Bocci's Italian Restaurant, Charleston

A few steps from the busy City Market, this popular downtown restaurant offers a variety of meat, chicken, and seafood entrees accompanied by side dishes of spaghetti and fresh vegetables. Meals begin with aromatic home-made Italian bread served warm with herb garlic butter. Pasta is made fresh on the premises daily. A selection of appetizers includes the Bocci Sampler with fried calamari served with pesto cream sauce and gorgonzola cheese filled artichoke hearts. Open for dinner only, diners receive friendly, attentive service and outstanding cuisine. - Natasha Lawrence