Elle

This Mount Pleasant bakery and restaurant excels at all things fermented, starting with the sought-after sourdough loaves sold from its daytime cafe and served with cultured butter and whey caramel for dinner. During the day, try bagels with beet-cured salmon or tempeh burgers with kimchi barbecue sauce. The more refined evening menus—à la carte or a $95 prix fixe—might offer hits such as fluke aguachile with pickled plum or marinated-mussel toast with pickled fennel.