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Long Island Cafe

Item: Long Island Cafe
Author: M. Linda Lee

Cuisine: Regional

Price Range: $$

10Best Says

Opened in 1986, this little gem tucks into a small shopping strip just over the IOP Connector Bridge. Long Island Café underwent a facelift of both its dining room and menu in 2012, when restaurateur Michael Proetto and Chef Ravi Scher purchased the café. On the revamped menu, creamy she-crab soup or Tobey's littleneck clams (from nearby Breach Inlet) make perfect preludes to baked, crab-stuffed shrimp (a favorite from the original menu) and grilled tuna Nantucket, topped with sour cream, capers scallions and parmesan, then glazed under the broiler. Dessert may be a toss-up between two Southern classics: chocolate bourbon pecan pie and hummingbird cake.

Address:

1515 Palm Blvd
Isle of Palms, SC 29451

Phone:

843-886-8809

Website:

longislandcafesc.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: M. Linda Lee
Food & Wine Expert

Isle of Palms/Sullivan's Island Best Restaurants: "If you like good, old-fashioned, fried seafood, the tender fried shrimp here is some of the best around. Like the other fried and broiled seafood on the cafe's menu, it comes with two sides."

Best for Isle of Palms/Sullivan's Island Best Restaurants Because: This venerable IOP café still delivers consistently good food, with its revamped menu and décor.