An unincorporated area of Greenville County, Taylors sprawls between Greenville and Greer. Healing waters of the area’s natural spring attracted the first settlers in the early 1800s. The town eventually became known as Chick Springs, named for Charleston doctor Burwell Chick who purchased the land around the spring and developed a resort community there.
After the Southern Railway chugged into town in the 1870s, the center shifted away from the springs to the railroad depot built on land owned by Alfred Taylor. It was Taylor’s Station that eventually gave the town its permanent name.
Today, Taylors is a residential suburb of Greenville, with its commercial center along busy Wade Hampton Boulevard. That’s where you’ll find many retail outlets and restaurants, especially ethnic gems like Las Meras Tortas for traditional Mexican street food. Take the family to Spaghetti Westurn to savor house-made pasta in a saloon ambience while classic Western flicks play on flatscreens over the bar. Just off Wade Hampton, Pereira Bakery specializes in Columbian pastries and cuisine.
Recreational opportunities abound in Taylors, starting at the Pavilion Recreation Complex. No matter the time of year, the whole family can find fun here. Play hockey on the ice rink, hit the tennis courts, challenge friends to a game of pickleball, and take the little ones to the bounce house and playground. Even Fido can get in on the act at the on-site dog park.
For theater buffs, the 300-seat Logos Theatre brings the Bible to life onstage. Focusing on historical, classical, and biblical themes, Logos puts family values front and center in productions like “Robin Hood” and “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.”
On the National Register of Historic Places, Southern Bleachery and Print Works formed the industrial heart of Taylors from the 1920s until it closed in 1965. The bleachery, which included a campus for mill workers, transformed the raw output produced at other area mills into finished goods. After it closed, the complex sat empty until it was purchased in 2008. Now restored, Taylors Mill encompasses event space and studios for working artists, as well as several entertaining tenants. The Farehouse casual restaurant is here, next door to 13 Stripes Brewery. You can take out your frustrations at the Mad Smash’s rage rooms, while away hours at Pinky’s Revenge Arcade and Game Lounge, and take the kids to the Model Trains Station.
