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It’s a bowl full of rum, brandy, vodka and bourbon, lit on fire, and sipped through a long neon-colored straw.ġ5 Magnolia Road, West Ashley The Tattooed Moose It’s a steep $13, but it’s meant to be split. Slide into a booth to share the bar’s signature drink, The Voodoo, with a friend (not advisable to try downing it all yourself). But it’s really more South Pacific kitsch I didn’t expect to find a Trader Vic-style mai tai topped with an umbrella in a South Carolina strip mall. If you didn’t know any better, you might think you’d stumbled into a brothel when laying eyes on Voodoo’s red lights and velvet curtains.
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The carb-aholic dishes are perfect for soaking up the remnants of a Saturday night bender. But the menu items show off A.C.’s sense of humor, with dishes like the “white trash omelet” – complete with eggs, hash browns and cheese – or items inspired by Willy Wonka. The $2.25 Beer of the Month is the best deal in town if you’re looking for something that isn’t Miller High Life, which they proudly list on their “champagne list.” Past Beers of the Month range from Red Stripe to Spaten to Molson and are selected randomly by the owners, so like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, “you never know what you’re gonna get.”Īn unexpected feature of this dive bar is the Sunday morning brunch, complete with Bloody Mary’s and mimosas. The once grungy interior received an extreme makeover a year ago, but the bar still sports the pool table, vintage beer signs and snarky staff. And once I overcame UDT’s slight aroma of vomit, I quickly became a regular.ģ53 King Street, Downtown A.C.’s Bar and GrillĪ longtime Upper King Street landmark, A.C.’s is a college crowd favorite. The bric-a-brac on the walls is what you expect from a classic dive: vintage neon beer signs, random posters, etc. But be warned, selecting Mariah Carey over metal may get you booed off stage by your fellow singers, as I learned the day I dared to request Kelly Clarkson. Regulars come for the cheap drinks ($2 Bud Light), abundance of board games and nightly activities like Wednesday Beer Bingo and Sunday Karaoke. The space covers the upstairs portion of Gilroy’s Pizza, with little room to sit, so you may have to get cozy. Many tourists and out-of-the-loop locals don’t know this place exists, since UDT doesn’t have a website or even a sign to alert patrons of the divey wonderland that lies down the dark King Street alleyway.