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2025 Best of South Carolina Food & Drink

American Cuisine Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Johnny D's Waffles and Benedicts
Motor Supply Company Bistro
Mr. Fries Man
Poe's Tavern

Best of South Carolina Regional

Bohemian Bull
Cola's Restaurant
Ruffage Cafe
Surf Dawgs Grill
The Crepe Factory
Tomfoolery, A Premier Sports Drinkery

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Berkeley's
Besto
Big Easy Diner
Chef Frank's Bistro
Dog and Duck
Five Loaves Cafe
Maple Street Biscuit Company
Old Bull Tavern
Poppyseed Kitchen
Rise and Shine Breakfast Place
Sullivan's Metropolitan Grill
Wing Crave

Bagels

Best of South Carolina

Riverside Bagels & Deli
Ruby's New York Style Bagels

Best of South Carolina Regional

Bex Cafe & Juice Bar
Rain -N- Bagels

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Bagel Nation
Blondies Bagels & Cafe

Bakeries

Best of South Carolina

Grandpa Moustache's Cheesecakes
Mado Paris Bakery
Okie Dough Cookie Co.
The Rustic Muffin

Best of South Carolina Regional

Holly's Bakes & Cakes
Tiffany's Sweets, Eats & Meeting Place
Village Bakery and Cafe
Welton's Tiny Bakeshop
Wild Flour Bakehouse

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Baguette Magic
Carolina Coastal Cupcakes
Charleston Mac Mama
Dulce Bakery and Cafe
Freeman's Bakery
Great Harvest Bakery & Cafe
Holly's Cakes LLC
Laila’s Lowcountry Sourdough
No. 42 Cookie Company (Home Bakery)
Sugar B's Bakeshop
The Mad Batter Bakery & Cafe
The Sweetery

Barbecue Joints

Best of South Carolina

Bar-B-Que House
Home Team BBQ
Kodesh BBQ & Bowls LLC
Lewis Barbecue

Best of South Carolina Regional

Blue Bar & Smokehouse
Brisket
Fork Grove Barbecue
Swig And Swine Mount Pleasant

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

521 BBQ & Grill
Game Day BBQ
Henry's Smokehouse
Little Pigs Bar-B-Que Seneca & Easley SC

Bars

Best of South Carolina

Prohibition
The Ole Irish Pub
The Pub for What Ales You

Best of South Carolina Regional

Bakers Sports Pub & Grill
Foobar'd Bar and Grille
JEM Social
Red's Ice House
The Rabbit Hole

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

BLU Beach Bar & Grill
Electric Eats
Swordfish Cocktail Club
The Local Uptown
Vault & Vator

Breweries

Best of South Carolina

Hobcaw Brewing Company
Swamp Rabbit Brewery & Taproom
Tidal Creek Brewhouse

Best of South Carolina Regional

Holy City Brewing
Middle James Brewing Company
The Southern Growl

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Commonhouse Aleworks
Low Tide Brewing
Magnetic South Brewery
Munkle Brewing Co.
Snafu Brewing Company

Bubble Tea Shops

Best of South Carolina

J Tea
Vivi Bubble Tea

Best of South Carolina Regional

D&Tea
Stella Bubble Tea

Cajun Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Lola Mt Pleasant
Soul & Seafood House

Candy Stores

Best of South Carolina

Pendleton Candy Company
Pops of Hilton Head Island

Best of South Carolina Regional

Chocolate Artworks
Chocolates by the Sea

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

The Chocolate Shoppe

Caribbean Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

One Love Fusion Foods
Trini Lime Caribbean Cafe

Best of South Carolina Regional

Chico Feo
Irie Caribbean Cuisine

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Jamaican Grill

Chinese Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

China Dragon
Jackrabbit Filly
Lieu's Chinese Bistro

Best of South Carolina Regional

Asian Bistro
Asian Kitchen
China Kitchen

Coffeehouses

Best of South Carolina

Liberty Brew Coffee
Purple Cup Coffee Co
Ra Coffee Company
The Hangar Provisions

Best of South Carolina Regional

Aromas Village Coffee
Brown Fox Coffee
Coffee Underground
Oliver Gospel Roastery
Rustic Roast
Urban Brew + Co.

