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Broad Street Rising: Inside Charleston’s New Fine-Dining District

Photos 25Issue September 2026
Broad Street facing west, circa 1900Broad Street Rising: Inside Charleston’s New Fine-Dining DistrictThe Civic Center: Laid out in 1680 as a firebreak in the walled city, Broad Street (originally named Cooper Street) evolved into a hub for businesses, banks, and government offices, including the famous Four Corners of Law at the Meeting Street intersection.Long a host for law offices and financial institutions, Broad Street began seeing an influx of fine dining restaurants in the mid-aughts.Broad Street Rising: Inside Charleston’s New Fine-Dining DistrictOak Steakhouse (center) at 17 Broad Street, in the circa-1848 South Carolina Loan & Trust Co. building17 Broad StreetTurning Up the Heat: Oak pioneered fine dining on Broad Street, converting a two-story bank into handsome dining spaces and offering prime dry-aged steaks and seafood specialties.Turning Up the Heat: Oak pioneered fine dining on Broad Street, converting a two-story bank into handsome dining spaces and offering prime dry-aged steaks and seafood specialties.Place with a Past: Built in 1853, the three-story, Renaissance Revival brownstone that now houses Brasserie La Banque was once owned by the company of former blockade runner and Confederate treasurer George Trenholm.One Broad StreetBar Vauté, below Brasserie La BanqueBrasserie La Banque’s airy dining room features original architectural details, such as the plaster cornice and frieze.Sidewalk seating outside the Mercato at Sorelle, a hot spot for morning lattesSorelle chef Nick Dugan in the elegant second-floor dining roomBroad Street Rising: Inside Charleston’s New Fine-Dining District88 Broad Street circa 1933Well-Established: The Establishment chef Elliott Howells has witnessed a resurgence since the pandemic. “We’re coming into year five after being reopened from Covid, and we’re watching business grow every year, which is great,” he says.Broad Street Rising: Inside Charleston’s New Fine-Dining District28 Broad StreetThe aptly nicknamed F ast and French café is a Broad Street staple, that’s been serving casual French fare since 1984.The intersection of Broad and Church streetsBullish on Broad: Mike Shuler, owner of stalwart tavern Blind Tiger, is opening his Quarter French restaurant next door this fall.The Blind Tiger PubBroad Street Rising: Inside Charleston’s New Fine-Dining District

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