James Island

Dinner at Ashley Green’s house Bourdain ate: local blue crab with shrimp butter, soft-shell crab and conch with peanut stew, Carolina Gold rice, and sautéed squash and zucchini Dinner dates: Gullah chef BJ Dennis, Ashley Green, and Sean Brock

"Great bean-and-cheese burritos with a green sauce and sour cream." - Eater Staff

"Virgil’s first opened three years ago on Main Street in College Park, serving soul food takes on Gullah Geechee cuisine, including crab rice, red rice, and shrimp and crab gravy. Gee Smalls was born and raised on James Island, north of Charleston, and many of the dishes listed on the menu are based on recipes handed down from family members still living on the island. The restaurant is named for Smalls’ late father and features a mural of its namesake created by local Atlanta artist C. Flux Sing, who hails from Charleston." - Beth McKibben

"Tennessee-based barbecue empire Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint opens today at 11 a.m. on James Island. Pitmaster Pat Martin and his whole hog operation started in Nolensville, TN, in 2006, and now they will bring those smoked meats to the former Sermet’s Southernterranean Cuisine-Bar at 1622 Highland Avenue. Martin’s serves whole hog Western Tennessee-style barbecue. The pigs are a bit larger than typical South Carolina barbecue, and they are smoked with hickory wood at a low temperature. Martin told Eater that first time visitors should give the whole hog sandwich a try — with the coleslaw on top. He also recommended the “Redneck Taco,” which is smoked meat on top of a cornbread hoecake with sauce and coleslaw." - Erin Perkins