Checking Out
Local icon Doscher’s IGA Grocery Store closing after 48 years in West Ashley by Bill Davis | News Editor All the cashiers are leaning on their elbows this late April afternoon, outnumbering the customers. The top and bottom dry shelves are empty on every aisle. Only...
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Money ‘Parks’ Two Parks
If there’s one place that needs a facelift, it is the proposed site of the Northbridge Park just on the West Ashley side of the Cosgrove Bridge. But that facelift, along with one for a proposed park in the Ashleyville Neighborhood, may have to wait an extra year...
The Magic Of Giving
Recently Wonder Works, the locally owned toys and game shop with a location in St. Andrews Shopping Center, was named the Small “For Profit” Business of the Year by the coastal chapter of SCORE, a local chapter of a national organization providing free business advice...
Lean on Me
In 2001, West Ashley resident Jo Carson strolled the beach with her husband, Larry, after finishing chemotherapy, and quietly gathered white oyster shells. “I’ll make an angel out of these,” she thought. Little did she know the shells would lead far beyond a healing...
Sam Ritt’s Changing Face
For decades, Sam Rittenberg Boulevard has been the main commercial jugular of West Ashley. But, according to local officials, experts, and observers, its economic dominance is now being threatened by a host of challenges: * cyclical national economic realities,...
Race The Landing
If you were in Charles Towne Landing last Thursday, the woosh-woosh-wooshes you heard weren’t cannonballs of yore tearing by, but a record turnout for a race series, Race for the Landing. According to race publicity chairman Bob Seidler, close to 300 runners took part...
March of Love
Students at Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School in West Ashley are welcoming the community to come May 17 and march for a “princess of smiles” who needs a live kidney transplant. “The March for Mary Ashley” will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the school, and will...
Shrimp and Quinoa
Black Bean Company 1529 Savannah Hwy. www.blackbeanco.com With in the next couple weeks Black Bean Co. will open its newest restaurant in West Ashley in an old Burger King location along Savannah Highway. The location is appropriate as owner/chef Ellis Grossman is...
Baked Stuffed Salmon with Crabmeat (Served with Irish Potato Cakes and Coleslaw)
Bluerose Café 652 St. Andrews Blvd. 843-225-2583 www.bluerosecafecharleston.com Bluerose Café chef/owner Denis O'Doherty opened his little slice of Ireland seven years ago, determined to bring a “wee bit” of the Old Country to West Ashley. Focusing on keeping locals...
Captain Don’s Carolina Deviled Crabs
Capt. Don’s Seafood 1412 Savannah Hwy. (843) 556-0451 Local knows best. Want to buy some really fresh fish? Or maybe get some advice on how to cook some of the specials? Walk right in and ask the local, friendly staff, and they’ll get you fixed up for a good price....
Glass Onion’s Sausage Gravy For Shrimp & Grits (or just over biscuits)
The Glass Onion 1219 Savannah Hwy. 843- 225-1717 www.ilovetheglassonion.com Few West Ashley restaurants have garnered more national acclaim than the Glass Onion in recent years. Owners and chefs Sarah O’Kelley and Chris Stewart strongly believe in the importance of...
