Cook Out in
Florence, SC.

How many Cook Out locations are in Florence, SC?

Florence has two Cook Out restaurants: 2007 S Irby St, open 10:30 AM to 3 AM (4 AM Friday and Saturday), and 2112 W Lucas St near I-95 exit 164, open 10:30 AM to 2 AM (3 AM Friday and Saturday). Both serve the full menu with a drive-thru.

The two Florence stores

Cook Out’s official store locator lists two restaurants in Florence. Both have a drive-thru, and the S Irby St store stays open one hour later every night. Here are the details that matter before you drive over.

The S Irby St store sits in south Florence on US-52, near E Grace Dr. It is the later of the two stores and the one to pick for anything after 2 AM. Its phone number is (843) 662-3940. The W Lucas St store sits near I-95 exit 164, by the hotels, and is the natural stop for anyone coming off the interstate. Its phone is not listed separately, so use Cook Out’s general line, 1-866-547-0011, for that store.

Day-by-day hours in Florence

Both Florence stores open at 10:30 AM every day. The table below shows the closing time for each store, night by night. Closing times run past midnight into the next morning, so read them as the night that starts on the day shown.

Holiday hours can be shorter, so confirm before a late-night trip on a holiday. The hours here come from each store’s listing as checked in November 2026.

Which Florence store should you pick?

After 2 AM, only the S Irby St store is still open. It closes at 3 AM Sunday to Thursday and 4 AM Friday and Saturday, one hour later than W Lucas St every night. If your visit is late, the choice makes itself.

If you are coming off I-95, the W Lucas St store is the easier stop — it sits by the hotels at exit 164, and you can be back on the highway in minutes. If you are already in town, on the south side or on US-52, the S Irby St store is closer and stays open later. For a sit-down meal, note that dine-in at W Lucas St closes at midnight even though the drive-thru runs later.

Both stores serve the same full menu, so the decision is purely about location and closing time. There is no menu reason to pick one over the other.

The third Florence store that does not exist

Some websites list a third Florence Cook Out on S Court St. It does not exist. Cook Out’s store locator has no such store, and the address those sites show belongs to a store in Conway — 1629 Church St, near Waccamaw Square, about 50 miles down US-501 toward Myrtle Beach.

This matters because a wrong address can send a driver across town to a street with no restaurant on it. If a listing shows a Florence Cook Out anywhere other than S Irby St or W Lucas St, treat it as outdated and check the locator or the map pin before you go. Florence has two stores, and this page lists both of them.

Cook Out near Florence

Florence is the only Cook Out town in the Pee Dee for some distance, but two more stores sit within an easy drive. Hartsville has one at 626 5th St, Hartsville, SC 29550, about 21 miles away, open until 2 AM (3:30 AM Friday and Saturday). Conway has one at 1629 Church St, Conway, SC 29526, near Waccamaw Square.

If you are driving south from Florence toward Myrtle Beach, the Conway store is the next Cook Out on the way. If you are heading northwest toward Columbia, there is no Cook Out between Florence and the Columbia stores, so fill up on trays before you leave town.

What to order in Florence

The Florence menu is the full Cook Out lineup: char-grilled burgers, chopped pork barbecue, chicken sandwiches and strips, hot dogs, quesadillas, wraps, a long sides list and the 40-plus flavor shake menu. A Cook Out Tray costs about $7.99 here — one main, two sides and a drink bundled together.

First time? Order a Regular Tray with a Big Double Cook Out Style, hushpuppies and onion rings, and swap the drink for a shake. That is the order the chain is built around. For what each category typically costs, see our 2026 price guide. Confirm the final price on the board, because prices are set per restaurant.

The value story is the same in Florence as everywhere else: a full meal for about eight dollars, served until 3 or 4 in the morning. That is why the drive-thru line at 1 AM is a Florence institution, not an exception.

Florence as an I-95 stop

Florence sits on I-95 in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, and the W Lucas St store exists largely because of that highway. It sits by the hotels at exit 164, which makes it the natural dinner or late-night stop for anyone driving the corridor between North Carolina and Florida.

The pattern is familiar to I-95 regulars: fuel, a Tray, a shake, back on the road. The S Irby St store plays the same role for the town itself — south Florence, US-52 traffic, and anyone who lives close enough to make Cook Out a weeknight habit rather than a road-trip stop. Between the two, Florence covers both kinds of customer.

If you are passing through late, remember the one-hour rule: after 2 AM, only S Irby St is open. The W Lucas St drive-thru closes at 2 AM Sunday to Thursday and 3 AM Friday and Saturday, so an I-95 driver arriving at 2:30 AM needs the south-side store.

Tips for your Florence visit

Most Florence visits run through the drive-thru, and the line moves faster than it looks because the kitchen is built for volume. Have the order ready before the speaker: main, two sides, drink, in that order. Cards are widely accepted at both stores.

If you are new to the brand entirely, start with the Tray guide — it explains the ordering system that confuses every first-timer exactly once. Compare calories on the nutrition page and check allergens for ingredient questions before you order.

Holiday hours can be shorter than the normal pattern, so confirm before a late-night trip on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s. See the 2026 holiday hours page for the chain-wide picture, and call the store — (843) 662-3940 for S Irby St — when anything is unclear.

Florence after midnight

After midnight, both Florence stores run as drive-thru restaurants. The W Lucas St store’s dine-in closes at midnight, and the S Irby St store works the same way late at night, so plan on eating in the car or taking the food home. The drive-thru is the whole operation at that hour, and it is built for it: the kitchen turns trays around fast, and the line moves even when it looks long.

The one rule to remember after dark is the closing gap. S Irby St serves until 3 AM Sunday to Thursday and 4 AM Friday and Saturday, a full hour later than W Lucas St every night. A driver who arrives at W Lucas St at 2:15 AM on a Tuesday will find the lights off; the same driver at S Irby St still has 45 minutes. On a Friday or Saturday the gap is the same, just later: 3 AM against 4 AM. If the night is going to run long, head south on US-52 and save yourself the second drive.