A Star is Born
Blazing Star Café brings homemade bagels, bialy, and babka to West Ashley by Lorne Chambers | Editor Baker and restauranteur Bettina Fisher says certain foods have the power to evoke strong memories and nostalgia in people. One bite of something can send us back to...
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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?...
Here’s To The Green Isle
Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is said to have driven the snakes out of the emerald isle. Whether there were ever snakes there in the first place is up for debate. However, we are sure that Ireland has beer to offer, and there is no better time of year to...
Light It Up Blue
For the second year, Al Di La is joining the crusade to raise awareness about Autism. During the month of March, the Avondale neighborhood trattoria is donating 10 percent of their Tuesday night sales to two Charleston-based Autism charities, Surfers Healing and...
All Praise Beer
Thousands of beer enthusiasts descended upon the Coast Brewery property on the old Navy base last weekend as the sixth annual Brewvival welcomed dozens of brewers from all over the country. While bone-chilling winds whipped down Noisette Creek, the rain at least held...
The Manny’s Empire Grows
Manny's Neighborhood Grille announced recently that it is opening three additional franchise units centered on concepts of the longtime West Ashley Mediterranean restaurant. Michael Stavrinakis, President of Manny’s Franchise has entered a contract with Eric Valera...
Bring Out Your Red
Red beer seems like an extremely boring descriptor, but many examples that fit under this seemingly vague category can be quite tasty, if not glorious. If, where you live, winter is still hanging on, and, like me, you’re not yet ready to give up the ales of the...
In-Between Winter & Spring
With the first day of spring still a month away, and warmer weather seemingly nowhere in sight, I don’t yet feel the need to break into the moderate beers. It seems that many breweries use February to release several big beers. After pints and pints of double this,...
Hopslam or Hypeslam?
I’m really not sure if this should have been an omen, but a friend texted me to say that his local Harris Teeter just got a few cases of Hopslam. I was not at home, much less near his store, and was pretty certain I would be able to get my own 6-pack either through my...
February is For Lovers at Al Di La
Restaurant Week is long over. Avondale Restaurant Week is long over. Valentine’s Day is this weekend and if you haven’t made reservations anywhere yet, you maybe ordering a pizza this year and you might want to go ahead and reserve your spot on the couch, too....
A Valentine Chocolate Stroll in the Garden
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is inviting couples to enjoy a Valentine Chocolate and Camellia Sweetheart Stroll through America’s oldest garden. Sample a variety of tasty treats this Saturday and Sunday at chocolate stations in the sprawling gardens along the Ashley...
