South Carolina

Somewhere under a mountain lake in South Carolina, old roads and houses still sit on the bottom. Scuba…

By Adeline Parker · Oct 18

Keep an eye on the first spoonful. She-crab soup has been part of this restaurant since it opened…

By Eliza Thornton · Oct 9

If trees had elbows, this one would need a lot more room. Most oaks seem interested in reaching…

By Gideon Hartwell · Oct 8

What if I told you Vermont has a place where ten Golden Retrievers can all decide you are…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 8

Open water gets the postcards. Narrow blackwater creeks get the better stories. Here, your kayak slips between cypress…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 8

Here is my kind of October problem: the view keeps making you pull over. You think you are…

By Gideon Hartwell · Oct 5

Chicken bog sounds like a place on a map. Luckily, it belongs on a plate. The dish keeps…

By Renata Holcombe · Sep 28

She-crab soup already sounds like it has a story to tell. Here, it gets a pretty good backdrop…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 25

Shrimp tastes a little more interesting when the season is actually on your side. As South Carolina’s white…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 21

Fresh off the boat seafood. Unreal sunset views over the water and crab cakes that keep people rerouting…

By Renata Holcombe · Sep 13

A taco truck can ruin a perfectly reasonable lunch plan in the best possible way. Charleston has a…

By Eliza Thornton · Sep 3

Dinner with a water view is one thing. Dinner where the coast practically joins the table is better.…

By Eliza Thornton · Aug 28

Fall just gave oyster lovers a very good reason to check the calendar. This South Carolina festival splits…

By Gideon Hartwell · Aug 25

Some dishes travel well. This one had every reason to stay home. On a South Carolina island, Frogmore…

By Eliza Thornton · Aug 19

History booked the table before dinner even showed up. Some restaurants come with stories already built into the…

By Eliza Thornton · Aug 17

High grocery prices just met their bargain-bin nemesis in South Carolina. This discount store has been turning overstock,…

By Eliza Thornton · Aug 13

Some breakfast spots ease you into the day. This South Carolina café sends in shrimp, grits, and a…

By Lenora Winslow · Aug 9

Friday improves considerably once hot seafood reaches the table. In one South Carolina town, the weekend begins with…

By Renata Holcombe · Jul 26

Some secrets are hard to keep, especially when fried shrimp starts making this much noise. A former general…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 25

You know a food stop is serious when the cornbread disappears before anyone remembers to pass the butter.…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jul 25

Peaches are summer’s most charming tricksters. They promise patience, then drip down your wrist immediately. In South Carolina,…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jul 23

Arriving extra hungry is not a suggestion here. It is basically the dress code. In South Carolina, the…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 21

The first clue that this is not a typical beach town? Your schedule starts losing arguments before you…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jul 17

South Carolina cravings do not care how far away you are. You may leave feeling confident, adventurous, and…

By Daniel Mercer · Jul 15

I have a weakness for towns that can derail a road trip without doing anything dramatic. You turn…

By Daniel Mercer · Jul 13

Tiny cookies aren’t always the main topic of bakery conversations, yet benne wafers keep proving otherwise. South Carolina…

By Bryce Halloran · Jul 12

Dinner should not have the power to rearrange travel plans, yet here we are. Some restaurants make a…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jul 9

Can breakfast legally count as a road trip reward, or do we need syrup to sign the paperwork?…

By Bryce Halloran · Jul 8

Steam curls, pastry cases glitter, and the best dishes start disappearing fast. South Carolina restaurants know how to…

By Trevor Maddox · Jul 7

Have you ever heard a food tip so specific it instantly ruins your original plan? Not “try it…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jul 6

I love a meal that quietly makes every overplanned dinner feel a little silly. You know the kind…

By Eliza Thornton · Jul 4

Some restaurants whisper for attention. This place barges in smelling like smoke, cornbread, and the kind of lunch…

By Trevor Maddox · Jul 1

Charleston has a breakfast reputation to protect. This diner has been helping it do exactly that since 2008.…

By Cedric Vale · Jun 28

South Carolina burger detours have a sneaky little talent: they make the “quick lunch” plan disappear fast. You…

By Lenora Winslow · Jun 28

Somewhere in South Carolina, a family has been slow-cooking whole hogs over hardwood coals since 1972. The process…

By Iris Bellamy · Jun 21

Most travelers passing through South Carolina never stop in the middle. That is a genuine mistake. What does…

By Cedric Vale · Jun 16

Not every treasure hunt requires a passport. South Carolina has one that just requires comfortable shoes and a…

By Cedric Vale · Jun 15

South Carolina takes its seafood seriously, and Friday nights across the state are living proof of that. From…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 11

Salt air has a way of slowing everything down. This tiny South Carolina village makes that slower pace…

By Daniel Mercer · Jun 2