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Downtown Clemson:
Tiger Town, located on the edge of the top 20 national public university campus, Clemson University, offers a variety of amenities to students, tourists, and locals.

Dining:
Downtown Clemson is home to a plethora of restaurants all located within a few miles of one another.

Mellow Mushroom (189 Old Greenville Highway Clemson, SC 29631) is home to southern pizza and ice cold beer. Founded in 1974, the Mellow mission has always been to “provide delicious food in a fun and creative environment."

Todaro's (105 Sloan Street Clemson, SC 29631) is a Clemson original that gave birth to the Wednesday night “dollar slice pizza."

Peppino’s Pizzeria (384 College Avenue Clemson, SC 29631) states that "Quality is the key to all of our recipes. We make our own sauce and dough, using only the most fresh and finest ingredients, including Grande Cheese products on our pizza and subs and in our calzones and stromboli's."

Brioso Fresh Pasta (360 College Avenue suite 200 Clemson, SC 29631) is a little Italian restaurant that offers plenty of homemade options. It is known for its fresh pasta served in an exciting, modern, and casual environment. Also, enjoy their desserts, including fresh tiramisu and gelato.

Pita Pit (383 College Avenue Clemson, SC 29631) is the place to eat healthy, with pita options under 350 calories. Enjoy a range of inexpensive pitas, including buffalo chicken, steak, gyros, turkey, ham, and endless veggies. All pitas are made fresh and fast for time convenience.

Groucho’s Deli (104 Finely Street Clemson, SC 29631) is a South Carolina original with its roots based on the idea that “quality is the most important ingredient on a sandwich.” Groucho’s is successfully able to support this mentality by offering sandwiches made from quality meat and cheeses. Also, enjoy all sandwiches dipped in the famous 45 sauce, that can also be bought in containers to go.

Pot Belly Deli (109 Wall Street Clemson, SC 29631) is a restaurant that offers delicious breakfast and brunch foods, including a variety of bagels, salads, soups, and sandwiches.

Palmetto’s Smokehouse and Oyster Bar (199 Old Greenville Highway Clemson, SC 29631) has a wide variety of food in a southern environment. Options ranging from Oysters,to pulled pork with delicious sides, such as brunswick stew, sweet potato fries, and corn on the cob.

The Blue Heron (405 College Avenue Suite 130 Clemson, SC 29631) is a place to enjoy Clemson’s finest steaks and seafood. The Blue Heron uses the best ingredients, locally grown and produced abroad for a perfect dining experience. This restaurant boasts the longest standing sushi bar in Clemson. Also, on Monday’s there is Monday Night Football Madness, located in the bottom floor bar, where there is cheap beer, pizza, and hamburgers.

Other nationally known chain restaurants in Clemson include Chipotle, Moe's, Firehouse Subs, Subway, and Papa John's Pizza.

Retail:
Clemson offers a pedestrian friendly downtown that has an interesting array of stores. Whether it be traditional or modern, there is a store for everyone. Downtown has typical college town stores, such as Judge Keller’s, The Tiger Sports Shop, and Mr. Knickerbocker, which sell enough Clemson regalia to paint the town orange. Some other stores, such as Entourage, M.H. Frank, Ltd. and Threads on Sloan focus on ensuring that the best quality clothing are provided to their customers. Tickled Orange is a cute boutique that offers monogramming, jewelry, purses, accessories, and more for women and children. Clemson Greek Gallery is a store that sells Sorority and Fraternity gifts for bid day, rush events, formal, semi-formal, and fundraisers. One of the most recently added stores, Southern Fried Cotton, offers the most premium t-shirt products that embody the Southern Spirit in their apparel. Along with these more traditional type stores there is also a frame image store, called Allen’s where one can take the beauty of Clemson to go in a framed image. Two tanning bed shops are also present, one being the chain, Ultra Tan, and the other being The Bronze Tiger. The Bronze Tiger offers manicures, pedicures, waxing, traditional tanning, and also spray tans at reasonable prices.

Night Life
Clemson, like most college towns has a number of bars available to people over the age of twenty-one. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights the bars of downtown Clemson fill up with a great number of students, faculty, and local Clemson residents. All of the bars are twenty-one and over, with the exception of Overtime, which at certain points throughout the academic semester lowers the entering age to 18 and up. The following are bars located downtown:


 * Overtime
 * TD’s
 * Esso Club
 * 356
 * Winging It
 * Nick’s Tavern
 * Tiger Town Tavern
 * Backstreet’s

Parking:
A parking garage was recently built on 1 Keith Street along Sloan St and College Ave. It has daily rates as well as a monthly leases one can purchase. Football game days are reserved spaces, and all spots are currently full for the 2015 season. {{cite web|last1=Godfrey|first1=Michelle|url=Downtown Clemson:

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