Supper with Spirits

From wine glasses slammed into the ground to mysterious sighs in the hallways, The Brentwood Restaurant  and Wine Bistro is an attraction for paranormal activity in the Little River area. Guests enjoy delicious food and fine wine but also non-living interactions.

The owners, Eric and Kim Masson, bought The Brentwood in 2007. The building is a century-old home that was a bed-and-breakfast, but now it is a restaurant. After a couple weeks of owning the restaurant, the Massons found that unexplainable incidents kept occurring in the bathrooms and walls. The Massons were not the only ones to encounter unnatural experiences; even customers brought up the concerns.

One customer claimed the door was stuck in the girls bathroom and when she started screaming, the door easily opened. The owner, Eric Masson, also claimed that equipment would randomly start and odd figures would be seen in pictures and videos taken around the restaurant.

The Massons first encounter was in the men’s bathroom on a night when a picture frame was removed from the wall and breaking glass was heard upstairs right after. When he went to check, a glass cup was broken on the ground far away from the bar where it originally was located.

The Massons have hired investigators to try to figure out what is going on. While other non-believers have called these moving figures that are caught on cameras “dust,” they found that it may actually be real ghosts that haunt the Brentwood. Shockingly, they believe it could be the original owner of the building. Kim Masson stated that one time she heard voices and asked who was there and she clearly heard the response “Clarence,” which is the name of the original owner who died years ago.

Eric Masson also has been told it could possibly also be a fisherman. The Brentwood use to be a bed and breakfast, which housed fishermen years prior.

The Brentwood was also featured on National TV called My Ghost Story. Although the Massons do not believe it is ghost, they admit to not having an explanation for any of the activity that goes on at the Brentwood. They have learned to stop fighting against it and rather work with it. They have embraced this paranormal activity and have started giving ghost tours for exclusive stories and unshared locations that the public has not seen before.

These encounters are not the reason for large crowds. The delicious southern seafood with a twist of French has resulted in the Brentwood being known all over South Carolina. The owner, Eric Masson, is also the chef who expresses his love for food by serving locally grown products to anyone who dines there and even offers cooking classes once a month.

Whether you come here for the food, cooking classes, a ghost tour, or to experience real paranormal activity, the Brentwood has something for the living. Come and see for yourself, as the living will not be the only ones walking through the hallways.