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★☆☆☆☆ Pawpaw does not live up to what Southern food means in Charleston.
Southern | French Quarter
★★★★☆ Rodney Scott's BBQ lets the good times, good food roll.
Barbecue | North Central
★★★★☆ Bar Normandy on Broad Street is unconventionally delicious.
Small plates | South of Broad
★★★★☆ SNOB
★★☆☆☆ High Cotton
★★☆☆☆ Old Village Post House
★★★☆☆ Unpretentious, comforting Goulette is a true neighborhood restaurant.
French | Cannonborough-Elliotborough
★★★★☆ Rappahannock's Charleston location is fresh and inventive.
Seafood | Eastside
Shrimp-and-grits hasn’t been a Lowcountry signature for very long, but the dish has more than made up for lost time with ubiquity.
Over the course of a year of restaurant reviewing, which translates to approximately 120 meals eaten for professional purposes, ther…
For the most part, the food at Tradd's in downtown Charleston is just mildly bad.
Cast your mind back, if you can, to that moment roughly a week ago, when you were meditating on the collision of worlds Old and New,…
It’s silly to fret over people not understanding precisely what a food critic’s work entails, since it’s hardly a job that most folk…
Melfi’s is the third restaurant that Brooks Reitz and Tim Mink have opened on the short strand of Upper King Street bounded by Congress and Sumter streets
Answering readers' food questions
Q: My fiance is from Dallas and laments the lack of true Tex-Mex, especially beef enchiladas with red chili con carne. Any recommendations?
South Carolina doesn’t have a homegrown version of traditional strips because the Atlantic surf clam doesn’t venture south of Cape Hatteras. But the strips grace several local menus.
Q: Next week, my husband and I will be celebrating our 47th anniversary. We prefer not to spend more than $50 or $60 at a restaurant…
Charleston's newest restaurants
When The Royal Tern posted a Facebook message alerting the owners of a wayward horse that it was grazing on their property, the John…
Hawaii is one of the smallest states but you wouldn’t know it from Karalee Fallert and April Bennett’s new salute to the state’s cuisine.
Doar Bros., 225 Meeting St. in Charleston, is serving cocktails, beer, wine and small plates, such as crudo and mac-and-cheese, also enhanced with shaved truffles.
As the bar’s name suggests, its cocktail menu is tropical, although guests are encouraged to repair to The Living Room, The Dewberry’s classic cocktail lounge, after last call at 9:30 p.m.
Global recipes from local cooks
“Charleston doesn’t have this food or that food” is a common complaint from residents who want the city to be as cosmopolitan as they are. But in many cases, the wished-for food has a local presence — it just isn’t served in restaurants.
Last week marked the final installment of our Kitchen Cabinet series, in which local home cooks skilled in various global cuisines shared recipes from their personal repertoires. The goal at the outset was to resolve the common complaint that there isn't any international food in Charleston,…
Khichdi is so fundamental to Indian cuisine that it’s one of the first solid foods that many Indian babies eat. But when word recently circulated on social media that the Indian government planned to assign the title of “national dish” to the spiced rice-and-beans, backlash was immediate.
It’s increasingly possible to shop exclusively at farmers markets, but cooks chasing specific flavors sometimes still have to visit the supermarket. For example, the Rev. Joseph Tedesco of Mepkin Abbey says the buttery character of Ritz Crackers (or their generic equivalent) is critical to t…
It’s a longstanding Polish tradition to keep cool with cucumbers when the weather warms up.
Exploring the history of Charleston's culinary addresses
The first gubernatorial debates of the South Carolina primary season take place on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and regardless of your politics, that amounts to an eating occasion.
487 Meeting St.
35 Lockwood Drive
Interesting drinks around town
Exploring what locals eat throughout a day
David Williams lives in Summerville.
Tracy Lee lives in Hanahan.
Harriet Baker lives in Orangeburg.
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Look out for alternative proteins, interactive desserts that lend themselves to Instagram stories, and offbeat places to eat.
Harriet Baker lives in Orangeburg.
Doar Bros., 225 Meeting St. in Charleston, is serving cocktails, beer, wine and small plates, such as crudo and mac-and-cheese, also enhanced with shaved truffles.