My wife and I are taking a trip to Charleston, S.C., in a few weeks.
Does anyone have recommendations on restaurants, things to do, etc.?
Does anyone have recommendations on restaurants, things to do, etc.?
OT: Charleston reccomendations
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Anything pork at Husk.
Boiled peanuts at Poogan BBQ.
Carriage tour.
492 for something different (tapas style, very modern food, but some of the best I've had).
I would also add the food is different that I expected. Their cuisine is very colonial. I was expecting lowcountry sea food everywhere, but it's really more pork, chicken, rice, peas, etc.
Boiled peanuts at Poogan BBQ.
Carriage tour.
492 for something different (tapas style, very modern food, but some of the best I've had).
I would also add the food is different that I expected. Their cuisine is very colonial. I was expecting lowcountry sea food everywhere, but it's really more pork, chicken, rice, peas, etc.
I expected it to be like NOLA (shrimp/oysters/fish), but it's different. It's more like collard greens, pork, chicken/pheasant, rice, peas, etc.
There's plenty of seafood, don't get me wrong, but it's as much about land grown food sources as sea.
We hit Charleston a couple of times a year and just wander and eat. A lot of times we look at menu boards to find new places then check Yelp for reviews to make sure it is worth it.
Some favs:
Husk, Poogan's Porch, Jestine's Kitchen (you will wait in line - but worth it), Hyman's if you want fried seafood.
Some favs:
Husk, Poogan's Porch, Jestine's Kitchen (you will wait in line - but worth it), Hyman's if you want fried seafood.
We just went in September. Some resties:
Chez Nous
FIG
The Ordinary
Two Boroughs Larder
Leon's Oyster Shop - lunch
Hominy Grill - breakfast/brunch
Bowen's Island Restaurant - fried food/good view
Cru Cafe - lunch
Husk is good, but there is one here in Nashville, so we passed
Roof Top at the Vendue - bar/great view
Cruise out to Folly Beach & stroll around. It's pretty chill.
The carriage tours can be interesting too. We used Palmetto
Chez Nous
FIG
The Ordinary
Two Boroughs Larder
Leon's Oyster Shop - lunch
Hominy Grill - breakfast/brunch
Bowen's Island Restaurant - fried food/good view
Cru Cafe - lunch
Husk is good, but there is one here in Nashville, so we passed
Roof Top at the Vendue - bar/great view
Cruise out to Folly Beach & stroll around. It's pretty chill.
The carriage tours can be interesting too. We used Palmetto
Yep
Pretty spot on- I could add:
- Avoid Hyman's - it's a joke (think sunscreen-clad Ohio State fans mowing down Sysco seafood)
- Head out to Sullivan's Island and grab a burger at Poe's
- High Cotton for brunch
- Cypress for dinner
- Please leave the peninsula and go eat at Wild Olive on John's Island
- Griffon Pub for late night darts and craft beer
- The Pavillion Bar at Market St. Pavillion - another great rooftop bar (also try Social wine bar)
- The Tatooed Moose- dive place with great food (duck club sammich)
- Butcher and Bee (the Cochon Butcher of Charleston)
- Hall's Chophouse (not a steak town, but one of the better steakhouses on the East Coast)
- Martha Lou's fried chicken and fried pork chops. Soul. What Jestine's used to be
Enjoy! Went to culinary school there back in the day and lived there for years- amazing place
Pretty spot on- I could add:
- Avoid Hyman's - it's a joke (think sunscreen-clad Ohio State fans mowing down Sysco seafood)
- Head out to Sullivan's Island and grab a burger at Poe's
- High Cotton for brunch
- Cypress for dinner
- Please leave the peninsula and go eat at Wild Olive on John's Island
- Griffon Pub for late night darts and craft beer
- The Pavillion Bar at Market St. Pavillion - another great rooftop bar (also try Social wine bar)
- The Tatooed Moose- dive place with great food (duck club sammich)
- Butcher and Bee (the Cochon Butcher of Charleston)
- Hall's Chophouse (not a steak town, but one of the better steakhouses on the East Coast)
- Martha Lou's fried chicken and fried pork chops. Soul. What Jestine's used to be
Enjoy! Went to culinary school there back in the day and lived there for years- amazing place
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Hyman's is a tourist trap. The bloody mary is good but it's just a bunch of fried food. I live in Columbia so my wife and I are down there frequently and we've gotten where we just venture down King St. checking out menu boards. High Cotten is da bomb and Butcher and Bee, thumbs up.
