Charleston recommendations from Friend-of-AAN Eva Barna.
(All Day) Breakfast:
Dap’s — the cheese sauce is so good
Millers All Day
Big Bad Breakfast
Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit (grab and go)
Seafood
167 Raw (recommend the lobster roll and tuna burger)
The Ordinary (high end)
Chubby Fish (high end)
The Darling
Rappahannock
Pearlz (good happy hour deals)
Best Meal with a View (but not the best meal):
Fleet Landing
Upscale Southern Food:
Poogan’s Porch
82 Queen
Husk
BBQ:
Home Team (best wings) – multiple locations
Lewis (brisket)
Rodney Scott (pork)
Asian Cuisine:
Xiao Bao Biscuit
O-Ku (sushi)
Italian:
Le Farfalle
Indaco – pizza
Meldi’s
Other places I like:
Felix (french food/bar)
Vintage Lounge (good for cheese plates/wine)
Leon’s Fine Poultry & Oysters
FIG
Queen Street Grocery (hidden gem for sandwiches or breakfast)
Basic Kitchen (good for vegans/vegetarians)
Frannie & The Fox (cute patio)
Firefly Distillery (North Charleston)
Baystreet Biergarten (also have brunch on weekends)
Little Jack’s – best burger
Boujee Cocktail Bars:
Doar Bros
Camellias at Hotel Bennett
Proof
Wine Bar:
Graft
Uncork
Bin 152
Downtown Breweries:
Revelry
Edmund’s Oast Brewing (right next to Rancho Lewis, Mexican food)
*they have a restaurant too, different locations
Tradesmen
LoFi
Cooper River
Bevi Bine (hard kombucha)
Rooftop Bars:
Vendue
The Watch
Citrus Club at The Dewberry (best, but $$)
Club, Dancing and/or Live Music:
Uptown Social
Republic
Dive Bars:
The Royal American
Rec Room
Burn’s Alley
Palace hotel
Quick Bites:
Bodega
Verde
Ted’s Butcherblock
Things To Do:
Palmetto Breeze boat outing from Shem Creek
Shopping on King Street
City Market (very touristy)
Saltwater Cycle (pedal boat cruise)
Fort Sumter tour
Walk the Ravenel bridge
Candle Making at Candlefish
The Scenes:
Waterfront Park downtown (pineapple fountain)
White Point Gardens / The Battery
Rainbow Row
Meals at the Beach:
Folly Beach – Taco Boy
Sullivan’s Island – Mex 1, Obstinate Daughter, The LongBoard
Isle of Palms – Papi’s, Binky’s, Coda Del Pesce, Islander 71 Fish House + Deck Bar
West Ashley
Avondale is cute – it’s like a mini downtown area with a few different bars/restaurants
Frothy Beard Brewing / Zombie Bob’s Pizza
> Magnolia Plantation
> Middleton Place
Mount Pleasant
Shem Creek – on the water with a boardwalk – great for dolphin sightings!
- Saltwater Cowboys – good food, casual
- Tavern & Table – a little nicer but still casual
Little Miss Ha (vietnamese food, Blair’s bestie owns this place)
Sesame Burgers & Beer
Breweries: Westbrook, Ghost Monkey, Two Blokes
> Boone Hall Plantation
> Patriot’s Point
> Palmetto Island county park
For Kids:
SC Aquarium
Children’s Museum
Charlestowne Landing – they have a “Zoo”