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Friday, March 1, 2013

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spacer The Starbucks at 168 Calhoun St. (aka, the little house Starbucks) will close March 2 at 2 p.m. and will not reopen until 6 a.m. on March 11. Devotees are being rerouted to the store at the corner of King and Calhoun, less than two blocks away.

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Holy City Chefs, Food Types on Where to Eat in CHS

spacer A few of Charleston's heavy-hitters gave the blog "Find. Eat. Drink." tips on where to dine while visiting the city. Even locals will appreciate the list, because who doesn't love hearing that FIG and The Ordinary chef Mike Lata occasionally bails on work to hit up Ken Vedrinski's Trattoria Lucca?

Lata on Lucca: "I like to leave work a little early and sit at the bar and have chef Ken Vedrinski cook me whatever he is excited about. His robust cooking is simply delicious."

Rutledge Cab Co.'s Robert Carter on Two Boroughs Larder: "A very eclectic little restaurant with chef-inspired cuisine - anything from a noodle bowl to conserved tuna with shisitso peppers, sweetbreads to banana pudding in a mason jar. I had a lamb belly with yogurt and Indian spices, and it was just incredible."

Check it out for more recommendations from some of the Charleston's best chefs, bartenders, general managers or just to get in the mind of local food favorites.

· 6 Things Charleston [F.E.D.]

[Photo: Facebook]

Trattoria Lucca
41-A Bogard St., Charleston
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2:01 PM, Mar. 1 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
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The Procrastinator's Guide to Charleston Wine + Food

spacer There's still time to plan your trip to BB&T Charleston Wine + Food, happening right now. Tickets are still available for the Culinary Village + Grand Tasting, which is going on all weekend. Locals can get discounted tickets on Sunday, so keep that in mind. Here's what else to check out:

Soul food lovers, take note. There are tickets to Friday morning's Soul Food Shuffle. For $150, you'll get a tour with Charleston-based food writer Jeff Allen and then stop by some of the Lowcountry spots, like Bertha's Kitchen, Ernie's and Hannibal's.

On Friday at 11 a.m., the festival opening ceremonies kick off at Marion Square. The event is free, so anyone can stop by to hear Mayor Joe Riley welcome to crowd and watch sommeliers saber bottles of champagne.

On Friday at noon, chef April Bloomfield of NYC's The Spotted Pig and The Breslin will be breaking down a pig at Lowndes Grove, and she and other chefs will be serving lots of pork-y dishes. The event is called "Every Day with Rachael Ray Presents This Little Piggy: Pop-Up Market" and tickets are $125, which includes a shuttle from Marion Square.

More, more, more.>>
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2:08 PM, Feb. 28 2013
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Must Hit Charleston Restaurants for Out of Towners

spacer Visiting Charleston can present something of a culinary conundrum: so many restaurants, so little time. And while you might already have tickets or reservations for some bigger dinners you're planning, there are still lunches, coffee and cocktails to consider. This map should fill in the gap on your eating and drinking agenda. Sadly, some Eater favorites aren't listed, because reservations were either limited or already filled, but do call or stop by the bars at FIG, Husk and McCrady's to get in on the action.

Not satisfied with the list? Here's what's hot in town, and the Eater 18, for even more options.

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10:42 AM, Feb. 28 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wine + Food Wire

Robert Moss on Where to Eat Right Now

spacer City Paper's Robert Moss compiled a list of 10 buzz-y restaurants in Charleston, which included Sean Brock's Husk and McCrady's, Mike Lata's instant classic of a seafood palace The Ordinary and Two Boroughs Larder, adding that chef Joshua Keeler "is perhaps the fastest rising star on the local scene." (Aside: Check out Keeler's essay on his 545 days at the Larder to get into the mind of this chef/owner.)

Also of note was the nod to the new brick-and-mortar joint by the Roti Rolls team The Green Door for their "noodle bowls, sandwiches, and burgers along with some crazy-ass specials like kimchi short-rib dumplings, beef tongue cheesesteaks, and fish-head curry." Moss signed off by mentioning, "We keep waiting for Charleston to wake up and recognize that Nate Whiting at Tristan is a serious culinary force."

· 10 Places to Eat Right Now [CP]
· Robert Moss [Twitter]
· The Chef and Owner of Two Boroughs Larder Makes Every Moment Count [CP]

[Photo: Landon Phillips]

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11:36 AM, Feb. 27 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Brockwire

Brock: Pig Roast Means Being 'Part Boy Scout, Part Caveman'

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[Photo: Neighborhood Dining Group]

The endlessly quotable McCrady's and Husk chef Sean Brock broke down pig roasting for Popular Mechanics. Yes, there are details about secret spices and ideal hogs (that'd be Berkshire or Tamworth Cross), but there are also some fantastic Brockisms:

"A pig roast is like a big party where you get to be part Boy Scout, part caveman. You can't do it by yourself, and that's the beauty of it. You're sitting in lawn chairs, telling stories, and tending a huge fire all night long. It's the opposite of fast food. Nothing makes me happier."

Plus, he didn't eat pork until he was 15.>>
McCrady's
2 Unity Alley, Charleston
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