Home Field Advantage
20 years since opening in West Ashley, Home Team BBQ owner Aaron Siegel reflects on how it all began by Lorne Chambers | Editor It’s a little late for the weekday lunch rush, but Home Team BBQ in West Ashley is packed. While waiting to be seated, I peruse the menu as...
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Fresh Finds, Familiar Faces
West Ashley Farmers Market Returns to Ackerman Park this month from Staff Reports The West Ashley Farmers Market is set to return this spring, bringing fresh produce, local flavor, and a lively midweek gathering spot back to Ackerman Park. Beginning April 1, the...
Dip into The Lick
South Windermere’s stylish new spot aims to reshape West Ashley’s culinary identity by Lorne Chambers | Editor It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday, and The Lick, West Ashley’s swankiest new dining spot, doesn’t even open its doors for another seven hours. But head chef Chris...
Dirty Sodas, Good Clean Fun
Southside 17 expands into neighboring space, adds a trendy soda bar and arcade by Lorne Chambers | Editor The interior of Southside 17 is reminiscent of the sportsbook inside a Vegas casino. There are score tickers streaming underneath a wall of TVs, and even the...
Love, Stress, and Fermentation
West Of’s Sales Manager takes the plunge into the wild and wonderful world of sourdough by Lindsey Chambers | West Of Sales Manager I pull my sourdough starter from the fridge to allow her to warm up, grow, and fall overnight. I go to sleep dreaming about my sourdough...
Making Vegan Cool (and Delicious)
Bangin’ Vegan Eats starts a new kitchen residency at Sweatman’s Garden by Matt Poust | Contributing Writer For the past few years, the hum of a generator and the sizzle of a flat-top have been familiar sounds wherever Bangin’ Vegan Eats parked for the day. Now, the...
Modern Med at Mazal
Brothers draw on family recipes and heritage to bring authentic Mediterranean food to West Ashley by Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer Two brothers have opened a new Mediterranean restaurant in West Ashley, drawing from their family’s culture, recipes and...
It’s Always the Giving Season at Amor
AMOR Healing Kitchen marks 100,000 meals delivered, launches $100K challenge to support the next 100,000 from Staff Reports AMOR Healing Kitchen, a West Ashley-based nonprofit known for delivering plant-based meals to Lowcountry residents facing serious health...
West Ashley Goes Underground
Underground Chuck’s opens in the former O’Charley’s space from Staff Reports Back in August, O’Charley’s on Henry Tecklenburg Drive closed its doors after more than two decades of serving West Ashley families, sports teams, and countless weeknight dinners. At the...
Sweet, Savory, and Stacked
Waffle Sensations brings ‘Grandma’s house’ comfort to the Citadel Mall by: Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer As of last month, The Citadel Mall now offers “a waffle experience like no other” with the permanent arrival of Waffle Sensations, a small, family-owned...
Birds & Brew
Local businesses team up to give away 150 turkeys and support Lowcountry Food Bank by: Kim Boerman | Contributing Writer Thanksgiving is coming early to West Ashley as Edisto River Brewing Co. and Pepper’s Pressure Washing join forces for Birds & Brews, a...
