Citrus Club

Upper Peninsula

Citrus Club is the bar on the eighth floor terrace of The Dewberry hotel on Meeting Street, which calls it the highest rooftop bar in Charleston. Lunch reservations run from 12 to 2. It was the Rooftop Bar runner-up in City Paper's 2026 readers' poll.

Coterie

Upper Peninsula · southern, small plates, cocktails

Coterie describes a lush courtyard and an intimate dining room on Warren Street in Radcliffeborough. Resy's write-up points to small plates with a Southern fusion bent and house cocktails. A lower-priced happy hour runs 5pm to 7pm.

Daps Breakfast & Imbibe

Upper Peninsula · breakfast, brunch

Daps opened in 2018 on Ashley Avenue and calls itself a beloved neighborhood spot for breakfast, brunch and lunch. It also caters.

OK Donna

Upper Peninsula · italian, pizza, pasta

OK Donna opened on 20 December 2025 from Joey Goetz, Megan Hill and Hank Weed, the team behind Bar George and Last Saint, with chefs Mason Morton and James Ostop. It calls itself a neighborhood restaurant. Pastas are made in house, the pizza is Sicilian style, and the lasagna layers egg yolk pasta with red sauce, ricotta, bechamel and mozzarella. There are about 80 seats indoors and out.

Park & Grove

Upper Peninsula · american

Park & Grove is the neighborhood restaurant at Rutledge and Grove on the edge of Hampton Park. Guests can use a free lot across the street, and the venue takes parties of 9 to 12 by phone and larger groups by inquiry.

Taco Boy (Downtown)

Upper Peninsula · mexican, tacos

A Charleston-born taqueria group that also has rooms in Folly Beach, Summerville and Asheville. Explore Charleston points to the 100 percent vegan scratch-made guacamole, vegan black beans, build-your-own nachos, burritos and rice bowls, and the crispy avocado taco. The downtown room has a large back patio and a kids menu.

The Harbinger Cafe & Bakery

Upper Peninsula · cafe, bakery

The Harbinger opened in 2017 on upper King Street and says it was named for 'something good to come'. It is a daytime cafe and bakery, a few doors from OK Donna, and the team has published a cookbook that also carries the name of its sister cafe Harken.

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