Charleston Food News

Sora serves a tasting menu with flavors from France and Asia. | Sora More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? What are the new restaurants? What’s everyone talking about? Have you been yet? While the Eater 18 is a crucial resource covering old standbys and neighborhood essentials across the city, it is not a chronicle of the “it” places of the moment. Enter the Eater Heatmap, which changes continually to highlight spots...

A big bowl of ramen from Katsubō. Chef Joe Nierstedt, formerly of fried chicken spot Kinfolk, opened Park Circle restaurant Katsubō Chicken Ramen this summer, and it’s finally starting to feel like soup weather in the Lowcountry. Nierstedt previously worked at Mu Ramen in New York, and now he’s brought a wide range of shio, shoyu, miso, and tonkotsu broths to the area, along with his super crispy yard bird. What to order My go-to bowl is the spicy red miso with chicken chashu, kikurage, corn, sc...

Kultura started as a Filipino pop-up around the Lowcountry before it found a home at 73 Spring Street in 2023. From that address, chef Nikko Cagalanan and his team put out dishes like bright bowls of pancit topped with Lowcountry crab meat, tender pork ribs in banana ketchup barbecue, and yellow adobo salmon over crispy rice with a delicate salad of local vegetables. The flavors captured the attention of Charleston diners, food writers, and the James Beard Foundation. After all the awards and ac...

Botiwalla offers Indian fare by way of Asheville. | Tim Robison As Charlotte’s second-largest migrant group, South Central Asians can now rely on numerous grocery and cuisine options around the Queen City. For everyone else, Charlotteans can benefit gastronomically from said cultural footprint, with menus representing India’s culinary diversity across regions. Here are 12 spots to grab crispy dosas, fluffy naans, savory chaats, tart masalas, creamy makhanis, and spicy vindaloos. Restaurants are...

5 Italian restaurants to visit on National Pasta Day in Charleston Post and Courier

A bowl of ricotta gnudi with Parmesan and artichoke. When luxury hotel the Charleston Place announced that Eleven Madison Park (EMP) chef Daniel Humm would pop up in the former Charleston Grill space, reservations were snatched up quicker than most people could log into Resy. The prix fixe menu offers a choice of four courses, including a bread course, all for $135. While the announcement hinted that the menu would incorporate the Lowcountry’s “deep-rooted food culture,” those options don’t seem...

Eat hamachi crudo on a rooftop at Wildwood Still. | Wildwood Still Asheville beats sticky, summer heat thanks to its cool mountain air, and continues its plucky post-Helene comeback, rolling into July with a sextet of brand-new places and the relocation/re-opening/refresh of a new-to-the-list trio. More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? What are the new restaurants? What’s everyone talking about? While the Eater 18 is...

Charleston diners can't get enough of a new restaurant's rooftop where Southern Italian food stars Post and Courier

Albertine offers Mediterranean-meets-Southern flavors in Uptown Charlotte. Restaurateurs Joe and Katy Kindred (Kindred, Milkbread, and Hello, Sailor) opened Albertine in Uptown Charlotte to present what they call Mediterranean-meets-Southern cuisine in a fine dining atmosphere. What to order The crispy South Carolina quail has been on the Albertine menu since day one. The bird is brined in a pickle juice-buttermilk mix, rubbed with chermoula spices, tossed in Aleppo oil, and fried to a deep maho...

40 Best Restaurants in Charleston, From Raw Bars to Barbecue Joints Condé Nast Traveler

The Hot Eye is Savannah’s newest underground bar. Three months since Municipal Grand first swung its doors on Savannah’s Broughton Street, the boutique hotel is ready to unveil its subterranean cocktail destination backed by leaders of the legendary Death Co. Set to open this Saturday, October 11, in the Municipal Grand basement, the Hot Eye bills itself as an intimate, low-lit lounge. The bar program is led by head bartender Alexis Cooper (formerly of Edgar’s Proof Provision at the DeSoto Savan...

Bombolo offers traditional Italian pastas, but also khao soi and other non-Italian plates. | Forrest Mason Media For decades, the dining scene in Chapel Hill and Carrboro was stuck in neutral, tied down by an abiding community dedication to tradition that translated into what can only be described as a “rut.” With the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the anchor of the entire community (unlike Durham with Duke or Raleigh with North Carolina State University), it was hard to define what...