Looking for suggestions in Charleston, SC

What's the occasion? How long are you staying? Where?

quote:

---

the wife wants too

---

quote:

---

with another couple.

---

This is good info...big difference between going to Charleston with the guys, and going as a couple's trip.

If ya'll have never been to Charleston before, I'd recommend staying downtown. You should be able to find some decent AirBnB options, especially that time of year. People might recommend staying in places like Folly Beach or Isle of Palms, but I wouldn't listen to them, unless ya'll are going in the really early fall, when you might still get some decent beach weather. Otherwise, you'll be trucking 30 mins each way back-and-forth to most of the interesting stuff. Downtown is the place to be for first-timers. The entire King St./Queen St./East Bay/Meeting St./Market St. area will keep ya'll occupied for a while. Lots of history, shopping, food, bars, etc.

Tons of great restaurants. It's not downtown, but one of my particular favorites is the Fat Hen. But there's a ton of good ones downtown. Just to name a few...

Husk
Slightly North of Broad (SNOB)
Hominy Grill
FIG
Hank's

These are nicer restaurants. Let me know if you want some more casual suggestions. One of my personal favorites is the Brown Dog Deli on Broad Street. Awesome sandwiches.

Do not bother with the touristy places like Hyman's on Meeting Street or Bubba Gumps, where you'll pay a shite-ton for average food.

The rooftop bar at Vendue is a solid nightspot. I'd definitely check that out.

You hit on a solid plan for fishing. Charter a fishing trip on Saturday. You can drop the ladies off at Marion Square in the morning and they can check out the farmer's market and then hit up King Street for shopping after. That should tide them over for a majority of the day.

Plenty of charter options. There really isn't one that I can recommend more than another. I'd just use google and pick one depending on price/availability.

The Firefly Vodka distillery is a little off the beaten path (Wadmalaw Island), but kind of a fun and unique experience. Depending on your "guide" you can actually get a pretty good buzz going just doing the tasting. Would make for a good couple's outing.

Doing sort of a self-guided walking tour of the homes South of Broad would be a good couples activity as well. Those houses are iconic and really cool to just walk and look at. The entire area is really scenic and you can check out The Battery as well.

Go to Edmunds Oast, do not miss it on your trip. I’ve been Charleston a ton and it’s been the highlight the last few trips.

The best shrimp and grits I've ever had were at the Noisy Oyster at the corner of East Bay and Market Streets. If you are looking for a dessert place, check out Kaminsky's.

Shrimp and grits are also really good at Acme Seafood Kitchen on Isle of Palms. They have like 8 different ways to do them.

I would suggest doing at least one of the house tours. The Edmondson-Alston house is really nice, and you can buy a combo ticket to see it and go out to Middleton Place as well.

Search my posts on this board and you will find several threads on Charleston that I've contributed to (and tons of others have as well). Lots of good info.

PawPaw
Poogan's Porch
Carmellia's for Dessert
H O M for burgers and such
Poogans BBq

We were there for like 6 days.. I think we did Carmellia's after every dinner So good!!!

Favorite restaurants - FIG, SNOB and the Peninsula Grill. Vendue is my favorite hotel.

Look for AirBnB’s hosted by Luxury Simplified Retreats. They’re very easy to deal with and are nice places.


Paw Paw has a killer pork chop and mac and cheese.
Hall’s has a great steak, and owned by a great group of people.
Vriginia’s on King is a good brunch spots
Mimosas at Prohibition are good. People we drank with said the food is good.
Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit is good for breakfast on the go.
Some donut shop on King St has some fine crullers.

The oyster options at The Ordinary are fantastic.

You can't get offshore in a halfday in Charleston, the water is too shallow and you have to go too far out. Book a halfday trip inshore with Capt Fritz of Adventure Outdoors and tell him Deeprig9 sent you. I'm also going to be there first week of October with wife (vrbo on Sullivan's Island) and have my trip with Capt Fritz already booked.

His wife may not appreciate The Wreck, and be advised it is cash only.