: That was my go to order too, roomie worked at Ancheaux's and the secret
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Yeah, the seasoning was the same for the chips as it was the black jack. I don't remember sugar being part of it -- I think the mix was a 2:1 ratio of blackened seasoning vs lawry's season salt, but that's not to say sugar wasn't part of the recipe at some point. I worked there toward the last couple of years it was open, and even then, they were all about experimenting with new flavors and trying new recipes for different things, so I wouldn't be surprised if the seasoning had evolved by the time I got there.
Your roommate -- not named Rachel was she?
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Orange Beast [6306]
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Sorry, roomie was maybe the asst manager but I remember the Rachel chick
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sounds like the same time frame though
Seemed like the owner wasn't good at running a business, because the food was jam up
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Re: Sorry, roomie was maybe the asst manager but I remember the Rachel chick
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Yeah, he was a real good guy, but prone to...distractions. Rachel was the engine that powered everything through.
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The reason for shutting it down was kinda weird... don't remember the specifics***
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Yeah, I only heard bits and pieces that were more rumor than anything.
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I think they were open for a year or two more after I eventually left, so I wasn't there to see how it all ended.
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I feel like I remember someone who worked there going in after hours and feeding
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all their friends
That wasn't you was it? Lol
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LIke after the bars closed, which was actually awesome they should have
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never been there either
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when I was going to school or since I moved back to area and have lived here for 18 years. Just not a place I've ever been interested to go. None of my local friends have ever suggested or expressed interest to go have lunch there either. Weird.
I have played golf with Pat, I got paired with him one time at Walker Course. He might have said 10 words the entire 18 holes.
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Think I ate there once towards the end of my Clemson career, or
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not long after graduating. Food wasn't enough to make me think twice about it. Cool black and white pics on the walls, but other than that...eh.
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Sounds like I'm one of the few that went to Mac's on the regular when attending
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Had lunch there last year
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First, its insane you dont like kettle chips
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Now that's been addressed, Macs is one of the worst dining experiences of my life. Rude staff, food sucks. At one point one of the guys who runs the place threatened to fight my friends and I. We were freshman, one of my friends was talking to the waitress about being new to Clemson, nothing rude or anything. Apparently it was the dude's daughter and he thought my friend was being too flirty or something. He comes over and asks if we are ready to fight, then tells us to leave.
The burger reminded me of cafeteria food, either hospital, school, or Luby's. It has to be bottom of the barrel Sysco stuff. I cant understand how it retains business.
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I ate there once a few decades ago.
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I was underwhelmed. It's a good burger, meh fries, but it's NOT BAD
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The biggest turnoff though for most people (I think) is that Mac was kind of standoffish to people he didn't know or was friends with. And the guy with the wondering eye was the same way, and if you asked for a shake, and you weren't some former player or whatever, then you'd feel unwelcomed.
HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT.....the absolute best time to go to Mac's is (was) on Homecoming Saturday, whatever part of the day the game wasn't being played. I went in there one night after a noon homecoming game and saw several Super Bowl Rings pulled up to that counter. And Mac was having a blast talking to Steve Fuller, Terry Kinard, and some others. I imagine the crowd of former NFL great players that venture to Mac's is not the same now that he's passed. But anyway, was a neat place at one time, for sure.
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I never have that I remember.***
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I eat there 3, maybe 4 times a week.
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Nobody microwaves a bologna and Hellman's sandwich like Mac's Drive-In!!!
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I always liked Mac's as a student
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But I was a kid who grew up on Sugar n Spice and the Beacon and Ike's so grease pits didn't bother me. We found the grouchy guy was alright if you just talked some football with him and asked him about some history of the place.
Never asked for that milkshake, tho...
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Non-alumnus post: Ive never eaten there.
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When my father was blacklisted, he and his friends would sit in Mac's
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everyday trying to figure out how to survive.
He was betrayed by those he trusted........they named names
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Re: When my father was blacklisted, he and his friends would sit in Mac's
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