The Establishment’s dishes are so divine, you might just wax poetic (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Jul 18, 2018 | Legacy

If I should think of love  I’d think of you, The Establishment,  Your arms outstretched,  Offering me a bowl of razor clams ($13). Adorned with delicate, yet pungent garlic blossoms,  I blush as my breath grows bad. In contrast, the sweet, light shellfish meat...

Daps Breakfast & Imbibe serves familiar yet creative breakfast fare (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Jul 11, 2018 | Legacy

Daps Breakfast & Imbibe occupies a bright, Westside single renovated into something straight out of an Urban Outfitters catalog. Effortlessly trendy bordering on so-cool-they’re-not-even-trying, the menu similarly focuses on the breakfasts of champions: You...

Serving superlative seafood on a charming rooftop, Balao is the place to be on a sunny day (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Jul 4, 2018 | Legacy

On our first date, Balao stood me up. I’d made reservations under one of my ever-evolving pseudonyms and arranged to meet friends. But when we walked up to the hostess station at Burwell’s, the downstairs neighbor and gatekeeper of the rooftop location, we...

Betty’s Eatery does its best to invoke the simple comfort of Grandma’s kitchen (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Jun 27, 2018 | Legacy

Tucked behind Whole Foods in Mt. Pleasant, Betty’s Eatery is a breakfast and lunch joint, with a promise to “take you back to your grandma’s kitchen.” It does not stink of boiling cabbage and there wasn’t so much as a single TV playing an...

Bistro A Vin is the French newcomer we didn’t know we needed (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Jun 20, 2018 | Legacy

As you walk into Bistro A Vin ­— the sister establishment and next-door neighbor to pastry-focused Cafe Framboise — the sound of Frank Sinatra fills the air. In accordance, the olive oil shop-turned-wine-bar is elegant, but cozy, with two high-tops, a handful of...