The Record · Charleston, SC · Southern

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

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Editorial picks

№1
Husk
Downtown
“Garden & Gun's Sunday pick — 'quail and johnnycakes at brunch' — and MICHELIN Recommended 2025. Sean Brock's 2010 reset of Southern cooking on a strict Southern-ingredients-only platform.”
№2
FIG
Downtown
“Garden & Gun's 'seasonal cuisine' anchor and MICHELIN Recommended 2025. Mike Lata's 2003-opened bistro — the James Beard Best Chef: Southeast winner widely credited with lighting the fuse of modern Charleston dining.”
№3
Hannibal's Kitchen
Eastside
“Garden & Gun's must-eat smothered pork chop — 'lightly breaded pork chop enveloped in salty smooth gravy' — and a 40-plus-year Eastside soul-food institution. City Paper Top 50 fall 2025.”
№4
Bertha's Kitchen
North Charleston
“Garden & Gun pick for Charleston soul food — 'okra soup, fried pork chops, red rice, lima beans.' 2017 James Beard America's Classics recipient (women-led since the 1970s).”
№5
The Grocery
Downtown
“Garden & Gun's Lowcountry seafood pilau pick — Carolina Gold rice with shrimp, steamed clams and fried sheepshead — in Chef Kevin Johnson's vegetable-forward Cannon Street dining room.”

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