Costa Charleston

Costa sits on Broad Street, a ten-minute walk from the Charleston City Market. It holds a Wine Spectator Excellence Award, which underpins a menu focused on Italian and Mediterranean seafood.

The room runs smart and elegant, but the location is the primary draw. While most of the city’s dining scene crowds toward the waterfront or the historic market stalls, Costa keeps a quieter, more deliberate pace. You trade the foot traffic of the main thoroughfares for a focus on the glass, a shift that makes it a better choice for those who want their wine list to take precedence over the city’s ambient noise. It avoids the hectic scramble of the district’s high-turnover spots, choosing instead a steady, focused service that relies on the wine program to keep the tables full.