Marina Variety Store Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Marina Variety Store Restaurant in Charleston, SC offers a diverse menu featuring Southern, Breakfast & Brunch, and Seafood options. This waterfront establishment provides a casual dining experience with wheelchair accessibility and free Wi-Fi. With options for delivery, takeout, and catering, the restaurant caters to various dining needs. From fresh-ground coffee to flavorful appetizers like Folly River Crab Dip and Fried Green Tomatoes, Marina Variety Store Restaurant promises a delightful meal. Customers rave about the picturesque views, attentive service, and scrumptious dishes like Shrimp and Grits and Loaded BLT. While some reviewers mention minor cleanliness concerns, the overall experience seems to be positive, making it a great spot to enjoy a delicious meal with a view.
Dinner Beverages
Fresh Ground Coffee
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream
Milk
Soda
Calamari
Buttermilk fried calamari served with marinara sauce.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Our famous fried green tomatoes topped with grated Parmesan cheese served with honey mustard.
Folly River Crab Dip
Crab dip made from fresh local crab meat served with assorted crackers.
Prince Edward Island Blue Mussels
Fresh steamed mussels in choice of white wine and butter with fresh chopped garlic or in marinara sauce. Served with grilled garlic bread.
Clam Strips
Crispy-fried and super sized clam strips served with marinara sauce.
Popcorn Shrimp
Fresh battered fried popcorn shrimp.
Salty Mike's Chicken Tenders
Hand breaded and served with your choice of dipping sauce.
Fried Coconut Shrimp
Breaded with fresh coconut and fried till golden brown.
Dinner Appetizers
Dinner Soups and Chowders
Big Mike's Clam Chowder
Mike's Cuban Black Bean Soup
Vegan.
Richard's She Crab Soup
Mitch Altine's Okra Soup
Vegan.
Original Greek Salad
Chopped mixed greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, Kalamata and Spanish olives, sliced banana peppers, mushrooms, anchovies, feta cheese and Altine's house-made Greek dressing.
Mike's Boathouse Spinach Salad
Baby spinach with eggs, mandarin oranges, pineapple, red onion, bacon, pecans and mushrooms served with our boathouse dressing.
Traditional Caesar Salad
Chopped romaine mixed with shaved Parmesan cheese, red onions, eggs, house made croutons and Caesar dressing.
Garden Salad
Mixed greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, black olives, peppers, mushrooms, blended cheeses and croutons.
Scoop of Chicken Salad Platter
Served with fresh fruit or a garden salad.
Scoop of Tuna Salad Platter
Served with fresh fruit or a garden salad.
Scoop of Shrimp Salad Platter
Served with fresh fruit or a garden salad.
Triple Combo Salad Platter
Includes chicken salad, tuna salad and shrimp salad. Served with fresh fruit or a garden salad.
Dinner Salads
Dinner Seafood Corner
Local East Coast Shrimp Platter
Served choice of style with 2 sides or a side salad.
Local East Coast Oysters
Served choice of style with 2 sides or a side salad.
Local East Coast Flounder Filet
Served choice of style with 2 sides or a side salad.
2 Local East Coast Crab Cakes
Served choice of style with 2 sides or a side salad.
2 Items Combo Platter
Served with 2 sides or a side salad.
3 Items Combo Platter
Served with 2 sides or a side salad.
Captain's Platter
A combination of a flounder filet, shrimp, oysters and a crab cake. Served with 2 sides or a side salad.
Captain Holcombe's Crunchy Flounder
A flounder filet breaded in a crunchy batter and deep fried . Served with our house-made honey mustard sauce. Includes 2 sides or a side salad.
Crispy Fried Whole Flounder
Includes shrimp, oysters or a crab cake. Served with 2 sides or a side salad.
Crispy Fried Whole Flounder Combo
Includes shrimp, oysters or a crab cake. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
Bear Island
Grilled smoked sausage, shrimp, onions and peppers over creamy grits and topped with peasant gravy. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
Mike's Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya
Spicy pan roasted shrimp, smoked sausage, onions, peppers, and jalapenos tossed with white wine, marinara sauce, peasant gravy and red rice. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
Center Cut Pork Chop Dinner
Choice of 2 fried or grilled pork chops. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Breast Dinner
Hand breaded chicken breast served over toast. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
Broad Street Chicken Dinner
Grilled chicken breast topped with grilled pineapple, honey ham and Swiss cheese. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
Chopped Sirloin Dinner
1 lb. hamburger steak topped with onions, peppers, and peasant gravy. Served over our mashed potatoes. Served with choice of 2 sides or a side salad.
