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Rye Not Try Something a Little Different?
If your only knowledge of rye is restricted to a local deli, surrounding some mustard and pastrami, you’re not alone. Rye in the beer world is a bit of an anomaly. Or at least it used to be. Many...
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Happy Birthday Julia
On Monday, Aug. 15, what would have been Julia Child’s 104th birthday, The Glass Onion will host its annual celebration dinner in her honor. For $45 per person, diners can enjoy a special three-course...
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From Summer To Fall
With the autumnal equinox nearly a month away, and the opening keg-tapping salvo of Munich Oktoberfest happening a few days before, it’s no surprise your late summer, early fall eyes should fall on the...
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Simple Food For Complex Times
In 2008, Scott and Ally Svenson of Seattle had an idea. It was inspired by their love of pizza and simple pleasures, and motivated by their need to feed four hungry boys. It was a complicated time—the...
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Hot Nights & Holy City
Middleton Place Restaurant is partnering with the South Carolina Aquarium and Charleston’s own LO-Fi Brewing and Holy City Brewing to host a savory end-of-summer with the 4th Annual Hot Nights &...
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Premium Bavaricum
After writing last week about the great German breweries and their late summer to early fall beers, I got a craving for one of those traditional dunkelweizen. I hit up my local craft beer shop to see...
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It’s All Greek To Me
Greek and Roman histories are intertwined as much as their mythologies. And while Greece and Italy are only separated by the relatively narrow Ionian Sea, the two countries have taken different...
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Brilliant Beer
While it’s not yet the first day of fall, no doubt you have seen signs of the next season in the store. Pumpkin beer, Oktoberfest, and a few other fall brews are already lining the shelves; some...
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Right Up Your Alley
After decades of operating inside Charleston’s oldest bowling alley, Emma’s Lounge has closed and in it’s place a new restaurant and bar has opened by the Queen Street Hospitality group, the same folks...
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Autumn is Ale Time
A friend recently texted me to ask what would be a new beer he should try. I suggested that there were dozens of pumpkin ales as well as Oktoberfest lagers out now. He quickly replied that he liked...
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Beer Week Comes West
As the nation’s craft beer industry grows exponentially, so has the local craft beer scene over the last few years. Charleston boast 14 production breweries (with 6 in planning), numerous craft...
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Home Improvement
Home Team BBQ’s small expansion at the West Ashley location, 1205 Ashley River Road, is pretty much complete, just in time for fall football season. The expansion takes over the adjoining space that...
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West Ashley Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple
West Ashley will be well represented when a coterie of Lowcountry chefs host a special dinner at one of the most exclusive spots in New York City next week. A magnificent seven of culinary...
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Let the Celebrations Begin
With all the recent talk of the Munich Oktoberfest, one might have a craving for some delicious tawny, tasty lager. And the celebrations where this beer takes center stage seem to pop up all over the...
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Beer … It’s What’s For Brunch
For some strange reason, in certain circles, brunch has a bad rap. Whether it’s related to the girls from Sex in the City or another connection to hipsters in Brooklyn whiling away hours on the...
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2016 Fall Cookbook — The Breakfast Club
You’ve heard it said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But it also can be the most delicious. Yet it is often skipped over entirely or just becomes a part of the boring morning...
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The Dry Stout
Although the English may claim to have created the beverage and coined the term ‘stout’ as a singular style, it is the Irish that have made the beer their own. The lads and lasses from the green isle...
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Fall Is Finally Here
Autumn has begun. Hell Yeah! Fall, I have been waiting for you all long, hot summer. Please commence the cool breezes, crisp days and falling, crunchy leaves. And, brewers bring on the fall seasonal...
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Happy Goatober
The Glass Onion owner/chef Chris Stewart and his culinary team will once again celebrate Goatober with a special dinner menu on Wednesday, October 26. Along with the regular daily menu, there will be a...
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And For Your Halloween Pleasure …
As the holiday seasons kick into gear, a variety of spices and interesting additions will be mixed into the beers that are offered over the coming months. With Halloween next up on the calendar,...
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