It’s All About the Window-Framed Raw Bar at The Darling (Charleston City Paper) May25

It’s All About...

The Darling on King Street is clearly doing something right. A place to see and be seen, there’s a palpable buzz the minute you step through the door. Reservations require advance planning, and large parties hoping for a last-minute table can anticipate such requests to be met with...

Cure’s Nostalgic Plates Will Suit Those In the Mood For a Retro Meal (Charleston City Paper) Apr27

Cure’s Nostalg...

If this were the first sentence of a sci-fi romance novel, then Cure would be a star-crossed time traveler. A holdover from simpler times, the restaurant’s round leather booths and Frank Sinatra soundtrack collude with the old school menu to provide a time capsule to 1961: oysters...

The Codfather Brings Proper Fish and Chips to North Charleston (Charleston City Paper) Apr06

The Codfather Brings...

FADE FROM BLACK: Int. Codfather chip shop — day CHIPPER (standing beside a vat of bubbling oil, but not petting a cat because that would be weird.) You’ve known of me for several months, but this is the first time you came to me for counsel, for fish. But let’s be frank here: you...

Go For the Hummus at Istanbul Shish Kabobs (Charleston City Paper) Mar09

Go For the Hummus at...

Imagine you’ve been on the road for several hours. You’re tired. You’re hungry. The kids are whining. What’s that smell? You see a budget hotel in the distance and decide to take refuge there. The website reports it has an onsite “casual eatery.” Sounds...

Anson Restaurant Returns With Its Signature Southern Classics (Charleston City Paper) Feb10

Anson Restaurant Ret...

It’s been roughly two years since Anson Restaurant suffered a kitchen fire, but if the crowds present on my visits were any indicator, its fan base has been merely biding time. Anson is back. Reinvented in an elegant fashion, Anson’s sophistication extends to returning chef Jeremy...