{"id":1351,"date":"2026-06-11T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:08:38","slug":"big-tunas-wins-the-states-lake-murray-restaurant-poll-what-to-know-about-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Big Tuna\u2019s wins The State\u2019s Lake Murray Restaurant Poll. What to know about them"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Big Tuna\u2019s Kitchen &amp; Kraft in Lexington was crowned the winner of The State\u2019s 2026 Lake Murray Restaurant Poll. The unscientific poll drew more than 13,800 total votes from readers choosing among 16 restaurants on or near Lake Murray.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1349\">Fire was blowing out front windows of building in Columbia, SC officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>FULL STORY: Who came out on top of The State\u2019s Lake Murray Restaurant Poll? Meet the winner<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1348\">Officer and another person shot overnight, South Carolina police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Big Tuna\u2019s Kitchen &amp; Kraft, at 1345 Old Chapin Road in Lexington, finished first with 52% of the votes. San Jose &amp; Marina in Leesville came in second with 38%, and Irmo\u2019s Tavern on 6 placed third with 6%.<\/li>\n<li>Owner Jeff Butler has been in the restaurant business for more than four decades and previously ran Baja Broiler at the same location. Big Tuna\u2019s has operated there for about six years.<\/li>\n<li>The restaurant\u2019s menu includes twice-cooked Buffalo wings, pan-seared ahi tuna, ribs, Baja-style chicken, burgers, steaks, tacos and burritos. Butler cooks over lump charcoal, saying the flame grilling \u201cgives it a different layer of flavoring that nobody else can compete with.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The restaurant\u2019s name comes from Butler\u2019s son William, a former championship wrestler at River Bluff High School nicknamed \u201cTuna.\u201d Jeff picked up \u201cBig Tuna\u201d in turn.<\/li>\n<li>Big Tuna\u2019s is open 4 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. It is closed Mondays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1347\">Multiple people found shot, and a teenager died, South Carolina officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tuna&#39;s Kitchen &amp; Kraft in Lexington took 52% of more than 13,800 votes to win The State&#39;s 2026 Lake Murray Restaurant Poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Big Tuna\u2019s wins The State\u2019s Lake Murray Restaurant Poll. 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