Best Bakery and Cake Shops in Kiawah Island

"Located within the beautifully renovated Old Cigar Factory, Mercantile and Mash is an excellent place for coffee, breakfast, lunch, or even a glass of wine. Long community tables cover one half of the shop, allowing people to mingle, while the other side offers a long bar near the barista stand as well as smaller, more private tables. Order the Paris by Night, a Vietnamese-style shot of iced coffee with a mint leaf, for a major caffeine rush, or take it easy with a warm, sweet cream latte or hibiscus-flavored tea."

"The Park Cafe is the perfect place for a down-to-earth yet refined experience. Their menu prides itself on dishes made from quality ingredients from Charleston purveyors. If their spectacular brunch choices leave you unsure on what to choose, we recommend the avocado toast topped with poached egg."

"Mercantile, a food emporium offers breakfast, lunch, coffee, gifts + more. Bar Mash, a cozy spot for a thoughtfully crafted beverage + more."

"Located in historic downtown Charleston, this charming bakeshop makes all kinds of delicious sweet treats, from cookies, tarts and cupcakes. Their cupcakes are incredibly moist and scrumptious and may ruin you for any other cupcake you try after Sugar Bakeshop. Get the Lemon Curd or Red Velvet cupcake for a sumptuous dessert you won’t soon forget."

"With big oak trees out front and cool pastel walls inside, bakeries don’t get much sweeter than Sugar. Former New York architects Bill Bowick and David Bouffard keep fans coming back to Cannon Street with daily displays of old-fashioned cakes, pies, tarts, and cupcakes topped with candied lemon slices and sugared berries."

"Located steps away from King Street you’ll discover the sweetest bakery in Charleston. Sugar Bakeshop sells fresh baked cupcakes, sugar cookies, and more. Make sure to grab a few of their lemon blueberry cupcakes for your photo!"

"You may walk right past this adorable coffee shop and bakery if you’re not looking for it. Built inside a refurbished Charleston Single house on St. Philip Street between Spring and Canon streets, Brown’s Court has upstairs, downstairs, and outdoor seating. Order one of their delicious breakfast sandwiches or pastries with a hot coffee and spend some time on the porch."

"This quaint retail/wholesale bakery and café supplies the bread for several eateries in the Charleston area, but it also offers an ever changing selection of pastries, cookies and doughnuts."

"Run by Allison Smith, a graduate of the local culinary institute, Glazed Gourmet is so popular that the shop itself is often closes earlier than planned due to selling out of all of their delicious doughnuts and coffee!. This sweet spot is open Tuesday through Friday beginning at 7am, and weekends beginning at 9, and it's highly advised to go early to beat the crowds, even if you're planning to make Glazed Gourmet's doughnuts your dessert. Why the word gourmet in their name?"

"If you’re looking for a normal, glazed cake donut, don’t come to Glazed. This little hole-in-the-wall on King Street is serving up made-from-scratch flavors you’d never expect to find if your only experience was with He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Dunked. We’re talking Maple Bacon, French Toast, and Salted Caramel Old Fashioned."

"If in search of something a bit heartier, visit Village Bakery, just across the quaint East Cooper River. While Village Bakery harbors plenty of options for dessert, its sandwiches, soups, and salads are also good picks to try. Restaurant owner Sal Parco has also championed a handful of other successful individual favorites in the Mount Pleasant and Charleston areas."

"Cafe Framboise is a French-style patisserie located on Market Street. If you want a light lunch, they have sandwiches and savory crepes. If you’re looking for something sweet, try one of the sweet pastries or crepes!"

"2008 | Upper King StreetLowkey dive bar known for cheap beerWe’re not sure that there’s anything that could stop people from going to the Recovery Room -- an evergreen haunt that Charlestonians will continue to frequent decades into the future (at least, we hope so). It’s like that little cockroach from Wall-E: The world might be completely deserted, but Rec Room will still be up and running, slinging PBRs to anyone who’s thirsty enough to want one."

"This is going to sound crazy but the Recovery Room is the #1 seller of PBR in the world. If that gives you any indication as to the type of dive bar this is. In addition to flowing drinks and dim lighting, you’ll find pinball, foosball, pool, bocce, live music, NFL and college football on TV, chicken wings, and sometimes Bill Murray."

"While it's not a traditional Charleston ice cream parlor, Belgian Gelato is well worth mentioning on the best of the best creamy treats. Owned and operated by a daughter/father team from Belgium, the smooth gelato crossing the counter here is authentic in every aspect. Customer favorites lean towards the white chocolate praline, pistachio, apple pie and peanut butter gelato flavors."

"After learning the art of gelato, father and daughter Hugo Heule and Joany Heule-Missotten moved from Belgium to Charleston to open a shop. They have a store off of East Bay St. and on on Lower King. Flavors range from pistachio to apple pie."

"The oldest surviving church in the Carolinas, founded and built in 1706; a number of historic tombs are located in the church yard. Four services on Sundays."

"Established in 1983, this gallery was named after Mr. William Halsey, an established artist whose works were exhibited at prestigious museums such as Museum of Modern Art, and Art Institute of Chicago. He became a studio art instructor at the College of Charleston and worked there for 20 years. When he retired, an art gallery was named after him to honor his excellence and contribution to the art scene in Charleston."

"Founded in 1770, the first municipal college in America was built in 1724. Present main building designed by eminent Philadelphia architect William Strickland, built 1828."