Malagon is making exceptional food, but its owners don’t want you or me to know it.
For the most part, the food at Tradd's in downtown Charleston is just mildly bad.
It’s a critic’s job to accurately describe a restaurant so potential patrons can knowledgeably decide if they want to go there. Readers can do as they choose with the accompanying opinions.
The massive Folly Beach restaurant, which measures three dining rooms and 6,500 square feet in all, has good intentions that spawn nothing but disappointment.
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
VIP Bistro late last year opened in that plain-looking Meeting Street complex hard by the Ravenel Bridge exit ramp, which for six years has been anchored by Local 616.
VIP Bistro late last year opened in that plain-looking Meeting Street complex hard by the Ravenel Bridge exit ramp, which for six years has been anchored by Local 616.
With the exception of James Islanders stuck in the previously barbecue-deficient area between Melvin’s Barbecue and Smoky Oak Taproom, locals probably won’t adjust their barbecue habits based on what’s served at Martin’s.
As Park Circle’s restaurant scene has flourished, proud residents have taken to declaring that there’s hardly any reason to go downt…
At the height of Pappy Van Winkle mania, bourbon obsessives made an astounding discovery: The whiskey in bottles marked W.L. Weller …
Owned by the former chef de cuisine at The Ordinary, Maison is about the closest thing the Charleston food scene has to a workplace canteen.
The conch stew is a to-drive-for dish at Korner Kitchen in Hollywood. And, when the weather’s nice, the prime seating is on the latticed-in front patio.
Answering readers' food questions
Q: I’m going to a meeting in Atlanta. Is there anything new I should try there?
It’s almost impossible to hide from tourists on the peninsula, but there are a few restaurants in the area that are absolutely worth patronizing.
Food editor Hanna Raskin is on vacation. While she's out of town, we're re-running a few popular Ask Raskin columns that you might have missed when they were first published.
Charleston's newest restaurants
The team behind New York City's Handcraft Kitchen & Cocktails and Croton Reservoir Tavern just opened a second, Southern sister in Mount Pleasant.
The opening of Herd Provisions, a new restaurant and butcher shop in Charleston's upper peninsula, has been a long time coming.
A seafood concept has gotten a second chance in Charleston, this time in a fast-casual format.
Just in time for the U.S. Open earlier this month, Kiawah Island Golf Resort opened its newest flat-screen TV-furnished sports bar.
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.
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Exploring what locals eat throughout a day
Maura Griffin lives in downtown Charleston.
Jimmy Radatz lives downtown.
Adam Helms lives in downtown Charleston.
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A seafood concept has gotten a second chance in Charleston, this time in a fast-casual format.
Jimmy Radatz lives downtown.
In the spirit of shrimping season, we asked five Charleston chefs to come up dishes not typically associated with shrimp, but would work well with shrimp right off the boat.