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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 [...]
Trattoria Lucca - Charleston Restaurant Review
For as long as I’ve been interested in Charleston’s culinary scene, I have continually heard people rave about Sienna, Chef Ken Vedrinski’s Daniel Island standout. It has been on my “to-go” list for quite a while, but the 30-minute drive time and rather steep entrée prices have prevented me from ever actually making the trip.
Needless [...]
Sean Brock Wins Food Network Challenge: The Next Great Chef
Following our continuing coverage of McCrady’s Chef Sean Brock’s participation in tonight’s new episode of Food Network Challenge, I am excited to announce to all of you who missed it that the hometown boy beat out three very worthy competitors and brought the title of “The Next Great Chef” home to Charleston!
In what was an [...]
Granville’s Cafe and Catering - Charleston Restaurant Review
In the past, if I was looking for something to eat north of the Crosstown, I thought my options were pretty much limited to Moe’s Crosstown Tavern, grease-bomb style soul food dives, and perhaps a sketchy Chinese restaurant or two. With all due respect to Moe’s (which serves up some of the best bar food [...]
Quick Shout Out to Lawrence Frazier, “The Rib Man” of Upper King St.
Many of you who read my blog on a regular basis probably got directed here originally by a link in the signature of my posts on Chowhound.com’s “South” message board. If you weren’t and are unfamiliar with Chowhound, I really recommend checking it out; there are always a few active threads on Charleston/the Lowcountry in [...]
Cinebarre / Traitor Review Addendum - Podcast!
In a first for me, I went down to the George Street Observer office on campus the other day to record a little discussion of my Cinebarre/Traitor review with my section’s editor Brian Wilder (of the DubiousOne blog as well).
In case you’re interested in checking out what I had to say, or just in discovering [...]
Charleston Restaurant News - Trattoria Lucca Opens Tomorrow
***EDIT: Apparently the City Paper article / press release I saw were wrong. Trattoria Lucca will actually open next Tuesday, September 23rd***
It’s been anticipated for months, but tomorrow we will get to see the finished product. Trattoria Lucca, the new restaurant from Ken Vedrinski, chef/owner of Sienna on Daniel Island, will open its doors on [...]