Hyman's is a tourist trap. The bloody mary is good but it's just a bunch of fried food. I live in Columbia so my wife and I are down there frequently and we've gotten where we just venture down King St. checking out menu boards. High Cotten is da bomb and Butcher and Bee, thumbs up.
i was in a wedding in Charleston 3 months ago. i was not impressed with the town. Savannah, GA is much better. but there are some cool things to do. Brunch is a huge part of living there. everyone serves brunch and everyone eats brunch. lots of bottomless mimosa's and bloody mary's. roof top bars are very cool. the one thing we did that i actually thought was awesome was seeing the Angel Oak Tree. http://www.angeloaktree.com/ it is free to visit and about a 20 minute drive. unbelievably awesome. that is my "must visit" recommendation
My wife and I went a few years back on an east coast road trip, and Charleston was our favorite stop. It has much of the New Orleans charm without the New Orleans smell. We made the mistake of saying on the carriage tour that it reminded us of New Orleans and the guide was very quick to point out Charleston was first, so New Orleans is like Charleston. I am a big food and drink guy on vacations, so I had most of our places planned and all of them were really good.
Restaurants: Halls Chophouse - the steak here was awesome. It is pricey and would probably be your "splurge" place while you are there. I know tripadvisor can get a bad wrap sometimes, but it was ranked the #5 restaurant in the US for 2015. I definitely suggest going there while in town.
Cru Cafe - it was an awesome spot for lunch. Kinda small space, but their mac and cheese is awesome. It is very close to the spot that picks you up for carriage tours, so you can do lunch before or after that if you do one.
Poogan's Porch - you have to go here and get the fried chicken with gravy. Besides the steak form Halls, it was the best thing I ate on the trip.
Circa 1886 - this would be my suggestion if you want some good seafood on the trip.
On things to do: I am a little light here as we just really walked around the majority of the time with no real plan. I don't really consider myself much of a history buff, but I loved touring Fort Sumter. I would highly suggest that. We did a carriage tour that was mentioned earlier. We also did a Pub Crawl. The guy is a local and knew a ton of history, so it was an informative tour while you went around drinking various beer. I partly think he was full of it most of the time, but it was entertaining. I would say to visit some of the beaches as well. We did this for just a couple hours, but you could easily make a day out of that as well if its your thing.
Have fun, we have been wanting to go back some time soon.
Restaurants: Halls Chophouse - the steak here was awesome. It is pricey and would probably be your "splurge" place while you are there. I know tripadvisor can get a bad wrap sometimes, but it was ranked the #5 restaurant in the US for 2015. I definitely suggest going there while in town.
Cru Cafe - it was an awesome spot for lunch. Kinda small space, but their mac and cheese is awesome. It is very close to the spot that picks you up for carriage tours, so you can do lunch before or after that if you do one.
Poogan's Porch - you have to go here and get the fried chicken with gravy. Besides the steak form Halls, it was the best thing I ate on the trip.
Circa 1886 - this would be my suggestion if you want some good seafood on the trip.
On things to do: I am a little light here as we just really walked around the majority of the time with no real plan. I don't really consider myself much of a history buff, but I loved touring Fort Sumter. I would highly suggest that. We did a carriage tour that was mentioned earlier. We also did a Pub Crawl. The guy is a local and knew a ton of history, so it was an informative tour while you went around drinking various beer. I partly think he was full of it most of the time, but it was entertaining. I would say to visit some of the beaches as well. We did this for just a couple hours, but you could easily make a day out of that as well if its your thing.
Have fun, we have been wanting to go back some time soon.
I think Hyman's is good for what it is. It's not gourmet. It's just solid fried food.
I hate Bowen's Island. The experience is cool if you want to stand around disgusting garbage cans and cigarette butts and eat lukewarm oysters. I've ate there 3 times and twice I've gotten sick. I know all the locals like steamed oysters, but I'm not a huge fan.
Scam Creek is the big tourist trap in my book.
I hate Bowen's Island. The experience is cool if you want to stand around disgusting garbage cans and cigarette butts and eat lukewarm oysters. I've ate there 3 times and twice I've gotten sick. I know all the locals like steamed oysters, but I'm not a huge fan.
Scam Creek is the big tourist trap in my book.
Hall's Chop House is owned by Billy Hall, who happens to be a Mississippi State Bulldog. Great guy and the #1 Steakhouse in the country by a couple
of publications.
Make a reservation a few weeks ahead of time. Billy will be at the door when you get there. Drop him a "Hail State" and you'll probably get a pretty good table and if I know Billy you'll end up doing a few Fireball shots with him before your night is over.
of publications.
Make a reservation a few weeks ahead of time. Billy will be at the door when you get there. Drop him a "Hail State" and you'll probably get a pretty good table and if I know Billy you'll end up doing a few Fireball shots with him before your night is over.
If you head to any beaches use a cup if drinking on them. Folly is a little more lax but Isle of Palms will greet you with a citation.
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