The Ex Factor
New West Ashley hot spot All My Exes brings classic cocktail club vibes to Avondale by Lorne Chambers | Editor Ever since the closing of Caroline’s Aloha Bar (previously Voodoo Tiki Bar & Lounge), Avondale had been dealing with a bit of a void in the craft...
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Local Institution Catches Fire
Manny’s Neighborhood Grille, a West Ashley institution for more than two decades, will be closed for at least the next month due to a fire last Wednesday in the bar area of the restaurant. Or it could end up moving from its current home on Old Towne Road, according to...
Happy Pumpkin Days
The upcoming fall season has already provided us with an open door to numerous wonderful flavorful offerings. The Oktoberfests, the autumn ales, the pumpkin beers, ah yes, the pumpkin beers. As the pumpkin beers are now everywhere from every brewery imaginable, you...
The September Beer
It’s September, I can’t believe it. As a kid, the belief I held was that each season got three months. Winter equaled Christmas, New Year, and the –uary months, when there was any chance of snow. Spring was March, April and May, flowers, bunnies and such. Summer...
Fall Flavors Are Here
The first day of autumn is still a month away, but in the craft beer world, it might as well be full on fall. And it’s the fall releases that signal a deluge of seasonal beers which will continue on throughout the winter months and shall not stop until the end of...
A Real Sausage Fest
Before he opened d.d. Pecker’s Wing Shack on Savannah Highway, Derek Harris was a teacher and an assistant principal at Porter Gaud for a decade. It was while there that Harris became close friends with Randy Clark, principal of the Middle School and longtime varsity...
The Last of the Summer Beers
Hopefully, you lighter beer lovers have found something in the craft or import beer realm that interests you. If not, this might be your last chance, as the fall beers are hitting the shelves and boredom sets in with these bright, clear lagers, and the cloudy, fruity,...
A Revelation In Style
I have had several beer revelations in my lifetime. I guess revelation number one would have been tasting the great imported beers of Europe. Bass, Guinness, Spaten: wow, flavor! Throw in Sam Adams and Pete’s Wicked too. My next beer revelation was the introduction to...
Happy Birthday Julia Child
On Saturday, Aug. 15, what would have been Julia Child’s 103rd birthday, The Glass Onion will host its annual celebration dinner in her honor. For $45 per person, dinners can enjoy a special three-course menu for the night. There will be optional French wine pairings...
Cream Soda Beer
I drank a lot of soda in my youth. I mean a lot. My soda of choice was Dr. Pepper, but Cheerwine, Cherry Coke, and some of the yellow fizzy ones that are now promoted as mild stimulant beverages. However, on a family trip one summer, I happened upon some mysterious...
The American Spirit
Last weekend was Independence Day, one of America’s great holidays, when we celebrate our freedom as a country. So, it would seem odd that I select a lager for this article, a beer that originally came from Germany, instead of an ale, which was made by the English....
