GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) -
The voting ended Thursday night in a heated - and tasty - battle for tasty town bragging rights across the South, including Greenville.
Greenville has numerous restaurants offering up delectable delights that helped the city make Southern Living's Top 10 Tastiest Towns list. Like Randy Ellington, who said if you want to experience good food, visit Greenville. Ellington enjoyed an
"The food is fantastic. It's really good," Ellington said.
Dozens of restaurants offer food varieties of fair like Caribbean Southern flair, classic American or even Cajun cuisine with a twist.
Ellington didn't mind dabbling in delicious dishes at restaurants in Greenville Thursday night.
"There's nothing like it, except maybe Charleston," he said.
And food critics with Southern Living cooked up a contest that put Greenville on the list as one the South's tastiest towns.
"So I'm going to vote for Greenville right now," Ellington said as he pulled out his phone.
A group of ladies who ate dinner at Ford's Oyster Bar and Cajun Kitchen Thursday said they've been voting every day for months.
"When you come downtown, it's just a different flavor, plus there's little outlying restaurants," Vickie Browning said. She thinks Greenville should win the contest. "The city has great food, great atmosphere."
The man behind the Ford's Oyster Bar menu is Executive Chef Damion Norton.
"We bring a lot of flavor, a lot of flair," Norton said.
He said the culinary culture is turning Greenville into a foodie town like New Orleans and Charleston.
"Now Greenville is in the running. We're really showing what we have," Norton.
Other towns featured on the top 10 list in the region are Asheville and Charleston.
Voting for the contest at southernliving.com ended Thursday at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in Southern Living's May issue, which hits newsstands April 19.
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Randy Ellington votes for Greenville on his phone before the contest closed. (Feb. 28, 2013/FOX Carolina)
