A Thing Of Beauty

Much has been written in the column lately about the virtues of session beer. Those low alcohol yet tasty brews that you can return to over and over in an afternoon really are fantastic. Still, there is a place for the high gravity brews, some of them are the most...

Manny’s Opens Fourth Location

Manny’s in West Ashley’s Northbridge Plaza has been serving Greek and American food at family-friendly prices for 20 years. This is no easy feat in a rapidly growing, nationally-recognized restaurant town like Charleston. Owner Michael Stavrinakis says his...

The Session Saison

I’ve always been fascinated by the different new beers that show up at the beginning of a season. Its spring, so now old friends that I look for every March/April are met with half a dozen or so new titles, hoping to grab hold of the recent trends, or give the craft...

Shrimp Curry

Gathering Café 124 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. (843) 297-8380 gatheringwestashley.com Gathering Café chef/owner Nathan Conkle features this dish as more evidence of his commitment to the “farm-to-table” ethos he’s championed since opening Gathering Café in a former bakery....

Winter To Spring: and Transitioning from Ale to Lager

It is a bizarre time of year, possibly the strangest of all. The transition from winter to spring is often a rough one. As folks begin rousing from their hibernation, searching for those rare days of sun and 60+ degrees, Mother Nature is at her most schizophrenic....

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