Poogan's Porch

A fixture in a converted Queen Street Victorian since 1976, and the kind of place the Post and Courier says reads like a roll call of Charleston classics. Fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles and the buttermilk biscuits are the orders. It runs breakfast through dinner in a warren of porch and parlor rooms. Ask for a porch table and start with the biscuits.

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Charleston's oldest independent restaurant (1976). Shrimp & grits with andouille, peppers, and Adluh grits. The classical-Charleston preparation.

Picks from The Post and Courier

This converted Queen Street house has run as a restaurant since 1976, a few doors from 82 Queen on the same block. The Post and Courier's review calls it a fine old Southern lady who still shows some spunk, built on she-crab soup, biscuits and Southern brunch. Order the she-crab soup or the chicken and waffles.

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A Victorian townhouse on Queen Street since 1976, serving Southern fare that runs to she-crab soup and banana pudding alongside its brunch chicken and waffles. The Post and Courier's Building Blocks series breaks down that dish: quartered waffles under two fried chicken breasts, berries and powdered sugar. Order the chicken and waffles at brunch.

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Charleston's oldest independent restaurant (1976) in a restored Victorian, still running brunch daily 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; City Paper Top 50 fall 2025. Hot buttermilk biscuits hit the table before you order.

Picks from Garden & Gun, Charleston City Paper, and The Post and Courier