Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2015

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8 BEST OF 2015
2015
Best Bar
When Amos Milburn first sang the blues tune “One
Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” in 1953 – You didn’t
think George Thorogood wrote it, did you? – he
must’ve had Red’s Icehouse in the back of his mind.
Our readers have chosen it as the best bar in the East
Cooper area – whether you drink bourbon, scotch or
beer. (Or wine.)
1. Red’s Icehouse
2. The Shelter
3. SOL
Best BarBecue
People like to
pleasantly debate
about whether
the best barbecue
is vinegar based,
mustard based
or tomato based.
Not our readers,
though. Instead,
they just head
over to Home Team BBQ, order a naked plate, put the
sauce on for themselves and agree to disagree.
1. Home Team BBQ
2. Melvin’s
3. Mamma Brown’s BBQ
Best Breakfast
After a night of Jagerbombs, lemon drops and an epic
swan dive from the Red’s Icehouse satellite bar into
Shem Creek, your epicness deserves more than the usu-
al McDonald’s breakfast burrito. Roll on over to Page’s
Okra Grill, where you’ll get just enough breakfast fuel
to make it through your Monday sales meeting.
1. Page’s Okra Grill
2. Charleston Café
3. Eggs Up
Best Brunch
When you’re feeling the sting from Saturday night’s
fever but you somehow manage to drag yourself
out of bed on Sunday, reward yourself and have
brunch at Red Drum . Our readers think their eye-
opening cocktails and cuisine will put the pep back
in your step.
1. Red Drum
2. Page’s Okra Grill
3. Crave
Best Budget-friendly Meal
We hear ya – money’s tight while you save up to buy a
waterfront home on one of our East Cooper beaches.
So check out Page’s Okra Grill , our readers’ favorite
spot for budget-friendly grub. You’ll leave with your
belly and wallet both feeling full.
1. Page’s Okra Grill
2. Boulevard Diner
3. Five Loaves Cafe
Best Burger
The cows have come home to Sesame Burgers and
Beer in Mount Pleasant. Fortunately for we burger-eating
buffoons, the not-so charismatic cows were unaware that
their new home would be atop a sesame seed bun deco-
rated with thick-cut bacon and sliced avocado.
1. Sesame
2. Poe’s
3. 5 Guys
Best cocktail
SOL Southwest Kitchen and Tequila Bar has an-
swered our cocktail needs with top shelf liquor and
gourmet add-ons. Celebrate your freedom to imbibe
along with our readers, and visit them this evening.
1. SOL
2. Burtons Grill
2. Red Drum
Best coffee shop
So if I’m tired in the middle of the afternoon, I head to
Starbucks, along with our readers, for a skinny vanilla
latte. Meanwhile, my co-editor orders a plain black coffee.
His is probably the least complex order they get all day.
1. Starbucks
2. Metto Coffee & Tea
3. Dunkin’ Donuts
Best craft Beer
I’ve found that there are two ways to guarantee you
are welcome at every party in Mount Pleasant. One
is if you bring along dreamy country music sensa-
tion Darius Rucker as your sidekick, and the other
is if you bring a six-pack of Westbrook Brewing
Company’s White Tai beer.
1. Westbrook Brewing Co.
2. Coleman Public House
3. Liberty Tap Room
Best deli
The East Bay Deli sandwich has roots that tie into
Best Barbecue
- Home Team
BBQ