Some of the best meals in South Carolina hide at the end of bumpy roads, behind signs you have driven past a hundred times. I almost missed this one, and my stomach still thanks me for turning around.
Picture scribbled walls, salty air, and a tray of hot seafood landing in front of you as the sun sinks over the marsh. If you love food with a side of adventure, keep reading, because this little shack is far more memorable than it looks.
A Fish Shack at the End of Bowens Island Road
Follow the sign off the main road, keep going when the pavement gives up, and you will eventually reach a weathered building perched above the water. That is Bowens Island Restaurant, sitting at 1870 Bowens Island Rd in Charleston, South Carolina.
It calls itself a seafood restaurant, but most people would simply call it a fish shack, and they would mean it as a compliment…