Stephanie Barna and crew over at the Charleston City Paper always do a great job with Dish, their biannual guide to dining in Charleston.

After completing another excellent meal at La Nortena tonight, my ladyfriend and I returned home, broke out the highlighters, and set out to plan our dining goals for the next several months.

So, where are we (perhaps totally unrealistically) hoping to make it out to before the end of summer?:

*The following list is broken up by City Paper’s own categories*

Special Occasions:

• Circa 1886
• Cypress Lowcountry Grille
• Fulton Five
• Peninsula Grill
• Tristan

Night on the Town:

• 39 Rue de Jean
• Basil
• Coast
• Crave Kitchen & Cocktails
• Fish
• Huck’s Lowcountry Table
• La Fourchette
• Muse
• Pane e Vino
• Red Sky
• Samos Taverna
• Sienna

Regular Haunts:

• Bacco
• EVO Pizzeria
• Five Loaves Cafe
• Gaulart and Malicet - Fast and French
• Madra Rua
• Shi Ki
• Sushi Haru
• Taste of Thai
• Ted’s Butcherblock

Good and Cheap:

• A.C.’s Bar & Grill
• Dixie Supply Bakery & Cafe
• Fishnet Seafood
• GNS Subs and Middle Eastern Deli
• Hannibal’s Kitchen
• JB’s Smokeshack
• Martha Lou’s Kitchen
• The Mikasa Room at Trident Tech
• Moose’s Famous BBQ
• Nirlep Indian Restaurant
• The Sprout
• Three Little Birds
• The Tin Roof
• Workmen’s Cafe

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Wow. Well, when you put them in a big list like this it seems even more daunting than it did while we were compiling it. Realistically, if we could hit 20 of these we’d be batting .500 which would be quite an accomplishment for an unpaid intern.

Stay tuned for updates on our progress.

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