Best Local Clothing Designer
Rachel Gordon
Readers Pick
After catching locals' attention as a Charleston Fashion Week Emerging Designer in 2008, Rachel Gordon has gone on to earn fans with her signature earth-goddess styles.
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- Best Butcher to Hang it Up (But Who Will Be Sorely Missed)
- Best Move with Big Potential
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- Best Place to Stare into the Stenciled Face of Guy Fieri
- Best Folly Beach Bar
- Best Random Hole-in-the-Wall Food Spot
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- Best Sign Charleston is Getting More Metropolitan Every Day
- Best Sullivan's Island Bar
- Best Way to Increase Your Cholesterol Level
- Best New Burger Night
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- Best Name for a Burger Special
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- Best Place to Stand in Line for 30 Minutes on Half-Price Burger Night (and Still Be Glad You Did)
- Best Ceviche
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- Best Breakfast Sandwich Probably Ever
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- Best Place to Have a Campfire and Drink PBR Tallboys
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- Best Upscale Take on Mexican Street Food
- Best Dessert for Four that Will Probably Get Eaten by One
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- Best Bar to Run into 13 Bachelorette Parties in One Night
- Best Place for Beer Geeks to Geek Out
- Best Place to Taste the Rainbow
- Best Place to Grab an Adult Beverage and Imagine You're a Drug Smuggler
- Best House-Infused Brandy
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- Best Use of Shredded Ginger
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- Best New Tequila Menu
- Best Margarita That Won't Make You Feel Like You Drank the Blood of the Toxic Avenger
- Best Place to Get Your Bubbly On
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