Below you’ll find a quintessential Lowcountry summer recipe, tomato pie. It comes direct from the legendary cookbook “Catering to Charleston: Cherished Recipes from a Premier Southern Caterer,” penned by Hamby Catering & Events Founder Frances Ellison Hamby. Tomato Pie Makes 8 servings INGREDIENTS: 1 (9-inch) deep dish pie crust, baked 3 large tomatoes, peeled, … [Read more...]
New Fare: Fresh & Frothy Goodness
Jeff’s Bagel Run Everyone loves a great bagel, and when Danielle Perera moved to South Florida from New York with her husband Jeff, she couldn’t find one that reminded her of home. She decided to do something about it, and Jeff’s Bagel Run was born. When Jeff lost his job during COVID-19, he used the spare time to start baking bagels with a recipe that felt like home. Danielle … [Read more...]
Pat’s Pad Thai: Food on Wheels
Pat Tantikul, the proud owner of the A-Roi Thai Food Truck, serves her food with a smile. It’s been a journey to get to where she is now, but there is nothing else she would rather do than dish up Bangkok-style street food to the Lowcountry. Tantikul’s love for food was instilled in her during her childhood in Bangkok, Thailand. When COVID-19 rocked the world in 2020, she … [Read more...]
Behind the Bar: Palmetto Breeze’s Blair Nottingham
Behind the bar of the Palmetto Breeze there’s Blair Nottingham, whose story is as layered, complex and bold as the cocktails she crafts. With roots in New Hampshire, Nottingham started bartending at the young age of 18 and quickly grew her love of hospitality and people. “My family was always entertaining,” she remembered. “I was helping out at events at my house with my … [Read more...]
Meet the Chef: Alec Gropman, Bodega’s Flavor Boss
Chefs are skilled and talented culinary craftspeople who create flavorful masterpieces. They are the visionaries who set the tone for the entire restaurant. Long Island native and Chef Alec Gropman, a senior partner and executive chef at Uptown Hospitality Group, is behind the food and beverage departments of restaurants such as Uptown Social, Share House, By The Way, Bodega … [Read more...]
A Fiesta of Flavors: Catrina’s Tacos & Tequila
Located just off Clements Ferry Road, Catrina’s Tacos & Tequila feels like walking into a fiesta. It’s vibrant, colorful, full of life — like someone bottled up the spirit of Día de los Muertos and poured it into the walls. Murals adorn the walls, with smiling Catrina dolls tucked into shelves, and those rich, festive touches that capture your attention. Somehow, it’s … [Read more...]
Behind the Bar: Jennifer Ouellette, LoLA’s Queen of Libations
We’ve highlighted bartenders in our Behind the Bar series for more than two years, featuring a diverse range of bartenders from various backgrounds. Our latest expert mixologist, Jennifer Ouellette, tends bar at LoLA’s Mount Pleasant location. Ouellette has 10 years of bartending experience, starting in Sumter, South Carolina, an Air Force town where a 23-year-old Ouellette … [Read more...]
New Fare: Crowd Pleasers for Your Palate
Mount Pleasant’s continuous growth and expansion in population and development has in turn provided us with new places to visit and enjoy. Here are some of the latest spots that are now open and ready for you to experience in your area. Catrina’s Tacos & Tequila Clements Ferry Road is booming with new apartment buildings, medical campuses, restaurants and retail. The … [Read more...]
Seewee Restaurant: Down Home Cookin’
Off the southbound lane of Highway 17 on the edge of Awendaw sits an old rustic building that was constructed as a general store in 1929. Local Mary Rancourt purchased the business in 1960, and around 1995, she converted it into the Seewee Restaurant. Over the decades, the establishment has become a local treasure because of the beloved family who runs it, the food and the … [Read more...]
Reeling It In: The Wreck of the Richard & Charlene Seafood Catches High Praise
On Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo slammed onto the shores of coastal Carolina. When the eye passed over Shem Creek, the water kept rising until it covered 8 feet of shoreline. Encroaching winds ripped a derelict North Atlantic-style trawler called the Richard & Charlene from its mooring at the Wando Dock and hurled it across a neighboring dock and into an icehouse. Its … [Read more...]