4 Piece Veggie Plate
Served with choice of local veggies and 2 sides or a side salad.
5 Piece Veggie Plate
Served with choice of local veggies and 2 sides or a side salad.
Specialty Dinners
Dinner Sandwich Block
1/2 lb. In-House Burger
Fresh ground all natural grass-fed certified Angus beef. Served on a freshly baked brioche bun with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mayonnaise and mustard with sliced kosher pickles. Includes choice of 1 side.
Altine's Greek Gyro Sandwich
Choice of grilled sliced lamb or chicken with grilled onions, tomatoes and lettuce on pita bread topped with our house gyro sauce. Includes choice of 1 side.
Our Chicken Breast Sandwich
Grilled, fried, or Buffalo style on a freshly baked bun with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise. Includes choice of 1 side.
Variety Store's Triple Decker Club Sandwich
Made with choice of roast beef, turkey, ham, or any combination of 2 meats with lettuce, tomatoes, bacon and mayonnaise. Includes choice of side.
Our Famous Po Boys
Served on a freshly baked wheat hoagie roll with lettuce and tomatoes. Includes choice of side.
Veggie Wrap
Red onion, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and spinach with your choice of dipping sauce or dressing. Served with choice of side and choice of wrap.
Chicken Wrap
Fried, grilled, or blackened chicken with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and choice of dipping sauce or dressing. Served with choice of side and choice of wrap.
Buffalo Wrap
Choice of fried or grilled chicken, shrimp, or oysters tossed in Buffalo sauce with bleu cheese crumbles or pepper jack cheese, lettuce and tomatoes. Served with choice of side and choice of wrap.
Dinner Wraps
Lunch Appetizers
Quesadilla
A whole-wheat or spinach wrap stuffed with blended cheeses and tomatoes served with sour cream and salsa.
Mike's Black Bean Soup
Lunch Soups
Lunch Salads
Chef Salad
Chopped greens with tomatoes, red onions, mixed olives, mushrooms, bacon and eggs with choice of sliced turkey, ham or roast beef.
Triple Combo Platter
Includes chicken salad, tuna salad and shrimp salad. Served with fresh fruit or a garden salad.
Lunch Salad Platters
Lunch Sandwich Block
Po Boys
Served on a freshly baked wheat hoagie roll with lettuce and tomatoes. Includes choice of 1 side.
Phillies Sliced Sandwich
Served on a freshly baked wheat hoagie roll with mayonnaise, grilled onions, peppers and provolone cheese. Includes choice of 1 side.
Chicken Breast Sandwich
Freshly baked bun with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and mayonnaise. Includes choice of 1 side.
Altine's Signature Hot Roast Beef Sandwich
Served on a freshly baked bun with horseradish sauce and olives with your choice of a side item, garden salad or a Caesar salad.
Aunt Grace's Shrimp Salad Sandwich
Served on choice of bread with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise. Includes choice of 1 side.
Aunt Grace's Tuna Salad Sandwich
Served on choice of bread with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise. Includes choice of 1 side.
Aunt Grace's Chicken Salad Sandwich
Served on choice of bread with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise. Includes choice of 1 side.
Open Face Roast Beef Sandwich
Hot roast beef topped with grilled onions, peppers and peasant gravy over 2 slices of white or wheat bread. Includes choice of 1 side.
Portobello Burger
Grilled portobello mushroom cap topped with roasted red peppers, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and garlic mayonnaise on a freshly baked bun. Includes choice of 1 side.
1/2 lb. Chopped Sirloin
Grilled with onions, peppers, peasant gravy and served over our mashed potatoes. Includes choice of 1 side.
Center Cut Pork Chop
Choice of fried or grilled. Smothered with onions, peppers and gravy. Includes choice of 1 side.
Down South Chicken and Waffles
Includes choice of 1 side.
Lunch Specialties
Lunch Seafood Corner
Local East Coast Crab Cakes
Served choice of style with a hushpuppy and 2 side items.
Our #1 Key Lime Pie
Richard's Mud Pie
4 Layer Supreme Chocolate Cake
Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
Top it with chocolate, caramel or raspberry syrup.
Lunch Desserts
Dinner Desserts
1 Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
Top it with chocolate, caramel or raspberry syrup.