One of the most popular places in Peninsular Charleston is Jestine’s Kitchen. The place is full, you usually have to wait for a table, their motto southern food with lots of soul. However, if you see reviews from locals they seemed not to like it, too many tourists, not the real thing, etc.
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| The Place |
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| Jestine |
We gave it a try, simple décor, family style, friendly staff, the kind of homily feeling you will look for a soul cuisine place, but hectic and packed for service. The place was named after Jestine Matthews, an African-American woman born in the low country in 1885, who raised Dana Berlin the owner of the place, her goal trying to recreate the food that she grew up enjoying.
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| Home Sweet |
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| Inside |
We had a fried delight, started with fried green tomatoes, they were simple, tasty, and good, then I had the fried seafood platter, oysters, shrimps, and whiting, all good and nicely done, finally we share a fried chicken, really nice flavour.
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| Fried Green Tomatoes |
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| Corn Bread |
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| Chicken |
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| Fried Seafood |
Simple but really tasty food, might be better places probably but I think is worth trying in order to escape from the fine dining scene around the area.
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| Charleston Lager |
This polarised opinions remind me the good vs bad naked dilemma on the Seinfeld episode “The Apology”
George: So she coughed
Jerry: Coughing naked, it's a turn-off, man
George: Everything goes with naked
Jerry: When you cough, there are thousands of unseen muscles that suddenly spring into action. It's like watching that fat guy catch a cannonball in his stomach in slow motion
George: Oh, you spoiled, spoiled man. Do you know how much mental energy I expend just trying to picture women naked? Jerry: But the thing you don't realize is that there's good naked and bad naked. Naked hair brushing, good; naked crouching, bad
Jestine's Kitchen
T: +1 843 722 7224
Southern Cuisine / Soul Cuisine
Aprox Damage: $25pp
Area: Peninsular Charleston
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