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The Ordinary
The Ordinary, opened by chef Mike Lata inside a converted 1927 former bank building, built its reputation around an oyster-and-seafood-hall concept, with its shrimp and grits standing out as one of the menu's most consistently praised traditional Lowcountry dishes within an otherwise more contemporary seafood-focused restaurant. Lata, already well known in Charleston for his other acclaimed restaurant FIG before opening The Ordinary, brought the same ingredient-driven, technically precise approach to a more casual raw-bar-and-seafood-hall format, giving the shrimp and grits a level of technical polish uncommon for what's traditionally a homestyle Lowcountry dish. The restaurant's soaring former-bank-vault dining room, with high ceilings and marble details preserved from the building's original construction, gives it a genuinely striking setting distinct from the smaller, more intimate spaces typical of most Charleston restaurants serving the dish. For a Charleston shrimp and grits list, The Ordinary is the essential "seafood hall elevation" entry — a converted bank building housing one of the city's most technically refined takes on the classic dish within a broader, acclaimed seafood-hall concept.
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82 Queen
82 Queen has operated in Charleston's historic district since 1982, spread across a cluster of connected 18th- and 19th-century buildings with a large courtyard dining area, becoming one of the city's most consistently recommended traditional Lowcountry restaurants for both locals and visitors. Its shrimp and grits, built on the classic combination of Lowcountry shrimp, stone-ground grits, and a rich gravy base, reflects the restaurant's broader commitment to serving traditional Charleston cuisine within a setting that itself functions as a piece of the city's preserved historic architecture. The restaurant's courtyard, framed by the connected historic buildings and filled with greenery, has made it a particularly popular destination for special-occasion dining, giving 82 Queen an atmospheric identity that extends well beyond its food alone. For a Charleston shrimp and grits list, 82 Queen is the essential "historic courtyard classic" entry — a four-decade-old restaurant spread across connected historic buildings, serving traditional Lowcountry shrimp and grits in one of downtown Charleston's most atmospheric settings.
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