Recovery Room Tavern is a late-night dive bar in Upper King, Charleston.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Open weekdays 14:00-02:00, weekends from noon. Kitchen runs late food until 01:30; DJs Friday and Saturday, no cover.
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Address: 685 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403
A.C.'s Bar & Grill on King has been Up All Night since 1987, the College of Charleston dive with pool tables, a kitchen running until 01:30 and PBR at $2 a can. King Street's oldest dive.
TipBar open 11:00-02:00 daily; kitchen Monday to Saturday until 01:30, Sunday from 16:00. Order the Death Burger or loaded fries.
Burns Alley Tavern on King is the back-alley dive opened in 2006, hidden through La Hacienda or down Burns Lane, with wall-to-wall stickers, pool, jukebox, karaoke and PBR until 19:00 for $4.
TipOpen noon to 02:00 seven days. Two entrances: one off the alley, one through the back of La Hacienda. Cash bar runs faster than card on weekends.
A.C.'s Bar & Grill on King has been Up All Night since 1987, the College of Charleston dive with pool tables, a kitchen running until 01:30 and PBR at $2 a can. King Street's oldest dive.
TipBar open 11:00-02:00 daily; kitchen Monday to Saturday until 01:30, Sunday from 16:00. Order the Death Burger or loaded fries.
Tattooed Moose at Park Circle is the second Charleston location of the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives anchor, a huge bar room with a craft beer list and Mike's Famous Duck Club sandwich on the menu.
TipOpen 11:30-02:00 daily; kitchen until midnight Sunday to Thursday, 01:00 Friday and Saturday. Drag Bingo nights with Ava Clear on the calendar.
Bar Mash in the restored Cigar Factory on East Bay runs a domestic whiskey, beer and craft cocktail bar with a bocce court, shuffleboard, Golden Tee and a 1970s jukebox keeping the room loose.
TipOpen Monday to Saturday from 16:00 with happy hour 16:00-18:00 daily. Late-night menu and food trucks on weekends; cash and card.
Trio Club at 139 Calhoun in Charleston is the city's longstanding electronic dance club, a Friday and Saturday room running rotating touring DJs across a downstairs band stage and an upstairs DJ floor.
TipFriday and Saturday 21:00-02:00 only. Tickets via the venue calendar for headliner nights; cover at the door for most weekends, 21+.
Republic Garden & Lounge on Upper King runs an indoor lounge paired with an outdoor garden, with DJ programming nightly and a smashburger plus shareable plates kitchen open afternoons.
TipOpen daily from afternoon to 02:00. Kitchen runs 12:00-18:00 Wednesday to Sunday; the DJ floor and bottle service take over after dark.
