South Carolina

Picture a plate of tender pot roast served in a room packed with airplane models, old photos, and…

By Elias Camden · Oct 8

Some lunch spots come and go, but a few become part of a town’s story. In the small…

By Elias Camden · Oct 8

Some of the best meals in the South come out of tiny buildings with no dining room at…

By Elias Camden · Oct 7

Some Charleston meals become family habits, passed down like a favorite recipe. At Hyman’s Seafood on Meeting Street,…

By Elias Camden · Oct 7

In South Carolina, a barbecue plate is not finished until a scoop of hash lands on a bed…

By Elias Camden · Oct 7

Some mornings in downtown Greenville start with a simple question: biscuits or something fancier? At Tupelo Honey Southern…

By Elias Camden · Oct 6

Some of the best fried chicken in South Carolina is sold right next to the motor oil and…

By Elias Camden · Oct 6

Some dinners are about more than food. A plate of lasagna or chicken parmesan can carry a whole…

By Elias Camden · Oct 6

Out on a quiet country road in Gray Court, South Carolina, there is a fish camp that people…

By Elias Camden · Oct 5

Picture a place where your biggest decision on a Tuesday is whether to play golf, bocce, or pickleball…

By Elias Camden · Oct 5

Some restaurants win you over with fancy plates, but others do it with a hot piece of fried…

By Elias Camden · Oct 5

Tucked into the quiet backcountry of McConnells, South Carolina, Historic Brattonsville is a living history site where old…

By Elias Camden · Oct 4

Shrimp and grits started as a quiet fisherman’s breakfast, and somehow it grew into the dish that makes…

By Elias Camden · Oct 4

Picture a place where mornings feel unhurried and the word horse country actually means something. That is the…

By Elias Camden · Oct 4

Picture a flea market so large that the owners hung street signs inside so shoppers would not get…

By Elias Camden · Oct 3

Some places ask you to hurry, and some quietly ask you to sit down. In Beaufort, South Carolina,…

By Elias Camden · Oct 3

Some restaurants feed you, and a few become part of a town’s story. The Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg,…

By Elias Camden · Oct 3

Some restaurants feel like they were built just to make you feel at home, and Compton’s Kitchen in…

By Elias Camden · Oct 2

Just south of the North Carolina line, a busy little breakfast spot in Landrum keeps filling its parking…

By Elias Camden · Oct 2

Some people drive across South Carolina just for one steak. That steak is the dry-aged ribeye at Halls…

By Elias Camden · Oct 2

Picture a dining room so big it needs around 11 food bars to hold everything. That is what…

By Elias Camden · Oct 1

Tucked behind a shopping center on the South Carolina coast, there is a tavern where thousands of dollar…

By Elias Camden · Oct 1

South Carolina is famous for grits and biscuits, but a quiet bagel movement has been rolling across the…

By Elias Camden · Oct 1

On James Island, just a short drive from downtown Charleston, sits a seafood spot where boats drift by…

By Elias Camden · Sep 30

Tucked into the foothills of Pickens, South Carolina, Table Rock State Park is home to a string of…

By Elias Camden · Sep 30

Along the famous MarshWalk in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, there is a waterfront spot where the shrimp come…

By Elias Camden · Sep 30

Picture a mountain of crab legs, a basket of golden hush puppies, and a plate of fried oysters…

By Elias Camden · Sep 29

On busy mornings along Upper King Street, one very small doorway draws a line that sometimes spills out…

By Elias Camden · Sep 29

Across South Carolina, the end of the work week has its own ritual, and it usually involves a…

By Elias Camden · Sep 29

In South Carolina, a glass of sweet tea has always had a favorite sidekick, and it comes split…

By Elias Camden · Sep 28

Nobody in the Lowcountry waits around for a tomato to turn red when a perfectly good green one…

By Elias Camden · Sep 28

Most of the country thinks barbecue sauce comes in one color, and South Carolina has spent generations politely…

By Elias Camden · Sep 28

Ask anyone house hunting along South Carolina’s coast, and you will hear the same worry: the good spots…

By Elias Camden · Sep 27

Some of the best meals in South Carolina are hiding at a stop sign on a quiet back…

By Elias Camden · Sep 27

Some mornings call for a warm, sugary glazed donut and a quick stop on the way to work…

By Elias Camden · Sep 27

Tucked deep inside South Carolina’s mountains, Rainbow Falls is the kind of place you have to work for.…

By Elias Camden · Sep 26

Tucked along a busy road in Rock Hill, South Carolina, there is a diner where the coffee never…

By Elias Camden · Sep 26

Some of the best barbecue in South Carolina hides in towns you could drive through in about a…

By Elias Camden · Sep 26

Tucked along a quiet country road in Pelzer, South Carolina, Happy Cow Creamery is a working dairy farm…

By Elias Camden · Sep 25