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South Carolina

Deli Charleston

Ted’s Butcherblock: Channeling Deli Tradition in Charleston

Growing up, my neighborhood butcher shop was Barth’s Pork Store, a New Providence institution featuring Old World cuts of meat from local legend Otto Barth. We regularly indulged in ham, sausage, German potato salad...
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Restaurant Sign Charleston

Trattoria Lucca: Sea Blue Christmas with Feast of 7 Fishes

Dining out on Christmas Eve is a family tradition that dates back to my now distant days in New Jersey. Thankfully, my father and stepmother Jane relocated to South Carolina, so we switched from...
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Bakery Charleston

Sugar Bakeshop: Sweet Architecture in Charleston

There’s something to be said for critical mass. When Robert Stehling and wife Nunnaly Kersh opened Hominy Grill in 1996, Cannonborough Elliotborough could hardly be called fashionable, but little by little, the neighborhood west...
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Sandwich Charleston

Tattooed Moose: Winning at Duck, Duck, Moose in Charleston

Charleston might be late to the gastropub game, but now that local restaurateurs have taken an interest in the genre, the city is benefiting, big time. Red Drum Gastropub kickstarted proceedings in 2005, Closed...
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Cornbread Charleston

Husk Bacon Cornbread

Husk proudly sources impeccable vegetables from a roster of all-star farmers, but to really embrace the ethos of this new Southern-to-the-core restaurant, it’s important to submit to bacon, lard and ham. All three pork...
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Pastry Charleston

Baked: Bringing Brooklyn Sugar Blizzard to South Carolina [CLOSED]

In many ways, New York and Charleston seem worlds apart, but after visiting Baked with my family for an after dinner sugar blizzard, the imported Brooklyn bakery suddenly made sense. Former advertising pros Renato...
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