More Bang For Your Bite
Mex 1 Coastal Cantina steps up its game with new Culinary Director and Director of Operations by Lorne Chambers | Editor For 11 years, Mex 1 Coastal Cantina has been bringing the flavors of Southern California to West Ashley. But a lot has changed in the last decade,...
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Spilling the Beans
Beans, beans the magical fruit… But wait, beans aren’t fruit are they? Well, kind of. They are a legume, which are often considered a vegetable but a legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae, or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes include beans, peas, lentils,...
Good Gourds
At a great little pizza joint a few weeks ago, I ordered a pint of Dogfish Head Punkin. One of my favs, this beer offers a brown ale base with pumpkin flavors and brown sugar on top. Quite nice. However, my buddy gave me some stick for the selection, saying that he...
The German / American Fest Beer
The 16 days of Oktoberfest 2015 will have come and gone; another fantastic festival in the beer books with the traditional gun-salute finale on the steps of the Bavaria Monument at the Theresienwiese fairground at noon on Saturday, October 6. The Märzen will have...
Grassroots Wine Takes Center Stage
The Glass Onion is hosting the next tasting in a series of monthly onsite beverage events from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 This tasting will feature “lesser known and affordable” wines from Grassroots Wine, a wholesaler whose portfolio is filled with small,...
Fall For Oktoberfest
It’s all happening. This week’s sees us usher in the first day of fall, Sept 23, also known as the autumnal equinox, when the sun shines directly on the equator, and day and night are nearly equal in length. Just as, if not more important, last week, on Sept. 19, gave...
Kickin’ Chicken Raises $11,457 for Teacher’s Supply Closet
On Wednesday, Sept. 2, The Kickin’ Chicken presented a check totaling $11,457 to Don Hall, the Executive Director of Teacher’s Supply Closet, a West Ashley-based non-profit organization that provides teachers with supplies needed for their classroom that they would...
The Queen City on the Rise
It’s no secret that North Carolina has become a darling in the world of craft beer, a destination like few others, and likely the hottest of the southeastern spots for the good suds stuff. Certainly other states are progressing quite well, and South Carolina is no...
Chu ‘Empire’ Expands
West Ashley restaurateur Kelly Chu, it seems, is never satisfied. First, it was West Ashley, then it was Mt. Pleasant, and tomorrow, the world. First, her father opened one of the area’s favorite Chinese takeout restaurants, the now-gone Joy Luck on St. Andrews...
Hogs With A Heart
Home Team BBQ will once again be a part of Hogs For The Cause Charleston on Saturday, Oct. 3 at The Grove at Patriot’s Point. Hogs for the Cause, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit charity event, raises money to provide aid and relief of expenses for families whose children are...
Not Just Blowing Smoke
“Nothing is ever free. If you don't reinvest in the community that supports you, how long do you think you will thrive? How do you gain the respect of those who support you with out earning it,” asks Swig & Swine co-owner and pitmaster Anthony DiBernardo. It’s...
