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- Best Local Haiti Response
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- Best Opportunity to Meet With Fellow Secessionists and Plot the Demise of the U.S.
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- Best Sign that the Charleston Music Scene Is on the Rise
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- Best Formerly Local Comedian to Get a Show on Sirius Radio
- Best Way to Get Shaken and Stirred
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- Best Digital Prodigal
- Best Western Featuring David Carradine Shot in Summerville
- Best Way to Celebrate the Opening of the Peninsula's Only Movie Theater
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- Best Radiohead Cover by a Bluegrass Band
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- Best Way to Get Over Soul-Scarring Experiences in Gym Class
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- Eating & Drinking Out
- Best Place to Get 15-Year-Old Pappy Van Winkle
- Best Use of Watermelon
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- Luckiest Thing to Happen to Sausage Lovers
- Best Spot for Scoring Carolina Cups
- Best Dessert on Wheels
- Best Dry-Aged Steaks and Pats on the Back
- Best Luck for Locavores
- Best Female Chef
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- Best Restaurant You Haven’t Been to in Ages
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- Best Chandeliers
- Best Charleston Moment on the Travel Channel
- Best Street Food That You Can Sit Down to Eat
- Best Place to Stock Up on Dim Sum
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- Best Stop for Bead-Throwing Diners
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- Best Soul Food Buffet
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- Best $11 Menu Item that Lasts Two Meals or More
- Best Sweet Cornbread
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- Best Reason to Get Out of Bed on Sunday
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- Best Place to Luck Out on Fermented Veggies
- Best Southern-style Potato Salad
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- Best Reason to Press Your Luck
- Best Gelato
- Best Way to Amuse Bouche your Sweet Tooth
- Best Half-Sour Pickles
- Best Fried Catfish
- Best Place for Pho Fun
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- Best Chicken and Waffles. Period.
- Best Mexican Grilled Cheese Sandwich
- Best Fish Tacos at a Burger Joint
- Best Drinking Trend
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- Best Place to Drink 100 Wines By the Glass
- Best Place for a Non-Alcoholic Summer Drink
- Best Smoking Patio
- Best Cocktail Served in a Smoky Place
- Best Addition to the Bloody Mary Since Pickled Okra
- Best Post-Workout Drink
- Best Beachfront Bar
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- Best Local Version of Cheers
- Best Makeover
- Best Way to Blow Money
- Best Place to Drink Like a Gangsta or Moll
- Best Reinvention
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- Best Bottle Beer Selection (Bar or Restaurant)
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- Best Happy Hour
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- Best Case Made for Beer Over Wine
- Best Local Holiday Beer
- Best New Bottles of Beer
- Best Place to Drink 100 Wines By the Glass
- Best Bar Staff
- Best New Vodka Flavor
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- Best Bouncers
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- Best Place to Get 15-Year-Old Pappy Van Winkle
- Best Downtown Bar
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- Best Smoking Patio
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- Best Addition to the Bloody Mary Since Pickled Okra
- Best Smoking Bar
- Best Coffee Ritual
- Best Post-Workout Drink
- Best Beachfront Bar
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- Best Place to Get Your Coffee Fix
- Best Dive Bar Redo
- Best Local Version of Cheers
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- Best James Island Bar
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- Best Restaurant for Vegetarians
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- Best Coffee House
- Best Example of Luck Being the Result of Hard Work
- Best local Food + Wine Festival that now has to call itself a Wine + Food Festival
- Best Takeover
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- Best Eating Trend
- Best Weird Beer
- Best Lucky Strike for Outdoor Dining
- Best Beer Float
- Best Reason for a Straight Southern Male to Question Their Sexuality
- Best Happy Hour
- Best Outcropping of Locavorism
- Best Road Trip That’ll Turn Your Kids Into foodies
- Best Rockabilly Pig Mural
- Best New Mexican Joint in the middle of the hood
- Best Place to Eat Before It’s Gone Forever
- Best Move Out of the Woods
- Best ‘Never Heard of It’ Moment
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- Best place to stock up on dim sum for your home
- Best Bowl of Steaming WTF
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- Best Restaurant That Hit Some Bad Luck
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- Best fried dill pickles
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- Best Tofu To Go
- Best collection of dipping sauces
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- Best way to eat like Mario and Luigi after defeating King Kuppa
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