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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Post and Courier. Updated August 2026.
The Gin Joint · Downtown
Top-notch cocktails with full flavor profiles on the menu, and the famous 'bartender's choice,' where you pick two words and wait for the surprise.
Proof Bar · Downtown
A founding father of the Charleston cocktail scene since 2012, an intimate King Street bar nailing the classics from a Last Word to a Sazerac.
Doar Bros. · Downtown
A dark, Italian-inspired haunt for a mean Vesper, Negroni and Penicillin, plus a smoked pork-belly Manhattan.
Maison · King Street
A happy-hour find punching well above its price with sharp, affordable cocktails and warm service.
Bar George · Downtown
A stylish George Street bar for refined seasonal cocktails in a restored historic building.