CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston area French restaurant, Merci, has been included on the New York Times Restaurant List for 2026.
The restaurant opened its doors 18 months ago out of a former corner grocery store with an “ambitious vision for what Merci could become.”
“In a city where Southern charm is sold by the bushel, few restaurants are as genuinely charming, or essentially Charleston, as this snug bistro the chef Michael Zentner and his wife Courtney opened last year in a former corner grocery,” the New York Times said…