Garden to Table
A fusion of food and ornamental plants will serve as the centerpiece for the 2016 Horticulture Symposium, “A showcase of Garden & Home” on Nov. 12 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Magnolia has...
View ArticleAutumn Ambers Of Great Britain
With the passing of daylight savings time, we also bid farewell to the traditional fall seasonal beers. The Oktoberfest lagers gently and graciously faded into the background, while the pumpkin ales...
View ArticleThe Glass Onion Salutes The Troops
In honor of Veteran’s Day, The Glass Onion’s November Charity Tasting will benefit the Palmetto Warrior Connection from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Tradesman Brewery will be onsite and...
View ArticleA Time For Giving Thanks
It’s the time of year for giving thanks, thanks for all of the wonderful things that we have. Family, friends, hope, and love. Let’s try to be positive and look for the good things in life. And, one of...
View ArticleRising From The Ashes
It has been a long 14 months since a fire closed Manny’s Neighborhood Grill. Most of the employees had to find other jobs. Multiple insurance battles had to be fought. And a dumpster was parked outside...
View ArticleBasement Beer
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; it’s the most wonderful time of the beer. From somewhere around September through well into the New Year, it’s just the beer lovers’ season. Every trip to my...
View ArticleAll Hail Winter Ale
We sit at two weeks until the real beginning of winter, December 21st. However, this information must have missed the desks of brewers the globe over. Because winter ales are everywhere. The abundance...
View ArticleFuture Chefs Face Off
Limehouse Produce recently announce the winner of this year’s 2016 Fall Cornucopia Cook-Off that took place Nov. 11 at the Culinary Institute of Charleston. Michelle Hammock of West Ashley High School...
View ArticleSomething Is Brewing
Charleston’s beer scene has been booming over the last couple of years. With nearly 30 breweries either currently in production or in the works, it was long overdue for West Ashley to land one … or two...
View ArticleA Gift From Belgium
Exotic, unique, somewhat rare, Belgian beers are often works of art in a bottle. And, to those inclined toward these European brews, Belgian Christmas ales can be the best of the best. Personally the...
View ArticleAn American Christmas (Ale)
So, here we are friends. The beginning of the season of winter is upon us. The holidays are in full swing. The end of December is near. Goodbye to 2016, hello to 2017. I hope you have all enjoyed the...
View ArticleNew Head Chef Gives Ms. Rose’s a Fresh Start
Ms. Rose’s Fine Food & Cocktails has recently welcomed a new chef to the kitchen of the popular West Ashley eatery. Executie Chef Matthew Paul’s attention to the smallest details and undeniable...
View ArticleA Dark, Roasted Treat
A group of friends convened at a relatively new sports bar to take in a game last weekend. Expecting most American macro lagers and light crap beers, I was actually surprised to find two very good...
View ArticleNew Year, New Beer
As a new year opens up, many of us strive to change our ways, to do things differently than we might have last year. Often, a top resolution is to lose weight, get back in shape, or be healthier. If...
View ArticleFrom Russia With Love
Last week was a reminder that spring is jut around the corner. At least that’s what brewers in the american craft beer world would have you believe. Lighter, spritzy, bright beers have already begun...
View ArticleGet Over The Hump
By now, your New Year’s resolution has probably waned a bit, so Glass Onion’s timing with its new weekly Wednesday special Humpday Hamburger couldn’t be better. After receiving several requests for his...
View ArticleFrothing At The Month
Caught Yellow Handed. Back From the Dead. Holy Water. These are among the imaginatively-named and distinctive hand-crafted brews from the Frothy Beard Brewing Company, which will soon be opening the...
View ArticleChocolate and Beer
Roses and candy, dinner and wine, these are standard Valentine’s Day fare, and have come to be expected by many, often forced on us by every convenience store, snack shop and greeting card outlet in...
View ArticleThe Glass Onion Breaks Glass Ceiling
After the incredible outpour of women and men who marched to support women’s rights, The Glass Onion wants to do their part by supporting the Center for Women at their next Charity Tasting. On...
View ArticleOne Big Holiday
I’m sitting on the beach, staring into the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Riveria Maya. It’s 80 degrees, the sand is white, and the ocean is blue and beautiful. And it’s the beginning of February. Are...
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