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Bad Bunnies Coffee
Botanical Brew
Chestnut Coffee House + Market
Grand Strand Coffee
Local Honey Coffee Co.
Old Post 1940
The Pour Farmer
The Village Cafe

Cupcake Bakeries

Best of South Carolina

Sugar Bakeshop
Wildflower Cupcake and Dessert Bar

Best of South Carolina Regional

Mesha's Sinful Cake & More

Delicatessens

Best of South Carolina

Groucho's Deli
Groucho's Deli of Clemson
Joey Tomatoes Deli & Market

Best of South Carolina Regional

Augusta Street Market
Gruby's New York Deli
Sub Station II

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Beezer's Gourmet Sandwich Shop
Sunflower Breakfast, Lunch & Bakery

Desserts

Best of South Carolina

Better Than Sex - A Dessert Restaurant

Best of South Carolina Regional

Ms. Nicci's Goodie Wagon
Whipped Sweets & Treats

Diners & Cafes

Best of South Carolina

Bill & Fran's Restaurant
Early Bird Diner

Best of South Carolina Regional

Fillin Station Diner
Gus's Streetside Cafe

Distilleries

Best of South Carolina

Rotten Little Bastard Distillery
Swamp Fox Distilling

Best of South Carolina Regional

Hilton Head Distillery
Sugar Tit Moonshine Distillery
Twelve 33 Distillery

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Beyond Distilling Company
Charleston Distilling Co.
New South Spirits
Striped Pig Distillery

Donut Bakeries

Best of South Carolina

Donut Connection
Parlor Doughnuts

Best of South Carolina Regional

EN Donuts
Joey Bag A Donuts

Greek Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Nick's Gyros & Subs
Taverna Philosophia: Aegean Brasserie

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Platia Greek Goodness
Platia Greek Goodness

Health Food Stores

Best of South Carolina

The Olive Shoppe
The Veggie Bin
Upstate Food Co-op

Best of South Carolina Regional

Clean Eatz
Honest Greens USA

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Get on Board Charcuterie
Green Heart Awakening

Ice Cream Parlors

Best of South Carolina

Alien Cow Flavored Sno
Bajo Cero San Marcos
Mama Rae's Ice Cream Shoppe
The Cup & Cone

Best of South Carolina Regional

Drippy’s Homemade Ice Cream
Old Georgetown Creamery
S&S Destination
Scoops 'N Cups Cafe
Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream & Sandwich Cafe

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Big Mike's Ice Cream
Carolina Sweet Shoppe
Houni's Italian Ice Gelati Soft Serve
Jenis Splendid Ice Creams
Nickey's Ice Cream
Off Track Ice Cream
Stella's Homemade Ice Cream
Sweeties Homemade Ice Cream & Sweets

Indian Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Malika Canteen
Persis Biryani Indian Grill

Italian Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Portofino Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar
Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar
Wild Olive Restaurant

Best of South Carolina Regional

Capri's Italian Restaurant
Di Vino Rosso
Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana
Villa Tuscanna

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Bricco Ristorante Italiano
Limoncello

Japanese Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Miyabi Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar
O-Ku

Best of South Carolina Regional

Red Bowl Asian Bistro
Shiki

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Otto Izakaya
Red Sake Japanese Restaurant

Juice & Smoothie Shops

Best of South Carolina

Southern Pressed Juicery
Tango Mango Smoothies

Best of South Carolina Regional

Good Vibes Juice Bar
The Juice Hive

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Berry Hill
Sweetdawg Lemonade

Latin Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

La Poblanita Restaurant
Sabor Latin Street Grill

Best of South Carolina Regional

El Carriel
La Carreta Mexican Restaurant
Ratio

Liquor & Wine Stores

Best of South Carolina

Berkeley Spirits
Greenville Beer Exchange

Best of South Carolina Regional

All About Spirits
Avondale Wine & Cheese

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Barefoot Beverage
Donohue's Fine Wine & Spirits
Little Basket

