I went to school at Johnson and Wales University down in Charleston SC and here are a few of the restaurants that either I worked for or friends of mine did. Tommy Condon's Irish Pub and Restaurant Soup and Sandwich place with a small dinner menu. Great place to have fun at night. Every weekend there are Irish singers or bands playing traditional music. Located on Church St. Cafe 99 Another Soup and Sandwich place. Big favorite with the locals and tourist alike. Most weekends there is live music. Located on Church St. For fine dining there might be a problem. Most of the restaurants have a waiting list on weekends ranging in months in advance. And during the week it is a hit and miss so call around. My choice of a seat and a great meal for fine dining is a little B&B in historic Mt. Pleasant called Supper at Stacks. Pre-fix menu and the cost is about 30$ per person with out wine. This information is about two years old and could be out of date. Good luck, a tip is to go downtown Charleston and walk around there are more restaurants than historic sites. Most of the restaurants do post a menu outside the building. Let me know how the trip is and if these places still stand. Tim White | --------------------------------------- P.O. Box 8969 | | This Space Is For Sale | Appalachian State University | | For More Info Call | Boone, N.C. 28608 | | | [email removed] | ---------------------------------------
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I just got back from Charleston for Spring Break (and going back again next week) and really some of the restaurants there are amazing! For really good french food at bistro prices (around 14 dollars per entree) go to Lafayette on King Street...absolute best crabcakes and shecrab soup. For fine dining at about 18 dollars per plate, try either Louis's Charleston Grill in the Omni Hotel or 82 Queen, which is, amazingly, at 82 Queen. Of the two, 82 Queen is a little nicer, due to its romantic atmosphere, option for open air dining, and excellent food and service. Louis's is also very good, but more of a dark setting...fine food, tho. Casual dining in Charleston...Fuddrucker's has just opened up, which is a really good chain of hamburger restaurants...best burger I've had, for only $4.95... that's down on Market Street. On North Market Street, go to Wild Wing Cafe, which serves 12 different kinds of chicken wings, from the traditional Buffalo Wing to Cajun and other varieties...messy and good. You may also want to try any of the restaurants on East Bay Street, like the East Bay Trading Company or JJ Hooks. Best casual seafood: Hyman's Seafood, near Market street. Coolest Place for Drinks: Wet Willie's on East Bay Street...looks likes a mini laundromat, with frozen drinks spinning in little machines behind the bar. Four bucks will buy you anything from a White Russian to something called Call A Cab...each drink is 20 oz and has double the amount of alcohol than the usual frozen drink. Great Pizza: Sharky's on King Street. .
Derek L. wrote: >I just got back from Charleston for Spring Break (and going back again next >week) and really some of the restaurants there are amazing! For really good Glad you liked our humble city's food! I live in Mt. Pleasant <go over the Cooper River Bridge to get here...I'm assuming you don't know your way around =) >. We have some nice restaurants here, too...one called the "village cafe" is absolutely incredible. Also, "The Wreck" is a _very_ hard to find restaurant--I could (try to) give you directions if you'd like to go--but well worth finding. Great atmosphere. It was mentioned in the NY Times guide to small restaurants--the owner was terribly suprised...=) Hope you come back soon! <And try a ribs place in Mt. Pleasant called Sticky Fingers, too! =) > =bw=