For about 52-years, Xen Motsinger has been flying around the state eating breakfast on Sundays with the South Carolina Breakfast Club.
The S.C. Breakfast Club has met every other week at a different airport across the state since 1938. Pilots fly in to have fellowship with other pilots and experience a southern-style, home-cooked breakfast.
On Sunday morning, it was Foodscapes’ turn to show pilots from across the state what they’re made of, or making.
Foodscapes was expecting around 100 pilots for breakfast. Unfortunately, the weather grounded most of them, but about a dozen people flew in their cars on the interstate instead.
“I heard about how good it was, that’s one reason I came,” Motsinger said.
Penny Hill, Foodscapes manager, said different groups fly in to eat at the restaurant quite often.
“It’s good for us. That’s why being at the airport is so important,” Hill said.
The small restaurant is know for its big flavors. Hill said they source everything they can from local family farms and artisan producers; you can expect most of their food to be made out from local organic foods.
“It’s something different from the fast food that they’re always going for,” she said.
Motsinger said he’s been to hundreds of breakfast club meetings, but he doesn’t go as often as he’d like because he also enjoys going to church Sunday mornings.
If an airport doesn’t have the facilities to hold 100-plus people, they’ll bus people from the airport to a local restaurant for breakfast. But Motzinger said it’s more fun when you can fly right into the restaurant like you can in Lake City to Foodscapes. He said one of his favorite places to fly to for breakfast is to the Runway Café in Greenville.
There are thousands of members, Motsinger explained. Once you come to one meeting, you’re a member. There are no dues, and everyone is invited. The breakfast club will meet Feb. 5 in Lancaster about 9 a.m.
For more information on breakfast club stops, visit the club’s website at www.flyscbc.com.
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