King Street
Charleston’s main shopping street: antique shops in the south, boutiques and chain stores in the middle, and restaurants, bars, and design shops in the north, with historic building facades well preserved.
King Street runs the length of the Charleston peninsula. From the antique district near Broad Street, it passes the fashion and chain stores north of Market Street, and continues to “Upper King,” north of Calhoun Street, where restaurants, bars, and design shops line the way. Along the entire street are 19th-century brick commercial buildings. Many of the city’s most popular Lowcountry, seafood, and fried chicken restaurants are nearby, and dinner reservations are recommended. On the second Sunday of each month, the street often hosts a pedestrian event, with traffic closed and vendors set up along the road.
Opening hours
Open all day (shops approx. 10:00 am–7:00 pm)
Nearby sights
- Gibbes Museum of Art
- Charleston City Market
- St. Philip's Church
- St. Michael's Church
- Old Slave Mart Museum
- Mother Emanuel AME Church
- Nathaniel Russell House
- Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon