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Charlestowne Tobacco and Wine
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Runner-up: Southern Smoke Cigar Lounge
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- Best News Story of 2016
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- Best Expensive Cornhole Boards You’ll Ever Purchase
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- Best Bridal Boutique You Didn’t Know Existed
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- Best Pillow Tassels Repurposed As Jewelry
- Best Men’s Boutique To Give Billy Reid A Run For Its Money
- Best Pop-up Christmas Shop
- Best Place To Spend Too Much Money On A Tie-dye Headband
- Best Place To Deck Out Your Jeep
- Best Place To Drink Whiskey And Get Styled
- Best Place To Buy Cute Clothes, Get A Haircut, Massage, and Margarita
- Best Place To Panic Shop For A Dress Before Pecha Kucha
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- Eating & Drinking
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- Best Truffle Shuffle
- Best barbecue views
- Best News For North Charlestonians Who Love Fried Chicken
- Best Wiener Pop-Up
- Best Way To Never Order From The Menu
- Best Opportunity To Root For The Home Team
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- Best Oyster Transplants
- Best Reason To Chase a Moving Vehicle
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- Best Excuse To Wear a Wiener Suit
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- Best Idea For Lunches In 2017
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- Best Wiener On A Tortilla
- Best Hot Dog Evangelist
- Best Asian/Italian Fusion
- Best Use Of Olives (and Anchovies!)
- Best Soft-Shell Crab Evangelist
- Best Wine Selection (Retail)
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- Best No-Frills Watering Hole
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- Best Isle of Palms Bar
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- Best North Charleston Bar
- Best Summerville Bar
- Best Authentic Pub
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- Best Dance
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- Best Pool Hall
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- Best Cheap Beer Deal
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- Best Gay Club
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- Best Margarita
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- Best Place To Get Your “Awww” On While Drinking a Meowmosa
- Best place to pretend to meet Don Draper
- Best place to actively avoid Thomas Ravenel
- Best real life Cheers
- Best area for beer in 2016
- Best Forthcoming Female-friendly Watering Hole
- Best Courtyard Happy Hour
- Best Use Of The Phrase “like An Overweight Italian Farmer With Really Dirty Hands” To Describe Wine
- Best Drink We Never Expected To Find At The Ordinary
- Best New Club
- Best Place To Drink Beer With a Side Of Massively Large Pizza
- Best Cheap, Boozy Sunday Brunch
- Best Cool Kid Tequila
- Best Drink For A Warm Spring Day
- Best Area For Beer In 2017
- Best Art Commissioned By A Beer
- Best Place To Drink a Coconut Cocktail Oceanside
- Best Chimerical Beer Bar
- Best Live Streamers Of Any Event
- Best Place To Booze Post Spin Workout
- Best Water Glass That’s Almost Too Pretty To Drink Out Of
- Best Happy Hour Game
- Best And Worst News For Doggie Drinkers
- Best Rooftop To Not Fall Off Of
- Best Pitmaster
- Best Mac and Cheese
- Best Barbecue
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