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The Glass Onion – Charleston, South Carolina

The Glass Onion on Savannah Highway in Charleston has been one of the city’s most celebrated Southern comfort food restaurants since it opened, building a menu around the farm-to-table Southern cooking traditions that Charleston does better than almost anywhere — local produce, regional proteins, and the slow-cooked dishes that reflect the culinary heritage of the […]

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Restaurants, Season 13, South Carolina

Fuel Cantina – Charleston, South Carolina – Closed

Gastropub, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 13, South Carolina

Fuel Cantina appeared in Season 13, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Old Faves, New Craves,” which aired February 13, 2012, as a Charleston Mexican and pub food restaurant serving creative scratch-made tacos, burritos, and the kind of Tex-Mex-influenced comfort food that earned a downtown Charleston following. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick

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The Early Bird Diner – Charleston, South Carolina

Restaurants, Season 13, South Carolina, Southern

The Early Bird Diner on Savannah Highway in Charleston has been serving the Southern breakfast and diner food that the city’s West Ashley community has built its morning routine around since it opened, with the kind of scratch-made biscuits, fried chicken, and classic diner plates that earn a neighborhood restaurant its loyal following across all

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Tattooed Moose – Charleston, South Carolina

Gastropub, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 13, South Carolina

Tattooed Moose on Morrison Drive in Charleston has been one of the city’s most celebrated casual restaurants since it opened, building a reputation around creative pub food and sandwiches — most famously a duck club sandwich that has become one of the most talked-about menu items in a city with an exceptionally deep restaurant culture.

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Perfectly Frank’s – Summerville, South Carolina – Closed

Restaurants, Season 13, South Carolina

Perfectly Frank’s appeared in Season 13, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Southern Staples,” which aired December 19, 2011, as a Summerville, South Carolina hot dog operation building creative scratch-made toppings and sauces around quality all-beef dogs in a fast-casual format that earned a loyal Low Country following. The restaurant closed in 2017. Quick

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The Farmer’s Shed – Lexington, South Carolina

Restaurants, Season 9, South Carolina, Southern

The Farmer’s Shed appeared in Season 9, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homegrown and Homemade,” which aired May 3, 2010, as a Lexington, South Carolina farm-to-table operation building a Southern menu directly around the produce and proteins coming from the surrounding Midlands farms — a genuinely farm-driven kitchen at a time when that

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Pawley’s Front Porch – Columbia, South Carolina

Burgers, Restaurants, Season 8, South Carolina

Pawley’s Front Porch on Harden Street in Columbia has been one of South Carolina’s most celebrated burger spots since it opened, building a reputation around hand-formed patties on fresh-baked buns with the kind of quality sourcing that earns a college town its food destination status beyond the campus. It appeared in Season 8, Episode 7

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Beacon Drive-In – Spartanburg, South Carolina

Burgers, Restaurants, Season 1, South Carolina

Some places earn their reputation one plate at a time. The Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, South Carolina has been doing exactly that since 1946. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Diners A-Plenty,” which aired July 23, 2007 — and it fit the episode title better than almost

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