Listing Directory: General
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Vicious Biscuit
Fried chicken and gravy or fried shrimp with Thai-chili slaw are a couple of the open-faced options at this biscuit emporium. Find friendly staff, a sunlit patio, bloody marys, and mimosas, all in this relaxed spot. Photo Credits: Andrew Cebulka
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Vickery’s Bar & Grill
A party with a view, Vickery’s at Shem Creek offers salads, sandwiches, soups, and entrées, plus wines by the glass on the short, but not shoddy, list. When the weather’s nice, grab a seat on the marsh-facing upper deck and watch the pelicans catch their dinner.
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Ville Sainte Bistro
Parisian-born chef Carole Robert creates classic French dishes with a dogmatic focus on ingredients, hand-selecting each day’s meats, seafood, and produce, then combining them with imported specialties, like the garlic paste that flavors the splendid escargot or rare seasonal cheese to transforms into fondue.
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Vintage Coffee Cafe
Next door to sister Coastal Crust, this coffee shop caters to East Cooper families and foodies alike. Settle inside the cottage for a bagel or bowl, or relax with a sandwich in the backyard while the kiddos clamber over a retro Chevy-turned-jungle-gym. Photo Credits: Katy Jurkiw
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Virginia’s on King
At this home-cooking eatery, brunch is served daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and there’s salad and sandwiches for anyone who doesn’t fancy pancakes for lunch. Supper starts at 3 p.m.—munch fried green tomatoes while waiting for your home-style meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy.
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Water’s Edge
From its bustling vantage point overlooking Shem Creek, Water’s Edge delivers a boatload of fresh seafood. Enjoy shrimp and grits, paella, crab cakes, and heaping bowls of Prince Edward Island mussels.
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Wild Common
Birdcage light fixtures and “living wallpaper” projections emphasize a spirit of blithe grandeur that chef Orlando Pagán grounds with a sumptuous tasting menu at this fine dining spot. Order the four-course menu or bring a group for the chef’s table. Photo Credits: Jonathan Boncek
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Wild Olive
Flexing his Italian know-how, Chef Jacques Larson incorporates finds from local farms and waters into pastas to die for and seafood dishes that sing with the season. It’s rare to find this quality of good food in such a comfortable setting. And the desserts are not to be missed.
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The Crab Shack
The best of the local chain, Crab Shack anchors the Center Street scene. Patio diners are a raucous, mixed lot of families and happy-hour types. Look for a barrel of peanuts, plastic utensils, a raw bar, the requisite fried fare, buckets of steamed oysters, snow crab, and Frogmore stew.
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The Southern General
This unassuming sandwich shop puts out panko shrimp cozied up inside a hoagie, a Cu-bahn-mi with candied pork belly, and a Southern pot roast hoagie with gravy. Rib-sticking entrees like fish and chips and fried pork chops, plus beers on tap, make this a relaxed spot where you can bring the kids.

