Cultivating Connection
Parks Conservancy celebrates the official opening of the Ashleyville-Maryville Food Forest from Staff Reports The Charleston Parks Conservancy celebrated the opening of the Ashleyville-Maryville Food Forest with a May 16 ribbon-cutting, revitalizing a historic West...
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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...
From Truck to Table
Popular food truck The Wedge opens a brick-and-mortar NY-style Deli in West Ashley by: Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer Charleston’s favorite New York deli-inspired food truck, The Wedge, is opening a brick-and-mortar location this month, bringing its iconic...
The Next Pizza Star
Arabella Justice of Pizza A Modo Mio takes first place in Young Pizza Maker Division at California Pizza Challenge by Lorne Chambers | Editor Pizza A Modo Mio in West Ashley has earned plenty of accolades in recent years, but its latest honor feels especially...
Home Is Where the Strudel Is
Café Charlotte blends European pastries and Southern hospitality by Lorne Chambers | Editor Tucked into a quiet shopping plaza off Orleans Road, Café Charlotte recently opened its doors to the community and word is quickly spreading throughout West Ashley. But Café...
Dog Days of Summer
Three friends embark on a quest to find West Ashley’s most outrageous Hot Dogs by Lorne Chambers | Editor Whether it’s fireworks or pool parties, beach trips or family cookouts, people across the country will celebrate our nation’s independence in different ways this...
Cooking with Heart
Amore Healing Kitchen hires local chef Mimi Kozma as next culinary director from Staff Reports Last month, Amor Healing Kitchen in West Ashley announced that local chef Mimi Kozma had been named Culinary Director of the beloved local nonprofit, which helps feed...
Rice, Rice, Baby
West Ashley chef Wyatt Gaus cleans up at Island Rice Cookoff from Staff Reports West Ashley-based private chef Wyatt Gaus recently competed in the Island Rice Cookoff annual fundraiser for Abundantly More Children’s Closet at the James Island Town Hall. The...
