As we enter a new year in 2022, many of us are recognizing how important having meaningful relationships and pausing to celebrate life are to long-term happiness. That said, I’ve committed to contributing a sommelier column, which may help in reducing the stress of selecting remarkably tasty bottles. These wines achieve a high quality to…
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Check Out Clam & Charred Onion Dip Recipe In 2014, after enjoying success with various restaurant concepts, four entrepreneurs brought their ideas for a beautiful, inviting setting plus a tasty, extensive menu to Shem Creek, and the resulting restaurant became our beloved Tavern & Table. Known for great food as well as drinks, the restaurant…
Eleven81, Mt Pleasant Restaurant & Upscale Sports Bar
Remember that catchy chorus to the theme song from the TV show “Cheers,” which stated, “sometimes you wanna go where everybody ..knows your name?” Well, the owners of Eleven81 — Andy Palmer, David Clark and Joe Sciortino — have taken their numerous years of experience in the restaurant and hospitality arena to open a restaurant…
Eleven81: Hometown Set-up
David Clark, who is owner of Eleven81 along with Andy Palmer and Joe Sciortino, spent many years across the Southeast running restaurants. But North Mount Pleasant is where he lives, works, raises his kids and coaches their sports teams. Thus, opening a restaurant in his hometown was a natural next career step. “We opened Eleven81…
SOL Southwest Kitchen: A Taste of the Southwest
SOL Southwest Kitchen & Tequila Bar has won numerous accolades in Best of Mount Pleasant voting. Owner David Clark believes it’s a reflection of the restaurant’s quality food, beverages and a committed staff and ownership. “We — including partners Andy Palmer and Joe Sciortino — have been a favorite for locals since we opened in…
Nico Oysters + Seafood: Delicious Food in a Safe Atmosphere
By Lindsay C. Bishop It’s oyster season in the Lowcountry, and there’s no better place to enjoy a dozen bivalves than Nico Oysters + Seafood. The restaurant boasts the largest selection of oysters in South Carolina, and Chef Nico Romo has a relationship with each and every farm that supplies their unique and delicious mollusks….
Life, Love and Frosé: Co-Op owner Jess Patterson Serves It All
“I don’t even really know what I just rambled about, but I’m hitting ‘share.’ That’s how we roll at The Co-Op!” So ends a post on the Instagram page of The Co-Op of Sullivan’s Island, a café serving local coffee, gourmet sandwiches, wine, beer and eight flavors of their specialty drink, frosé. In rambling, stream-of-consciousness…
Farm to Family Table: GrowFood Grows New Connections
By Pamela Jouan GrowFood Carolina opened its warehouse in Charleston in 2011 and has been instrumental since then in fostering relationships with independent farms. A subsidiary of the Coastal Conservation League, an organization with the mission to protect threatened resources of the South Carolina coastal plain, GrowFood Carolina is just one cog in their wheel….
French Food at its Finest – Saveurs Du Monde Cafe
By Bill Farley For a truly continental dining experience that will waft you to the shores of la belle France, look no further than Seaside Farms and Belle Hall for Saveurs Du Monde Café. These unassuming bistros pride themselves on presenting guests with “an adventure of the palate, as your taste buds journey on a…
The Story of the Cocktail Bandits: A Bar Crawl to Success
It’s always fun to settle in with a glass in hand and tell the story of the Cocktail Bandits. We met many years ago at the College of Charleston, when we were both freshmen and excited about the future. We majored in political science at a school that was very homogeneous in both tradition and…