The New York Times today announced its list of their favorite restaurants in America and Johns Island’s Lost Isle was included. "The Restaurant List" features the newspaper's 50 favorite places in America right now. The only other South Carolina restaurant included on the list was Colubmia's City Limits Barbeque.
The Times said they created the list by having reporters and editors travel "to nearly every state scouting restaurants for (the) annual list."
Here's what the newspaper had to say about Lost Isle:
"There’s a party going on behind a tattered ranch house outside Charleston: a cluster of tables, under swoops of sailcloth and some improbable-looking outdoor chandeliers, where the entire menu is cooked just a few feet away over open fires of white oak. Lost Isle calls itself 'a truly local experience' — the chef, Josh Taylor, who grew up in North Georgia, leans on Lowcountry staples like collards, grits and roasted clams. Yet the big flavors he applies (chimichurri, harissa, tamarind, togarashi) evoke his world travels. And though he leads with steaks and chops, the real standouts are non-meat dishes like sweet roasted carrots amped up with chiles and brown butter. Even sweeter are the celebratory vibe, a bustling bar and the hot slabs of semolina sourdough, streaked with olive oil and char, that get the festivities started."
You can see the full list here.
