Pa’Ke-Pikes

115 Arrow Road, Hilton Head Island

One of the Lowcountry’s favorite food trucks has officially traded wheels for walls. Pa’Ke-Pikes recently opened its new buffet-style restaurant on Hilton Head Island, giving fans of its Honduran and Central American comfort food a permanent place to satisfy their cravings. The daily lunch buffet, served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., features a rotating spread of homemade specialties packed with bold flavor, warm spices and the kind of dishes that feel like they came straight from a family kitchen. 

Cone Crazy Creamery

Mobile truck, Bluffton

A new ice cream truck is rolling through Bluffton, looking like summer on wheels. Cone Crazy Creamery serves up colorful scoops, towering sundaes, milkshakes, floats, cyclones, pup cups and even ice cream tacos for anyone who believes dessert should be fun. The mobile concept is also available for private events, making birthday parties, neighborhood gatherings and backyard celebrations a whole lot sweeter.

The Pavilion at Russo’s Fresh Seafood

246 Red Cedar St., Bluffton

Russo’s Fresh Seafood has expanded its longtime Bluffton seafood market with a new open-air pavilion designed for more than just lunch. The new space introduces a grab-and-go menu filled with fresh seafood, rotating specials and quick coastal favorites, while also creating room for cooking classes, demonstrations, private parties and community events. In true Lowcountry fashion, it feels less like an addition and more like a place where people naturally gather.

The Market at
Michael Anthony’s

Orleans Plaza, Hilton Head Island

Michael Anthony’s Cucina Italiana has expanded its beloved market concept, giving locals more reasons to stop in “just for one thing” and leave with dinner, dessert and probably a loaf of bread they didn’t plan on buying. The redesigned market now connects to a larger, more relaxed Market Cafe with expanded seating. Guests can browse handcrafted pastas, soups, sauces, salads, heat-and-serve entrees and specialty prepared dishes ready to make dinner easy.

Pure Cafe & Bakeshop

7 Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort

Pure Cafe & Bakeshop is already building a following with its house-made baked goods and thoughtfully crafted coffee drinks. Open Thursday through Monday, the café offers rotating seasonal pastries, in-house syrups and a welcoming morning-to-early-afternoon atmosphere.

Bluffton Self Help Mobile Market

Bluffton Self Help recently launched its Mobile Market, bringing fresh groceries directly into underserved neighborhoods throughout the Lowcountry. Designed to improve access to healthy food, the Mobile Market serves as both a practical resource and a meaningful investment in the community. Organizers describe it as “infrastructure on wheels,” helping bridge food-access gaps while meeting neighbors where they are. It’s a reminder that sometimes the most important additions to the local food scene aren’t restaurants at all.

Dangerously good

There are truffle fries, and then there are Tin & Tallow’s Truffle & Parm Fries. Crispy waffle-cut fries tossed with Parmesan and rich truffle flavor make this salty snack almost impossible to stop eating once they hit the table.

Savory upgrade

Nosh NY takes its chicken salad sandwich to another level by serving it on a rosemary sea-salt bagel. Add lettuce and tomato, and suddenly a simple deli lunch turns into something seriously craveable.

Crunch factor

Double-fried for maximum crispiness, the Salt Crispy Chicken at Chick N’ Boba delivers the addictive crunch Taiwanese salt-and-pepper chicken is famous for. Salty, savory and ridiculously snackable, it practically demands a dipping sauce.

Classic deli flavor

Frankie Bones Hilton Head leans into old-school deli comfort with its Buffalo-N.Y.-based Beef on Weck, layering house-made roast beef, au jus and horseradish sour cream onto a toasted caraway-and-sea-salt roll. Messy in the best possible way.

Go big

At Gruby’s NY Deli classic sandwiches are now available in towering “Skyscraper” size for anyone who believes lunch should require two hands and a serious appetite. A traditional turkey sub with tomato, mayo, salt and pepper keeps things beautifully simple.

Tiny but mighty

Sister Sister Deli gives deviled eggs a luxurious little glow-up with flaky sea salt and Osetra caviar. The result is rich, nostalgic and just fancy enough to make you order a second plate.