Meat & Seafood Shops

Best of South Carolina

Crosby's Fish & Shrimp Co.
Platt's Seafood

Best of South Carolina Regional

Gay Fish
Grand Strand Processing LLC

Mediterranean Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Leyla Fine Lebanese Cuisine
Pita House

Best of South Carolina Regional

Grecian Gardens
Istanbul Shish Kabob
Jerusalem Mediterranean Restaurant & Bar

Mexican Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Cantina 76
Cantina Imperfecto
El Jimador Mexican Restaurant

Best of South Carolina Regional

Casa Carrion
Fiesta Mexicana
Tequila's Mexican Grill & Bar

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Birria Boy
El Dos Agaves Mexican Grill
Rancho Lewis

Pizza Joints

Best of South Carolina

Dallesandro's Pizza
Frankie's NY Pizza
La Famiglia Pizza

Best of South Carolina Regional

Dano's Pizza
Gio's Pizzeria Napoletana
Pangaea Brewing
Piace Pizza

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Benny Palmetto's Pizza
Famularis Pizzeria
Sidewall Pizza Company

Produce Markets & Local Farms

Best of South Carolina

Charleston Farmers Market
Fork and Plough

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Lowcountry Fresh Market, Cafe & Bakery
Sunday Brunch Farmers Market

Romantic Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

39 Rue de Jean
Rick Erwin's West End Grille

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

The Cazbah

Seafood Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Aiken Fish House & Oyster Bar
Bimini's Oyster Bar and Seafood Cafe
Hyman's Seafood
Lees Inlet Kitchen

Best of South Carolina Regional

Cape Fear Seafood Company
Coral Greenville
Fishcamp on 11th Street
Oceanview Seafood II

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Fleet Landing Restaurant & Bar
Pawley's Raw Bar
Salt Water Grille

Southern Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Judy Boone's Family Kitchen
Lizards Thicket
Pages Okra Grill
Soby's

Best of South Carolina Regional

Carolina Fine Foods
Jeffrey Lampkin's Country Boy Kitchen
Magnolias
Mr. Friendly's New Southern Cafe

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Gail's Soul Food
Sharon Grill
Vickery's Bar & Grill

Specialty Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Gather GVL
Keipi Restaurant
Mameem & Maudie Beaufort Cafe, Icery and Shoppe

Best of South Carolina Regional

Bon Banh Mi Southeast Asian Kitchen
Crepe Creation Cafe
Smak Restaurant

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Get on Board Charcuterie
Scoundrel
Social Latitude

Sports Bars

Best of South Carolina

PKL Park GVL
Tomfoolery, A Premier Sports Drinkery

Best of South Carolina Regional

Kickin' Chicken
Steddy's

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Bullwinkle's Tavern
The Goat Bar & Grill GVL

Steakhouses

Best of South Carolina

Halls Chophouse
O.A.K. Prime Kitchen and Bar
The Peddler Steak House

Best of South Carolina Regional

B. Colson Steak, Seafood & Bourbon
Chuck's Steak House
Saskatoon

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Burwell's Stonefire Grill
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Tavern on the Green Catering

Sushi Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

167 Sushi Bar
MaKi Sushi Bar & Bistro

Best of South Carolina Regional

Suishaya Asian Restaurant & Bar
Tsunami Japanese Restaurant

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Fuji Sushi and Bar & Grill

Thai Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Mango Tree Thai Cafe
Tifudi

Best of South Carolina Regional

Basil
Bodhi Thai Dining

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Thai Spice Restaurant
ThaiZapp Restaurant and Bar

Vegetarian Restaurants

Best of South Carolina

Three Girls on Spring
Uprooted Vegan Cuisine

Best of South Carolina Regional

Healthy Choice Cafe
The Herbal Farmercy

Wine Tasting & Tour Services

Best of South Carolina

The Duck Vine

Wineries

Best of South Carolina

Cat's Paw Winery LLC
City Scape Winery

Best of South Carolina Regional

Bowman Vineyards
Wellborn Winery

Best of South Carolina Honorable Mention

Lazy Bear Winery
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