Saveur was recently in Charleston and documented their foodie travels around town online. Their diary begins gushing about Charleston (I know, we love it too!).

It reads:

I envy Charlestonians for a lot of things—their sunny climate, their smiling neighbors, their stunning houses—but perhaps for no reason more than the fact that their small city possesses such neighborhood gems, where the caliber of cooking is phenomenally high, the charm is undeniable, and the check still manages to leave your pockets jingling.

Saveur’s Food Diary…

www.saveur.com

• Day 1- FIG to eat at James Beard Award winner, Mike Lata’s restaurant
• Day 2- Firefly Distillery for a tasting of sweet tea vodka and tour of the plantation
• Day 3- McCrady’s for farm-fresh meaty menu items
• Day 4- Culinary Tours of Charleston for a history lesson on Lowcountry foodways and tastes of several favorite Southern dishes
• Day 5- Artisanal meat share by Cypress chef Craig Deihl of Cypress restaurant
• Day 6- Food for the Southern Soul for home delivered Southern food products that you crave but may not be able to find outside of Charleston
• Day 7- Charleston Tea Plantation to see where the only tea in America is grown
• Day 8- Charleston Cooks! for kitchen gadgets and Southern cooking lessons

This is definitely the most complete list of the Charleston culinary scene I’ve ever read. Thanks for the love Saveur!