Okatie area restaurant scene growing with 2 new places to eat. Here are the details
Two new restaurants are giving Okatie residents some new dining out options along S.C. 170.
The restaurants, both with Ridgeland mailing addresses but just over the Beaufort County line, are not connected and offer widely varied menus. One is open in the mornings and one in the evenings.
What they do have in common is that they are signs of escalating retail and residential development along the heavily traveled corridor.
Half Day Cafe
Brothers Te Riley and Trent Riley opened Half Day Cafe in mid-December at 2633 North Okatie Highway, as S.C. 170 is known. Te said he and Trent both felt there was a need for this type of establishment.
“There’s nothing else along this corridor that serves a homemade breakfast,” he said.
Trent owns Sunset Pizza and Full Moon Saloon located next door to Half Day Cafe. Te said diners can expect the same quality of food at Half Day Cafe.
“We do not duplicate anything from next door, and we put a fresh twist on everything,” he said.
Five different types of flapjacks, breakfast burritos, chicken and waffles, breakfast bowls, fresh fruit and sandwiches named, “The Killer,” “The Low-Bottom,” and “Cherry Point,” are on the breakfast line up.
Half Day Cafe offers a brunch menu on the weekends that runs all day, featuring shrimp and grits or biscuits and gravy. Te said both the spicy syrup and biscuits are homemade.
A few of the lunch items are chopped chicken salad, blueberry chicken salad, pattie melt, “The Wedge,” a hummus Feta plate and soup.
Te said that there will always be a soup of the day for lunch, which is decided that day. “We never know what soup we are going to do.”
Ralphie’s Pizza and Eatery
Ralphie’s Pizza and Eatery opened in the Riverwalk Business Park within the last week.
“I’m from New York, and I’ve always wanted to have a pizza place down here,” said owner Joel Mathis, who has lived in Bluffton for seven years.
“We are excited to serve everybody, offer a great product with fresh ingredients, and be a part of the community,” he said.
And he looks forward to expanding to Ralphie’s to lunch hours, with a special lunch menu of two slices and a drink.
House, veggie, white and meat pies are just a portion of the pizza options offered in personal, large or extra large sizes.
In addition to the cauliflower crust option, there is a pie called “The Endicott,” which is topped with marinated grilled chicken breast and described as an “Upstate favorite.”
The appetizer offerings include mozzarella sticks, garlic knots and bruschetta.
Other menu choices are baked haddock, calzone, hippie rolls and eggplant parmigiana.
Along with adding lunch hours soon, Ralphie’s will serve alcohol as soon as its liquor license is approved.
At a glance
Half Day Cafe
- Address: 2633 N. Okatie Highway (In case the GPS does not get you to Half Day Cafe accurately, navigate to Sunset Pizza next door.)
- Hours: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekends.
- Phone: 843-645-3333
- Online: Half Moon Cafe Facebook
Ralphie’s Pizza and Eatery
- Address: 61A Riverwalk Blvd. in the Riverwalk Business Park
- Hours: 4 to 9 p.m. daily (lunch hours coming soon)
- Phone: 843-645-9800
- Online: Ralphie’s Pizza and Eatery Facebook