The Record · Charleston, SC · Fine Dining

Fine Dining in Charleston, SC, ranked by the locals who eat there.

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Editorial picks

№1
Vern's
Cannonborough-Elliotborough
“MICHELIN Star 2025 — one of three Charleston restaurants to earn a star in the inaugural American South guide. Husband-and-wife Dano and Bethany Heinze's Lowcountry-driven bistro with a housemade-pasta backbone and one of the hardest reservations in town.”
№2
Wild Common
Cannonborough-Elliotborough
“MICHELIN Star 2025 — Chef Orlando Pagán's tasting menu comes in under $100, which Michelin called 'fine dining injected with a bit of fun.' Local ingredients, globally inflected, in a small Cannonborough room.”
№3
Malagón
Cannonborough-Elliotborough
“MICHELIN Star 2025 — Chef Juan Cassalett's Spanish taperia and market. Michelin flagged the fried-rabbit-leg tapa and 'la bomba de la Barceloneta' as signatures; the pantry doubles as a Spanish pantry for Charleston cooks.”
№4
FIG
Downtown
“MICHELIN Recommended 2025. Mike Lata's 2003-opened bistro — James Beard Best Chef: Southeast (2009) and Outstanding Wine Program (2018) — is widely credited with igniting Charleston's modern restaurant renaissance.”
№5
Husk
Downtown
“MICHELIN Recommended 2025. Sean Brock's 2010 opening — 'if it didn't come from the South, it's not coming through the door' — named Bon Appétit's Best New Restaurant in America (2011) and a canonical pillar of modern Southern cooking.”

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