Weekly Specials CHS: August 16-22, 2024
Gyoza and onigiri at the Bearded Ax, South African wines and samosas at City Lights, pierogis at Low Tide Brewing, plus Vegstock returns to the Charleston Grill.
Weekly Specials
Friday, August 16th
Local Korean street food truck Seol Ah’s trailer was recently broken into, and a lot of their valuable cooking equipment was stolen. They said the best way to support them is to show up to their next events. Tomorrow, they’ll be at Snafu Brewing from 2-5pm! I’ll include their other upcoming events throughout this week’s newsletter so you can try to get out to their nearest event and show your support! (For those that don’t eat meat, it looks like they often do an all mozzarella/no dog version of their Korean corn dogs, too!)
Aswang Noodle Club will be at the Bearded Ax in Park Circle from 4pm until sold out! Check out their post below for more deets on the offerings.
Friday and Saturday evening from 5-9pm, City Lights Eastside is hosting special South African Nights, pairing South African wines with South African savory and sweet treats!
Saturday, August 17th
Craving a pierogi? Krystyna’s Polish food truck will be at Low Tide Brewing from 5-9pm!
Seol Ah’s will be popping up at Odd Duck Market in North Charleston from 5-7:30pm!
Sunday, August 18th
The folks behind locally owned Korean mandu brand Sarah’s Dumps are hosting a Korean BBQ workshop at Odd Duck Market from 6-8pm! The ticket includes two beverages and 20% off market shopping, too. To learn more and buy tickets, visit the Sarah’s Dumps site. It looks like this may be sold out!
Monday, August 19th
The Little is popping up again at Graft for no corkage Monday! He’ll probably have a different menu, but I was drooling over the plum tartlets he brought to Graft this past week, below!
Tuesday, August 20th
Chubby Fish is back from their summer break! Can’t wait to go back soon and get some grilled oysters.
Wednesday, August 21st
Today’s the first day of Vegstock at The Charleston Grill! Through the 25th, Vegstock will feature a 6-course vegetarian tasting menu with optional wine pairings. Book now on Resy (p.s. you don’t need to select the special tasting menu in advance, and they’ll also be serving their regular menu every night, too.)
Thursday, August 22nd
Sweatman’s Garden is bringing the Pacific Northwest to Charleston with Camp Sweatman’s! This event in collaboration with Westland Whiskey, an American single malt whiskey company based in Seattle, will feature their cocktails as well as treats and tastings.
Lil’ updates
Happy back-to-school season! Wine Shop OV is giving teachers 20% off their purchase this week (not sure when it ends exactly but I assume maybe on Tuesday of next week). See their IG post here!
Sullivan’s Fish Camp’s sandwich series continues! This week they’ve got a comfort food classic: a three-cheese grilled cheese, served with an heirloom tomato gazpacho.
Jackrabbit Filly just announced two new veggie menu items: sambal stir fried vegetables, and roasted shishito peppers! Check them out below.
Did you know that Ma’am Saab has a monthly supper club? They’ll provide dinner for two or four, plus they do local pick-up and delivery. Learn more here.
Bearcat in West Ashley will be introducing a new tasting menu only available at their kitchen counter. More deets on that soon!
Estadio is serving lunch on Fridays and Saturdays starting this week! Their new lunch hours those days will be 11am-2:30pm. I don’t see a specific lunch menu on their site yet, but you can try it for yourself by booking your next lunch at Estadio on Resy!
Every Thursday through October 10th, Bistronomy by Nico is serving up a surprise four-course dinner complete with wine pairings, which they’re calling “Mercy of the Chef”. If you’re up for being at the mercy of chef Nico, reservations are required and you can make them on Resy.
Farewells
Journalist and food critic (and former food editor of The Post & Courier!) Hanna Raskin just broke the news that Chasing Sage will sadly be closing soon. I will share the closing date here when it’s announced, and you can hear more of Hanna’s thoughts on the restaurant, team, and space in her newsletter, The Food Section.
Coming up
August 23rd: Get your cowboy boots on…The Watch rooftop is throwing a Western Night from 7-11pm! I’ve been seeing tons of line dancing on TikTok recently, so I’m excited that they’ll bringing that to the rooftop, plus there will be drink specials and a live DJ.
August 23rd: Thanks to Joy F for sending me a heads up about this! Vegan comfort food pop-up Southern Fried Vegan is heading to Charleston and setting up at Fatty’s Beer Works! From 8-11pm, they’ll have Southern and BBQ classics like fried ‘chickun’, mac n ‘cheeze’, beer cheeze jambalaya, po boyz and Cajun corn. For more info, check out their Facebook event here.
August 23rd & 24th: Wild Common’s Chef Orlando Pagan will be collaborating with guest Chef Juan José Cuevas on the grand finale of this summer’s Puerto Rican dinner series. Chef Cuevas, currently Executive Chef at 1919 (the flagship restaurant at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan) and Chef Pagan will be cooking up a menu (subject to change!) that includes dishes like diver scallop with sweet corn, cockles, Thai basil, and corn sabayon, plus halibut confit with freekeh, nduja, walnut and a parmesan-mustard jus. Book for the 23rd on Resy here and the 24th here!
August 24th: Girl Nextdough is back from summer break/mat leave and will be re-opening at James Island Business Park on Signal Point Road on Saturdays and Sundays.
August 25th: Heather Hutton’s “petite dessert bar” Roxa is having their next pop-up. No deets on timing or location yet, but you can follow Roxa on Instagram for more updates!
August 28th: Two local pop-ups are coming together for an epic collab! Weems Ramen and Cousin Nik’s are coming to Sweatman’s Garden from 6-10pm and the noodles will be GOOD.
September 2nd: Chef Paolo Rossin is hosting a pizza-making class at Frannie & the Fox! The menu will include your choice of salad, a plate of meatballs and your pizza. Sign up on Resy.
September 9th: Learn the Charleston, in Charleston! The event space in Hank’s Seafood Restaurant is hosting a swing dance class in partnership with Holy City Swing! Tickets include bites from Hank’s Seafood as well as an open bar, and they can be purchased here.
September 28th: Holy City Brewing and Revelry Brewing are joining forces for a…”fermentation presentation”? More deets and ticket info for their Where the Wild Things Are event coming soon!
That’s a wrap!
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Planning on going to one of the events, bars or restaurants mentioned above in the next week? Leave a comment and let me know your plans! I’m nosy!
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead!