Basic Kitchen

Top choice in Charleston


With dishes like avo toast, fresh sesame kale and rainbow bowls (which come with sweet-potato noodles, veggies, herbs and Thai peanut sauce), this healthy and delicious little cafe feels like something you'd stumble across in Bali. The surfboard decor and yummy fresh fruit juices do nothing to dispel that impression; and clearly, vegetarians are well served here.


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