Charleston, SC

I visited Charleston a couple of years ago with my parents and absolutely loved it. I loved that it was a super walkable city with so much to discover in terms of historical grounds, shops, amazing food, and gorgeous architecture. Most of all, I loved that while Charleston bears a lot of historical landmarks that bring up a lot of of our ugly history around slavery, but i loved that Charleston owned it versus ignoring its roots and allowed room for space and questions. I highly recommend The BullDog Tours Upper King Street tour. Not only was every bite delicious, but I felt like i learned so much about history through food. You may need a car to visit beaches outside of the city center, but otherwise you’ll find everything is super close.

Where to Eat

Coffee

• Black Tap Coffee

• Cru Cafe

• City Lights Coffee

Breakfast

• Lost Dog Cafe

• Queen Street Grocery

• McCrady’s

• The Daily

• Another Broken Egg*

• Black Magic Cafe

Brunch/ Lunch

• The Park Cafe

• The Macintosh

• Kitchen 208

• Hominy Grill

• Poogan’s Porch

• Slightly North of Broad

• Magnolias

• 82 Queen

• Butcher & Bee

• Cru Cafe

• Magnolias

Dinner 

• Husk

• Fig

• Barsa

• Hall’s Chophouse

• Magnolias

• THe Ordinary

• Xiao Bao Biscuit

• Trattoria Lucca 

• Indaco 

• The Grocery

• Al Di La

• 167 Raw

• Pearls

• Cypress

• Basils Thai

Dessert

• Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

• Kaminskys

Where To Drink 

• The Upper Deck

• The Rec Room

• Edmunds Oast

• Bin 152

• The bar at Cypress

What to See

• Rainbow Road

• Folly Beach

• Sullivan’s Island

• King Street Shopping

• Pineapple Fountain

• Angel Oak

Where to Shop

• Billy Reid

• Blue Bicycle Books

• Worthwhile

• Indigo & Cotton

• The Commons

• Goat. Sheep. Cow

• Mac & Murphy

• Candlefish