Charleston, SC

[kibster]

We are making our first trip there in a couple months. Things to do and more importantly, places to eat?

[GolfNut57]

what movie is your avatar from?

[kibster]

what movie is your avatar from?

I think it was from Cop Out

[Old Tusk]

Charleston is a great food town. Husk and F.I.G. are two high in restaurants, but get your reservations now. Magnolia and 82 Queen ( She Crab soup) are also excellent resturants. For seafood, Red's at Shim Creek and The Landing  (shrimp and grits).

[Old Tusk]

Favorite pub, The Griffin and Tattooed Mouse ( duck fat fries). Bad resturants don't last long in Chareston.

[UAGolfer1981]

Charleston is our favorite getaway spot, been going for years!

Here are some of our favorites:

Charleston
Places to Stay
The Venue Inn www.thevendue.com/
The Mills House www.wyndham.com/hotels/south-carolina/charleston/the-mills-house-wyndham-grand-hotel/hotel-overview
Charleston Place www.belmond.com/charleston-place/
Wentworth Mansion www.wentworthmansion.com/

Places to Eat
Jestine's Kitchen $
Page's Okra Grill $
Brown Dog Deli $
Hominy Grill $
Circa 1886 $$
Poogan's Porch $$
Hall's Chophouse $$
Hank's Seafood $$
Magnolias $$
Husk $$
Slightly North of Broad $$
Hymans Seafood $ (tourist, celebrities visit)

Things to do
Carriage Ride
Shop at Old City Market
Shops on King Street
Patriots Point USS Yorktown, HL Hunley (Civil War Submarine)
Walking Tours (Culinary Tour, Charleston Stroll, ghost tour)
Plantation Tours (Boone Hall, Magnolia, Charleston Tea)
Church Tours
Historic Home Tours (Nathaniel Russell, Aiken-Rhett, Heyward-Washington, Manigault)
The Four Corners of Law
Fort Sumter
Cooking Class at Charleston Cooks
Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
Rainbow Row
Thriller Speed Boat Tour Charleston Harbor

[kibster]

We are actually here right now and loving it. This is day three.


If anyone is interested in my culinary adventures -

https://instagram.com/p/BgCAfktAtPe/

That is the most recent post, but there are others as well.

[Lady Razorback]

Charleston is our favorite getaway spot, been going for years!

Here are some of our favorites:

Charleston
Places to Stay
The Venue Inn www.thevendue.com/
The Mills House www.wyndham.com/hotels/south-carolina/charleston/the-mills-house-wyndham-grand-hotel/hotel-overview
Charleston Place www.belmond.com/charleston-place/
Wentworth Mansion www.wentworthmansion.com/

Places to Eat
Jestine's Kitchen $
Page's Okra Grill $
Brown Dog Deli $
Hominy Grill $
Circa 1886 $$
Poogan's Porch $$
Hall's Chophouse $$
Hank's Seafood $$
Magnolias $$
Husk $$
Slightly North of Broad $$
Hymans Seafood $ (tourist, celebrities visit)

Things to do
Carriage Ride
Shop at Old City Market
Shops on King Street
Patriots Point USS Yorktown, HL Hunley (Civil War Submarine)
Walking Tours (Culinary Tour, Charleston Stroll, ghost tour)
Plantation Tours (Boone Hall, Magnolia, Charleston Tea)
Church Tours
Historic Home Tours (Nathaniel Russell, Aiken-Rhett, Heyward-Washington, Manigault)
The Four Corners of Law
Fort Sumter
Cooking Class at Charleston Cooks
Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
Rainbow Row
Thriller Speed Boat Tour Charleston Harbor

I LOVE Charleston.  I took my daughters one summer when it was a blistering 105 degrees.  They wanted to do the ghost tour.  I thought my boyfriend was exaggerating about how miserable he was.  In truth he had thrown an embolism. We did not find until we drove home to LR.  Yes, drove. 
He's still alive but it added 10 years to my life.

Food is TREMENDOUS! 

And, if you have time I would highly recommend vacationing in Kiawah Island with a side trip to Charleston.  Honestly, I can't wait to go back!   

[Inhogswetrust]

Thanks for all the info. We're headed to Charleston SC next week!

[kibster]

Thanks for all the info. We're headed to Charleston SC next week!

Here was a blog post I wrote about the trip:

http://themightyrib.com/food-trip-charleston/

[PharmacistHog]

Here was a blog post I wrote about the trip:

http://themightyrib.com/food-trip-charleston/

Remind me never to cook for you. 

[kibster]

Remind me never to cook for you. 

Lol, why?

[PharmacistHog]

Lol, why?

Cause then I'd find out just how bad my cooking really is. 

[HogPharmer]

Lol, why?

His food sucks....

[yraciv]

Going in September for a wedding to Charleston & Kiawah, and am really excited. It was a family summer vacation spot for years, but haven't been since I was a teenager. If you like minor league baseball the RiverDogs are a fun time, assuming the weather is great!  That and some of the tours were my fondest memories.

[Inhogswetrust]

Here now. Staying in Mt Pleasant. Nice apartment just over the bridge in the Shem Creek Area. Right around the corner from the USS Yorktown carrier. Wife's convention is at the Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms. Nice place but not very friendly there. Everywhere else has been though. The wife had lived in North Carolina before and wanted Calabash shrimp. Usually not the style this far south but a search found it at Poogan's Porch. She ordered it and I ordered Shrimp and Grits. Both were good. With dessert the bill came to $68. The only issue we had was we wanted to bring and drink our own bottle of wine to celebrate selling our house back home. The corkage would have been $25. I'm a stickler for not paying that much for corkage unless it's a really expensive bottle so we didn't have wine. Before leaving Friday we plan to eat at Shem Creek Bar and Grill. It's been getting good reviews online and I've asked a couple of locals and they have highly recommended it.

[PharmacistHog]

His food sucks....

Yes it does.  Almost as hard as the young pharmacist that runs my other store. 

[kibster]

Yes it does.  Almost as hard as the young pharmacist that runs my other store. 

Shots fired!

[hog.goblin]

Spent Friday in Charleston.  Great food and history.  Would love to spend more time there.