Everything in North Charleston beyond Park Circle. Reynolds Avenue has a late ramen bar and a bakery, and Rivers Avenue has the pho and taco shops.
Greg and Ellen Leonard's burger room near the coliseum and convention center. The tourism office says the buns are baked at Saffron Bakery, the beef is certified Angus, the ketchup is mixed by hand and the toppings are South Carolina produce. Fries and tots arrive in small fryer baskets.
Joey Sakran moved from upstate New York in 2008, spent nearly two decades at Boeing, and retired to open the pizzeria he had wanted, with his daughter Rebecca, in December 2025. It sells New York slices and 14 to 18 inch pies, garlic knots, fried ravioli and meatballs from a family recipe. His brother Jason Sakran co-owns Bon Banh Mi and served on Charleston City Council. It is in the Shoppes at Montague Corners.
See Stingrays hockey at the Coliseum, then try a burger, a brewery or New York pizza within a mile.
Old Li's is the Chinese restaurant by the Tanger outlets that r/Charleston keeps recommending for family-style Sichuan dishes. A thread in August 2026 exists only to praise it, with regulars naming fuqi feipian, hong shao rou and spicy wontons. The Post and Courier notes it used to be in the West Ashley space that is now Chef Loong.
A Vietnamese noodle room in a shopping center at the top end of Rivers Avenue. Its own site lists gluten-free options and a split day, closing between lunch and dinner. Nothing about the owners is published on the site.
Rusty Bull is a North Charleston brewery with a full kitchen; its site names the owners as Ben and Brian.
Snafu is a North Charleston brewery known for sour beers; City Paper readers named it Best Locally Brewed Gose/Sour for 2026. It serves snacks and brings in food trucks several times a week.
