Jestine S Kitchen
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Jestine s kitchen. Jestine s kitchen served savory southern food inspired by a woman named jestine matthews who was born in 1885 to a father who was a freed slave and native american mother. While she is greatly missed her legacy has lived on through dana jestine s kitchen the restaurant staff the community that gathers daily to converse and dine. See 3 197 unbiased reviews of jestine s kitchen rated 4 5 of 5 on tripadvisor and ranked 82 of 801 restaurants in charleston. Cozy atmosphere and tasty southern home cooking.
For authentic low country cooking like okra gumbo visit jestine s kitchen. No jestine doesn t work here but the sweet owner dana berlin does and she gives thanks to jestine s memory. 18 1997 at the age of 112. Almost two years after the restaurant s opening jestine died on dec.
843 722 7224 a farewell to the lowcountry from dana berlin strange i am a very lucky lady as i have had the incredible pleasure to introduce you to the iconic jestine matthews who raised my lovely mother as well as her four children. Shrimp and grits are only served sunday s. Jestine s kitchen which on thursday closed after 24 years of magnetizing tourists to the corner of meeting and wentworth streets will in the short term be remembered for its fried chicken. Jestine s kitchen which is located on meeting street announced it was closing due in part to the coronavirus pandemic.
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