Putting the Rock in Café Roca
Creativity is the foundation to West Ashley’s trendy new coffee shop and eatery by Lorne Chambers | Editor Saying that Café Roca is more than a coffee shop is a bit of an understatement. Sure, it serves up fantastic espresso concoctions and traditional coffee shop...
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Rye Not Try Something a Little Different?
If your only knowledge of rye is restricted to a local deli, surrounding some mustard and pastrami, you’re not alone. Rye in the beer world is a bit of an anomaly. Or at least it used to be. Many excellent craft selections employ rye, and you should absolutely...
The Glass Onion Toasts Back to School
As a way to toast the start of the new school season, The Glass Onion will feature champagne, sparkling wines, and champagne cocktails for their next monthly charity beverage tasting on Wednesday, Aug. 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The tastings will be paired along with...
The Calm Before the Storm
As we roll into August, I’ve begun to realize that we’re working on nearly four months of drinking the ‘lighter fare’ of the beer world, and I’m starting to yearn for the colors and flavors of fall. Maybe I’m sick of sweating, or just want to build a fire, but...
A Slice of Charleston
For a quarter of a century Andolini’s Pizza has been more than a part of the local food scene, it has been a slice of the fabric of Charleston. Offering oversized, hand-tossed New York-style pies topped with fresh grated cheese and its signature homemade sauce,...
What’s An Extra Pale Ale?
An interesting trend has been happening, where I find myself seeking out not the wealth of IPA’s on offer, but the little, or older, brother pale ale. Although originally an English creation, known as bitter in all of its different forms, the pale ale is something...
Hopped Up On Caffeine
In some ways, it seems that the craft beer movement is over. By that, I mean it’s no longer a ‘movement’ as much as it is now a fact of life. One no longer needs to sell others on the beauty of well-made beer. Quality suds can be found in the most generic of bars,...
Cocktails For A Cause
Over the next week West Ashley residents can enjoy a fine historic cocktail at various restaurants around town and support a great cause at the same time. A dozen West Ashley restaurants are participating in Negroni Week. And a dollar from each drink sold will go to...
Take The Low End
At no time in the modern history of beer have more sessionable yet flavorful beers been available. This is a great thing. While the first true day of summer, the solstice is a few weeks away, we are definitely beginning to heat up. And if it’s hot outside, and you...
Clean Eatin’ is Good Eatin’
Going to the gym is a big step in creating a healthier lifestyle, but it is not the only step. Wellness comes down to two major ingredients: exercise and diet. Clean Eatz is a new restaurant that opened just a couple months ago in the Indigo Village Shopping Center....
Trouble in Paradise
Let’s face it, if you’re reading this column it’s likely you’re a fan of American craft beer. You enjoy the scene and you want to know more and experience the movement to the full extent. Cheers to you, and I agree in this pursuit of all the good that quality beer has...
