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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Post and Courier, Charleston City Paper, and Garden & Gun. Updated August 2026.
Sorelle · Downtown
MICHELIN Recommended 2025 and Resy's '10 that defined Charleston 2025.' Michael Mina/Beemok's two-story 1700s-building Italian; Chef Nick Dugan's 'Pillows of Gold' ricotta tortelloni is a house signature.
Renzo · North Central
Erik and Nayda Hutson's naturally-leavened wood-fired kitchen. Must-eat agnolotti with Orangeburg-County eggs and roasted muscadines, plus a natural-wine program.
Wild Olive Restaurant - Johns Island, SC · Johns Island
Charleston City Paper Top 50 fall 2025. Chef Jacques Larson's 2009-opened Johns Island Italian. Farm-driven pasta and wood-fired entrees. And Best of Charleston 2025 Best Italian.
The Obstinate Daughter · Sullivan's Island
MICHELIN Recommended 2025. Jacques Larson's second-story Sullivan's Island kitchen. Italian-leaning pasta and wood-fired pizza with a Lowcountry raw bar.
Le Farfalle · Cannonborough-Elliotborough
Chef Michael Toscano's modern Italian on Beaufain Street. a rotating pasta program and the patio every Charleston diner has a photo of. One of the downtown 'go-to' Italians of the last decade.