Lowcountry Cuisine Fall/Winter 2019-20

www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com lowcountry cuisine LC 7 T he midtown section of Upper King Street is a business district coming back from many difficult years. Where store fronts were previously boarded up, restaurants and bars now light up the plate glass windows. Tucked between the food and drink options are interesting local shops—like Blue Bicycle Books and Affordabike—that you won’t find in every mall in the world. The area also boasts several large hotels, including the Francis Marion Hotel, opened in 1924; the Hyatt Place Charleston, which opened in 2015; and the Hotel Bennett, which opened in February 2019. On either side of King Street, down cross streets to parallel streets, you find students from the College of Charleston, The Citadel and Trident Technical College living in dorms or old houses split into multiple apartments. In the last few years, derelict buildings have been replaced with multistory apartment complexes that have a broader demographic, but still include a large number of students. Midtown King Street still has empty buildings and lots of possibilities as it continues to address the needs of students, tourists and locals. In the meantime, check out a few restaurants and bars that offer some pretty exciting possible directions! BY HOLLY VORIES A Taste of Upper King