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Mercato - Charleston Restaurant Review
Don’t get me wrong, I love southern Italian cuisine. When I was a kid, it was pretty difficult to convince me to eat much else besides spaghetti, tortellini, or ravioli covered in marinara and parmesan. To this day, I still buy the industrial size jars of pasta sauce from Sam’s Club and go through them [...]
Poogan’s Porch - Charleston Restaurant Review
Living in Charleston, it would be pretty easy to dine out on a regular basis and never eat in the same place twice. That makes first impressions all the more important. After all, when you’ve got seemingly unlimited options, why would you go back to a restaurant that left you unimpressed?
I came away from my [...]
Jacob’s Kitchen in I’On - Preview and Tasting
Though I had never been to Mt. Pleasant’s I’On neighborhood before, I certainly had some preconceptions about the type of restaurant I’d find there. I assumed that, amid the fancy homes and equally fancy people, I’d find a stuffy, overpriced, country club-style dining room where I’d feel a little uncomfortable and out of place. After [...]
Slightly North of Broad (SNOB) - Charleston Restaurant Review
If you spend any amount of time browsing the “Best Restaurant in Charleston” threads on Chowhound.com’s “South” message board, you’ll notice how a few of the major names rise above the pack. While I’ve been lucky enough to dine at a few of them (e.g., McCrady’s, Charleston Grill, FIG), until last week I hadn’t had [...]
The Buccaneer Restaurant & Museum - Media Event Notes
Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to attend the media lunch for The Buccaneer, the newest restaurant from the people who brought us McCrady’s and Queen Anne’s Revenge.
The Buccaneer is occupying the Faber St. location that has been empty since City Bar shut down a couple years ago. The McCrady’s ownership group, never one to [...]
Alluette’s Cafe - Charleston Restaurant Review
I’ll admit it. I’m a little bit of a food elitist. I probably wouldn’t run a restaurant blog if I didn’t have a bit of that in me. I may live on a typical college student’s budget, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to settle for the mass produced, watered down culinary equivalent of a [...]
Virginia’s on King - Charleston Restaurant Review
When most visitors come to Charleston, they’re usually looking for two things when it comes to food, seafood and traditional home-style southern fare. This is the reason why Hyman’s and Jestine’s, two decidedly uninspiring restaurants, in my opinion, consistently have hour-and-a-half waits.
While anyone who has spent more than a few days in Charleston could point [...]
Richard Blais dinner at McCrady’s - Notes
Jealous, Charleston?
I just did a McCrady’s review and this dinner had so many courses that I can’t even begin to write a full review. A couple quick comments though:
Top 5 dishes of the night (in no particular order):
Hamachi Sashimi + Crispy Sweetbreads + Smoked Mayonnaise - The hamachi was some of the best sashimi I’ve [...]
Quick Report On the Festival Launch Party
This evening I had the opportunity to attend the annual Launch Party + Summer Benefit for the Charleston Food + Wine Festival. The launch party was supposed to offer a “taste of the festival” and had several stations with local chefs offering samples that represented the Festival’s signature events. Proceeds went to the MUSC Children’s [...]
McCrady’s - Charleston Restaurant Review
Disclaimer: Before I get started with this review, I’ve got to divulge some things in the interest of full disclosure. 1) Until recently, I worked for a company called Table Maestro, a central reservation service which has McCrady’s as a client, so I’ve developed somewhat of a relationship with the staff, 2) McCrady’s staff [...]
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