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2017-18 Golden Spoon Edition lowcountry cuisine LOWCOUNTRY CUISINE Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor It's a Pizza PARTY! Get You a Slice FOOD THAT SHINES This Year’s Golden Host a Gathering Spoon Awards Try these Recipes Whole Fried Local Snapper Collard Greens, Pimento Cheese, Green Tomato Bacon Jam Dish provided by Grace & Grit. Photo by Margaret Wright. LowcountryCuisineMag.com www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com LC lowcountry cuisine “World Renowned Family Style S BEEN AY LOC LW AL Southern Restaurant” A EST 1993 SEEWEE RESTAURANT A L LW A AY OC S WILL BE L Mount Pleasant’s "Hidden Gem" We are proud to welcome new chef Bobby Molinar (former chef for Yorktown) ! LC www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com ACME LOWCOUNTRYlowcountry cuisine KITCHEN SERVING LOCAL CAUGHT SOUTH CAROLINA SHRIMP AND EAST COAST SEAFOOD YEAR ROUND Thanks for voting us Golden Spoon Winners 3 years running! 31 J.C. Long Blvd Isle of Palms, SC 29451 843.886.FISH (3474) acmelowcountrykitchen.com www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com LC lowcountry cuisine LOWCOUNTRY CUISINE TABLE OF CONTENTS Celebrating the Flavors of CHARLESTON PUBLISHER’S NOTE 2017-18 Golden Spoon Edition Media Services, publishers of Mount Pleasant Magazine, Isle of Palms Magazine, Sullivan’s Island Magazine and Lowcountry Women In Publisher/Editorial Director BILL MACCHIO Business, among other publications, felt it was time for a Charleston- [email protected] based magazine about our city’s eating scene. .................................................................................LC-5 Editor DENISE K. JAMES PIZZA PARTY – GET TO KNOW NEW PIES (aND CLASSICs) [email protected] Here’s a rule for cooking: If at first you don’t succeed – order pizza. Managing Editor Alternatively, you could go out on the town and enjoy Mount BRIAN SHERMAN Pleasant’s many enticing pizza restaurants. .......................................................................................LC-9 Art Director DANA COLEMAN THE 2018 GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS Designer KIM HALL It’s hardly news that life in the Lowcountry is mostly about food. We love to eat and visit new restaurants regularly – and we figured Production Manager CRISTINA YOUNG that if we have favorites, our neighbors probably do, too. ..........................................................LC-14 Webmaster GEORGE CONKLIN GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS EDITORS’ PICKS Here are eight of our favorite tri-county restaurants, handpicked by Internet SHERMAN PAGGI the editorial staff...................................................................................................................................... LC-27 Editorial Assistant NATALIE CONFER THE COMEBACK OF TBONZ FROM THE ASHES Just over six months after a tragic fire, the newly re-opened TBonz is Calendar Assistant RACHEL MAILE operating at full speed. Steaks are sizzling in the newly rebuilt kitchen and preseason games are playing over the bar. ..................................................................................... Writers LC-34 Krysta Chapman • sonya Cordina Erin danly • staCy E. domingo Bill FarlEy • huntEr gardnEr PERSONALIZED PIES: MIDICI PIZZA IN MOUNT PLEASANT KalEnE mCCort • Emily pasChal What can make great pizza even better? How about a place specifically dianE pauldinE • stEphaniE shiEdEr Enid spitz • anniE stoppElBEin designed to bring people together for fresh, authentic, great tasting annE toolE • John torsiEllo food while enjoying those dining with you? . ..................................................................................LC-36 KATIE WELLS Photographers STILL THERE WITH NEW FLAIR: ASIAN FLAVOR JEnn Cady • Brandon ClarK thomas runion • Brian shErman At the same location but under new ownership, Asian Flavor’s loyal JEss Wood • margarEt Wright customers enjoy a varied menu. Owner David Musselwhite entered SALES MANAGER this new venture in February 2017, bringing his and his family’s own CULLEN MURRAy-KEMP flair to Asian and Thai fare. ....................................................................................................................LC-37 [email protected] INDEPENDENT MEDIA CONSULTANTS DOGGONE GOOD: CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY’S ANNUAL COOK-off JENNIFER BURKE [email protected] For over a decade, Dog & Duck has provided residents with stellar comfort food in an environment that lends itself to long conversations, MARGARET BURNS [email protected] shared belly laughs and memorable meals. ....................................................................................LC-38 