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Burbage's Self-Service Grocery has been serving the community around Broad Street since 1948. For local residents, it's a beloved store where you can go in and order a spicy (or mild) BBQ sandwich, pick up some other great and/or needed stuff, and then just say, "charge it to my account" and head on home. 

Burbage’s

Burbage’s Self-Service Grocery has been serving the community around Broad Street since 1948. For local residents, it’s a beloved store where you can go in and order a spicy (or mild) BBQ sandwich, pick up some other great and/or needed stuff, and then just say, “charge it to my account” and head on home.

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

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