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Tucked below street level on North Main, Neat is where downtown Greenville goes when the night calls for something poured slow. It opened here in 2019 and has since grown to other South Carolina towns, but this is the original room, and it still carries the low lit, prohibition era feel that keeps regulars coming back. The heart of the place is the whiskey wall, 120 plus bourbons and whiskeys spanning Tennessee and Kentucky staples, pours from Scotland, Ireland, Japan and Canada, and allocated rarities like Pappy Van Winkle, WhistlePig and Blade & Bow that surface for those who know to ask. If sipping neat is not your speed, the bar is just as known for its craft cocktails, including a house New Fashioned that drinkers point to. There is real food here too, not an afterthought. Think housemade bourbon and bacon mac and cheese, a chef's charcuterie board, and bacon popcorn made with Greenville's own Poppington's. The weekday happy hour runs Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 7, and the room takes bookings for private parties and corporate nights. Reviewers keep circling the same idea, a cool and comfortable basement hideaway that feels like a secret without the attitude. The bourbon list rotates fast, so the rare allocated bottles on hand change week to week. Anyone chasing a specific pour is smart to call ahead and see what is open. Guests must be 21 or older.