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White damask linen table cloths, gourmet dishes, fine wines… Romantic patios, meat, tea and three sidewalk cafes… On the shore hideaways, the freshest gumbo, oysters and shrimp… No matter where you travel in the Palmetto State, you’ll find the perfect dining destination for your mood and the moment. Whether you’re looking for casual Charleston, SC, restaurants or fine dining in Columbia, SC, our dining guide can help you find that special locale. Each of the Palmetto State Restaurants in our listings below features that special menu, chef, flavor or flair that makes them “uniquely South Carolina.” Don’t see your favorite “uniquely South Carolina” dining destination? Fill out our Submit a Restaurant form and let us know!
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The freshest seafood in town is waiting for you at A.W. Shuck's...shrimp, scallops, fish, oysters, deviled crabs and more! They're all here, along with fowl and beef for landlocked appetites. The only thing you'll enjoy as much is the company of friends and drinks from our bar. Voted #1 seafood restaurant in the market.
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Located on a "quiet, scenic, rural highway," Aunt Sue's is a restaurant and ice cream parlor that "serves as the hub" for about six or seven local small businesses--crafts, calligraphy, rocks, quilting, hand-made wooded toys, and others. A typical lunch there is "followed by browsing the shops and a double-scoop from the ice cream store!" There are "high-backed rockers on the large porch," where you sit in the shade and enjoy the organ music--played by a local lady who sings old favorites and local folksongs. "Good food, good service, and good atmosphere" make it a great way to "spend a few, fun hours."
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This burger joint dishes up fast food as well as meat 'n' three lunches. The fifties-style atmosphere brings in the crowds. A restored Studebaker, a three-wheeled BMW, a couple of old Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and the memorabilia are some of the items on display.
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 Chesnee
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The historic B.C. Davenport home welcomes diners into its warm surroundings for delicious lunches and relaxing dinners, featuring such menu items as chicken pot pie with a crust that literally melts in your mouth, chicken strips and filet mignon. Round out your meal with the now-famous "Back Porch Salad," and you will know why hundreds of people cross the bridge into North Augusta in anticipation of dining at B.C. Davenport's.
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 North Augusta
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Lunch and dinner is served in a historic hotel in Town Square.
Try the restaurant's scrumptious peach cobbler, recently featured in Southern Living magazine as one of the "Favorite Restaurant Desserts Across the South."
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 Abbeville
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They have pig's feet, collards, pork chops, and fried fish so good it will blow your mind. They also boast the best overall barbecue plate in the state. They sell it big or small in multiple combinations, with ribs, chopped pork, and hash over rice headlining the show. The sauce is so good that they bottle it for sale in local groceries, and the meals so popular that they have expanded to two other locations in Columbia. We suggest visiting "the mother ship," as they call it, way out in the middle of nowhere. There the hash comes hot from the kettle, made with the whole hog's head.
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 Gadsden
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The rich heritage of the South brings you the finest in
Southern-style Bar-B-Q at Bobby's Bar-B-Q.
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Warrenville
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This southwestern restaurant over looks a tranquil salt marsh and features fresh local seafood, aged beef cooked over mesquite and charcoal, gourmet pizzas cooked in a wood-fired brick oven and other eclectic specialties.
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 Murrells Inlet
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Great news! The Lowcountry's favorite seafood dive, Bowens Island has reopened! Known for its no-frills service, creek side sunset views, graffiti-covered walls (where customers signed their names) and the oyster room (where steaming mollusks were shoveled directly from the fire pit onto rough wooden tables). The restaurant won a prestigious James Beard Foundation Award in 2006 when it was named one of eight "American Classic Restaurants" that "boasts timeless appeal and quality food that reflects the history and character of its community." Owner Robert Barber accepted the award in New York City, wearing a tuxedo and white shrimping boots. Barber's grandparents opened the restaurant in 1946 on the site of their fish camp.
Bowens Island Restaurant currently accepts cash and checks only.
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Folly Beach - Folly Island
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Bubba's, where there's serious down home coastal cookin', features fresh catch specials, BBQ ribs, tasty sandwiches, burgers, huge salads and Calabash-style fish, shrimp and oysters.
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 Myrtle Beach
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