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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Smokin' For the Holmes Team
It’s not often that you get two competing businesses together for a singular cause. But a positive, fun loving 5-year-old boy with brain cancer has done just that. This Saturday, April 11, Home Team BBQ will team up with fellow West Ashley barbecue restaurant Swig...
Aim For Balance
It’s been said “all things in moderation.” While there are worse words to live by, I think that overindulgence on occasion is no bad thing. An extra long vacation? A large, multi-course meal? Sleeping 10 hours? An extra beer or two? Some of these hedonistic moments...
Tabbuli Names New Executive Chef
Lisa Sheldon has been named executive chef of Tabbuli, a Mediterranean eatery and hookah lounge with locations on Market Street in downtown Charleston and the newly-opened location on Savannah Highway in West Ashley. Sheldon brings more than two decades of experience...
Think Globally, Eat Locally
As part of the 4th Annual Eat Local Month, sign up is now open for Lowcountry Local First’s Eat Local Challenge, which will take place during the month of April and is open to businesses and individuals. The goal of the Eat Local Challenge is to help consumers make...
Brewsday Tuesday and Wine Down Wednesday Return
This spring, Old Towne Creek County Park is set to be the perfect after-work spot for socializing. The popular Wine Down Wednesday series returns for the first event of 2015 on Wednesday, April 1, and the Brewsday series kicks off Tuesday, April 7. Old Towne Creek...
Creative Drinking
I’m consistently a fan of balanced, red-to-amber beers. I always have been. Those balanced beauties, exhibiting both bitterness and richness in harmonious solidity is often a go to for me. Be they the malt-driven amber lagers and ales of the fall and winter variety,...
Schwarzbier & Spring
As temperatures begin to rise, and days lengthen, it might be time to lighten up, however slightly, your beer choice. A great option for a beer that is lighter in body, but full on taste comes from Germany, and fits nicely into a brisk March or April day. Schwarzbier,...
Turning Back the Clock
In 1974 Steve Miller Band had a hit with The Joker, Mel Brook’s Blazing Saddles was tops at the box office, Gerald Ford had just taken office, and pizza and beer were cheap. This Saturday, in honor of the year the very first Mellow Mushroom opened in Atlanta, Mellow...
Time For Tea
The 62nd annual Tea Room and Gift Shop sponsored by St. Andrew’s Parish Church (Old St. Andrew’s) will be held March 16-28. Lunch is served Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and features Lowcountry favorites from time honored recipes. The Tea Room menu...
Spring Is Here
Spring has finally sprung. The weather is all over the chart, some good, and some bad. Warmer days, cooler nights, sun, rain, wind, we’ve got it all. During these wildest of pre-summer months, which beers are serviceable and which, if any, just don’t cut it?...
