Caviar & Bananas. Downtown.

Remember that coffeehouse that Felicity used to work at, Dean & DeLuca? Caviar and Bananas is a mini (mini) version of this, minus the angst and drama of the Felicity series. (If you don’t know who Felicity (Kerri Russell) is, then forgive me! I am a child of the WB Generation.) Anyway, Caviar and Bananas is a gourmet market and café situated in close vicinity to the College of Charleston, attempting to give C of C students a taste of what it would be like to go to school in a metropolitan city.

The food selections are from all over the world. You can choose from variety of sandwiches, salads, cheeses, sushi, pastries, and of course, wine and beer. The duck confit sandwich is my favorite! (A little pricey though, I admit, at $9, but I love it.)

Charleston is full of restaurants that a serve Southern Cuisine: Southern Cuisine with a French twist, American cuisine with a Southern Flavor, traditional Charleston dishes with a modern sophisticated flare, seafood influenced by Southern sensibility, blah, blah, blah. Meaning: 500 different ways to eat shrimp and grits, crab cakes, and collard greens in 800 different locations. Don’t get me wrong I love Southern food, but Caviar and Bananas can give you something a little different once in a while especially if you are crunched for time and you are near the campus.

(And I apologize for the reference to Gwen Stefani's song; I couldn't help myself.)