Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb2016

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8 BEST OF 2016
2015
Best Bar
What do you picture when you imagine your ideal
watering hole? A friendly bartender? An amazing beer
list? A cute guy or girl eyeballing you? A view of South
Carolina’s natural beauty? Find all of this – plus throngs
of our thirsty readers – at Red’s Icehouse.
Second – The Southern Bar & Grill
Third – Dog & Duck
Best BBQ
Sick of watching what you’re eating? Well, we’re giving
you permission to “pig” out (pun intended) along with
our readers at Home Team BBQ on Sullivan’s Island.
After you do that, stay around for the yummy drinks
and the live music. Remember, dancing burns calories.
Second – Melvin’s Barbecue
Third – Mamma Brown’s BBQ
Best Breakfast
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the
day – but “they” never told you that the place to get
that important meal is at Page’s Okra Grill in Mount
Pleasant. Luckily, our readers knew the deal.
Second – Eggs Up Grill
Third – Charleston’s Cafe
Best Brunch
On Sunday mornings, it’s tempting to just stay in bed.
But not in Mount
Pleasant! Around
here, our readers
can barely contain
their enthusiasm
as they leap from
beneath the
covers and into
the next available
seat at Page’s
Okra Grill, where
brunch with a bacon bloody Mary is top priority. After
all, you can sleep when you’re dead.
Second – Red Drum
Third – Vickery’s
Best Budget-friendly Meal
After a day of shopping at Towne Centre with wild
abandon, where do my pal Rachel and I get cheap eats
with our last couple of bucks? At Chick-fil-A, of course,
the same spot as our financially-savvy readers.
Second – MOSAIC
Third – Charleston’s Cafe
Best Burger
In East Cooper, we prefer to use the phrase “I have beef
with that person” to indicate something positive, such
as a friendly meal around a table of yummy burgers.
Our readers are scheduling those meals at SOL
Southwest Kitchen + Tequila Bar these days. Let’s all
“meat” there, shall we?
Second – Tavern & Table
Third – The Americano
Best caterer
Just about everyone enjoys having someone else cater
to them. And when our readers are in the mood to put
their feet up and let someone else handle the cooking,
they call MOSAIC. After all, a frazzled host or hostess
puts a real damper on a party.
Second – Dish & Design
Third – Charleston Bay Gourmet
Best cocktail
During the great rainstorm of 2015, I decided to brave
the streets of Mount Pleasant (they weren’t SO bad) in
the name of grabbing an above-average cocktail. I
soon found myself at SOL Southwest Kitchen +
Tequila Bar, enjoying the famous jalapeno margarita.
And I can only guess the rest of that rainy day crowd
was made up of Mount Pleasant Magazine readers.
Second – Tavern & Table
Third – The Americano
Best coffee
Not only will Starbucks customize your drink for you,
they’ll even write your name on the cup so you feel like
a special little snowflake. But in our opinion, if you’re
drinking corporate coffee instead of a cup at one of our
own local establishments, you’re a flake anyway.
Second – Metto Coffee & Tea
Third – The Collective
Best craft Beer
When someone says that they’re “crafty,” it sometimes
means that they
spend hours looking
at Pinterest pages.
But when our
readers say it, they
mean they’re
hanging out at
Westbrook
Brewery’s tasting
room or in a bar that
Best Brunch
- Page’s Okra
Grill
Best Craft
Beer
- Westbrook
Brewery