RAINEY CAUSEY [email protected] GOOD AND LOWCOUNTRY FLAVOR: DOG AND DUCK BRANDON CLARK Ready… set… get cooking for a great cause with the Charleston [email protected] Animal Society’s 18th Annual Chili Cook-off ....................................................................................LC-40 HEIDI HEIN [email protected] R OOTED IN SOUTHERN ABUNDANCE: GRACE & GRIT MATTHEW PROSSER It was 10 a.m. as I slid into a chair at the “chef’s table” inside Grace & Grit, [email protected] Mount Pleasant’s highly anticipated new restaurant, salivating in BERT WOOD anticipation of what owner and chef Frank Kline might have in store......................................LC-41 [email protected] ADMINISTRATION & BOOKKEEPING A L FRESCA FUN AT THE VENDUE ROOFTOP dianE pauldinE • gingEr sottilE The Rooftop Bar at The Vendue is situated atop the French Quarter’s DISTRIBUTION historic Vendue Hotel, with unbeatable views of Charleston. ....................................................LC-42 U.S. POST OFFICE, HARRIS TEETER, PUBLIX, CVS BERT WOOD A CHARLESTON INSTITUTION: HYMAN’S SEAFOOD [email protected] Hyman’s Seafood certainly had an unusual start 127 years ago before Lowcountry Cuisine is published locally becoming the popular and best go-to place for great food for locals by a team of independent contractors. and visitors alike. .....................................................................................................................................LC-43 Lowcountry Cuisine is published by Media Services, Inc. 1013 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Mount Pleasant, S.C. 29464 AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE: DISH & DESIGN Copyright © Media Services 2017. Planning for and preparing celebrations can take the fun out of the All rights reserved. Reproduction electronically or in party. Not to worry: Dish & Design Catering and Events is here to take print format without the expressed written consent of the publisher is strictly prohibited and a violation of your headaches away. ............................................................................................................................LC-45 U.S. copyright laws. Inquiries to: Lowcountry Cuisine HOST A FOOTBALL PARTY WITH THESE RECIPES P.O. Box 22617, Charleston, S.C. 29413 843-881-1481 Try Red’s Ice House’s Charleston cheese steak dip and Hometeam [email protected] BBQ’s famous wings ................................................................................................................................LC-46 LC www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com lowcountry cuisine Publisher’s NOTE ur parent company, Media Services, first published East Cooper Magazine and Charleston’s Guide To Fine Dining back in the mid-80s. Back then, life in Charleston wasn’t as hectic. Tourism was not what it is today, and there wasn’t nearly as many restaurants. As we continue our walk back in time, here’s a cover we published in 1992 Ofeaturing two iconic restaurants: Hyman’s Seafood and Aaron’s Deli. The culinary scene has changed immensely since 1992. Actually, maybe a more accurate word is exploded. Various media outlets have toted Charleston as a culinary destination – and who can blame them? Bravo featuring Charleston in their latest season of “Top Chef,” Guy Fieri with the Food Network Channel and various programs on the Travel Channel have given people from around the world the opportunity to explore Charleston’s culinary scene, adding to the area’s reputation for having some of the finest restaurants in the United States. Coveted honors such as the James Beard Award have showcased Charleston as having true culinary rock stars. Anyone can go to Trip Advisor, Zagat, Restaurant.org and so many others to read reviews about our local restaurant scene. Nationally circulated magazines and newspapers such as Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Southern Living, The Washington Post – and the list goes on – are endlessly dishing out (pun intended) awards and glowing reviews about the draw of Charleston’s eateries. Now Mount Pleasant is receiving an increasing number of mentions about East Cooper dining adventures. Charleston has certainly become a melting pot for diversity-seeking taste buds, welcoming restaurants that range from Mediterranean to Mexican, Fusion to French, backyard barbecue to raw bar – and everything in between. Media Services, publishers of Mount Pleasant Magazine, Isle of Palms Magazine, Sullivan’s Island Magazine and Lowcountry Women In Business, among other publications, felt it was time for a Charleston-based magazine about our city’s eating scene. Looking to highlight the adventurous and bold, new flavors in