Southern Roots Smokehouse in Park Circle lacks the heat to compete (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Nov 22, 2017 | Legacy

The restaurant business is very, very difficult. It demands the right combination of location, ownership, and staff, not to mention menu, ambiance, and dozens of other intangibles. Although it’s hard to put a finger on the exact elements that will lead to...

Mt. Pleasant’s Grace & Grit delivers heavenly decadence (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Nov 15, 2017 | Legacy

G is for grace, grit, gastronomy, gluttony, and girth. Set in the Holiday Inn Express and Suites on Wingo Way in Mt. Pleasant, Grace & Grit provides a beautiful, airy space with a menu that promises to bring all these “G” words into your life, at least...

The Shellmore offers simple pleasures very slowly (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Oct 25, 2017 | Legacy

Enter I’On Village and you’ll note The Shellmore Eatery and Wine Bar has an immediate upper hand. The glass-front entrance sits on a charming tree-lined lane. Once inside, there are high tin ceilings, polished tile floors, and wooden Parisienne chairs, lending to an...

Kairos Greek Kitchen is what fast-casual should be (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Oct 11, 2017 | Legacy

In his Dish article for City Paper, Chef John Ondo — former chef-owner of Italian restaurant Lana — explained that he left fine dining to try something less stressful in the fast casual world. Enter Kairos Greek Kitchen, which I kind of wish they’d named Pan,...

Edmund’s Oast remains superlative thanks to Chef Bob Cook (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Sep 27, 2017 | Legacy

Less than 48-hours after Artisan Meat Share shuttered, Chef Bob Cook took the helm as executive chef at Edmund’s Oast, and Charleston exhaled in shared relief. Almost immediately, Chef Cook started tinkering with the establishment’s “gastropub”...