Charleston, SC
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Charleston Italian. Cross-referenced from the Charleston City Paper Top 50 fall 2025, Garden & Gun's must-eat-dishes list, and the Post and Courier's dining coverage.
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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, Garden & Gun, and The Post and Courier. Updated September 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's Top 50 counts it among the city's essential kitchens. Chef Jacques Larson's 2009-opened Johns Island Italian runs farm-driven pasta and wood-fired entrees.
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 and Caitlin Toscano's modern Italian on Beaufain Street runs a rotating pasta program off a patio every Charleston diner has photographed. The Post and Courier's review singles out a thick grilled pork chop with pickled cherry peppers and an octopus carpaccio pressed tight and lavishly oiled. Order the pork chop or the octopus carpaccio to start.