Listing Directory: General
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Home Team BBQ
Post beach, kick back on the covered patio and fill up on barbecue, as well as wings, nachos, tacos, and more. Wash it down with a Gamechanger, Home Team’s frozen spin on a Painkiller.
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Gillie’s Seafood
Named for chef Sean Mendes’s grandmother, Gillie, there are many of her rib-sticking dishes on the meat-and-three menu, with sides ranging from mac and cheese to lima beans. But seafood dominates, with platters and baskets, and mains like shrimp and grits and seafood gumbo.
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Husk
Chef Ray England, who grew up on his family’s cattle farm, brings reverence for regional purveyors to his role helming this esteemed kitchen. What’s more, he deftly plays their ingredients off each other in dishes like porchetta with sofrito-braised beans and fennel (a heavenly take on Southern pork and beans) and cornmeal-fried catfish with butter…
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Glass Onion
Chef Chris Stewart uses all-natural meats and local seafood and vegetables for his daily-changing Southern menu in this family-friendly neighborhood favorite. The buttermilk-fried South Carolina quail or shrimp po’ boy will have you thinking your meal can’t get much better—until you dig into the bread pudding with whiskey sauce.
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Indaco
It’s all about tradition at this Upper King restaurant. With mains accompanied by wood-fired pizzas, rich pastas, and truffles when in season, Indaco delivers Italian fare in a sleek space plus a craft cocktail program—perfect for happy hour on the side patio.
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Coastal Crust at Wild Dunes
Expect the same wood-fired pizzas as at the Mount Pleasant location, but with more variety, including The Islander with shrimp and the vegetarian Health Nut. Pasta and antipasto round out the offerings.
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El Mercadito & Taqueria
Faithful patrons enjoy plates of carnitas, carne asada, and chile verde at this Mexican eatery. And with perhaps the best tacos de pescado this side of Puerto Juarez, it’s easy to become a regular.
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Coastal Provisions
Pick up a pass at the Wild Dunes gate and head to the Boardwalk Inn for a breezy dining spot. This full-service restaurant strikes a balance between upscale American cuisine and its casual no-tie-or-jacket-required beachy setting.
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El Pincho Taco
Mexican-owned and-run, El Pincho offers dishes you likely will not find elsewhere, such as burritos filled with campechano (carne asada and crumbly, unctuous chorizo sausage), huaraches (crisp masa filled with refried beans), or cochinita pibil (Yucatan-style pork, slow-roasted in banana leaves).
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Coda Del Pesce
Chef Ken Vedrinski named his beachfront restaurant “tail of the fish,” perfect for a spot right on the coast. Look out over the water while enjoying an Italian-leaning menu heavy with local catch. Meat lovers worry not; you’ll also find dishes such as veal scallopini and tender ricotta gnudi with house-made duck sausage.