Produce to the People
Lowcountry Street Grocery teams up with House of Brews to offer fresh produce in West Ashley by Lorne Chambers | Editor You may have driven down Wappoo Road and noticed a dark green and white school bus and wondered what the heck that was all about. Well, her name is...
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Bigger Beers Fight The Cold
With the temperatures continuing to hover on the colder side of the thermometer, I begin looking for stronger beers, those that will keep me warm and satisfied on even the most frigid nights. And, while imperial stouts and double IPAs are also muscular, it’s the beers...
Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ Celebrates Seven Years
Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ has had an exceptional seven years in the Charleston area with their two popular locations, a bustling catering operation and an in-house dining concept Home Team Kitchen located inside The Alley Charleston. Pitmaster Aaron Siegel and his...
Sweet Success
Since the Grand Opening in September, Butter Blossoms Bakery’s business has been ‘blooming’. Hundreds of cookies and cupcakes have been sold, and the Tea Room has hosted lots of children’s parties. Demand has been so great for bridal showers and grownup birthday...
Autumn Ambers Of Great Britain
With the passing of daylight savings time, we also bid farewell to the traditional fall seasonal beers. The Oktoberfest lagers gently and graciously faded into the background, while the pumpkin ales annoyingly continue to hang on for dear life. Thankfully, these brews...
A New Vintage
For the last seven years, Avondale Wine & Cheese has been much more than just a wine and cheese shop. It has been a meeting place for this dynamic community. The shop’s original owner, Manoli Davani, was well-known in Avondale. Fellow shop owners and patrons alike...
The End Of The Pumpkins
Happy Halloween, fellow beer lovers. I hope you are all having a fantastic fall. Here is a new seasonal combo that should provide a nice little surprise for your spooky season. 21st Amendment Brewery has been on my radar a good deal over the last two years. I first...
Cook It Raw
West Ashley will be the epicenter of the world’s avant garde cuisine scene for the next week, as chefs from all over the globe learn receive an intensive introduction to the “foodways” and products of the Lowcountry. Beginning Sunday, 28 internationally known chefs...
Fear and Loathing in Denver
A trip to the Great American Beer Fest with West Of's Beer Snob by Lorne Chambers | editor Long before the “craft beer” movement hit Charleston, West Of was running a beer column in its dining section. At first many thought a beer column was an odd thing for a...
Beer Snob Honors
Chocolate Rain (The Bruery) Possibly the best chocolate beer at the fest, and there were a few. This ran out every session and FAST. Chocolate double stout! Brandy-barrel Aged Impreial Pumpkin (Lakefront Brewing) Lots of pumpkin ales, few pumpkin lagers, and only one...
The Proof is in the Soup
As rainy days and cooler temperatures become the norm, a hot bowl of soup sounds evermore inviting. How fortunate that, in Charleston, it’s hard to be anywhere without local soup chain Ladles nearby. Jeff Biran and Kim Dover recently opened West Ashley’s second...
