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South Carolina Travel Guide

South Carolina — Food and Dining

Cuisine

Charleston boasts a number of fine seafood restaurants. There are more than 1,700 restaurants on the Grand Strand in Myrtle Beach, offering every type of food imaginable.

Regional specialties:
• Shrimp with grits.
• Charleston she-crab soup.
• Pecan pie.
• Benne (sesame seed) cookies.

Nightlife

The liveliest spot in South Carolina is Myrtle Beach, where the nightclubs are open for business every night of the week. Choices range from country music venues to high-energy dance clubs. In Charleston, fun-seekers should head for the trendy Terrace at Merion Square or the eclectic Tristan in the city's French Quarter.