Charleston's Cafe

1039 Johnnie Dobbs Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC - (843) 720-8843

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Posted By Michael Stern on May 6, 2009 2:25 PM

Charleston's Cafe, which used to be the Bookstore Cafe in the city of Charleston, recently moved to a shopping plaza just off Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant. Breakfast remains its strong suit. "The Classics" section of the menu includes eggs and grits, biscuits with sausage gravy, buttermilk pancakes and apple oatmeal pancakes. "Best Sellers" are shrimp and grits, a four-cheese omelet, eggs atop fried green tomatoes with country ham gravy, and various omelets.

What attracted our rapt attention were the "Island Potato Casseroles." These are big meals built upon a bed of semi-crisp fried potatoes – here known as chippers. The toppings can include grilled chicken with cheese and hot peppers, spinach and bacon with Swiss cheese and hollandaise, and a vegetable medley. We loved our "Kiawah Casserole," in which the potato bed is heaped with sausage gravy and melted jack and cheddar cheeses. An excellent biscuit was served alongside.

Charleston's Café is also proud of its hash; and as hash devotees, we must say that the spicy tasso ham hash we ordered was terrific: rugged and chunky, at once spicy and sweet, topped with buttery fried eggs. When we return, we're going to try the traditional corned beef hash … or maybe the sweet potato / chicken hash … or the salmon / red potato hash.

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Island Potato Casserole

Tasso Ham Hash

Chippers

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