You know that feeling when you’re convinced the best seafood in South Carolina must be hiding behind white tablecloths and a wine list thicker than a phone book, and then you stumble upon a place that looks like it might blow away in a stiff breeze but serves fish so fresh it practically swam onto your plate?
Welcome to The Wreck of the Richard & Charlene in Mount Pleasant, where the name tells you everything you need to know about the dress code and absolutely nothing about how spectacular the food is going to be.
If you’ve been driving past it thinking “maybe someday,” that day needs to be today, and if you’ve never heard of it, well, you’re about to discover why locals have been keeping this spot as their delicious little secret for decades.
The building itself looks exactly like what you’d expect from a restaurant named after a shipwreck – which is to say, it’s not winning any architectural awards anytime soon, and that’s precisely the point…