Highly Anticipated Restaurant Openings in Charleston
Here are some of the most exciting restaurant openings planned around the city this season.
Seafood-focused Indian cuisine coming to downtown
Devotees of Mount Pleasant's Spice Palette will be overjoyed to hear that owner Sujith Varghese is expanding to a downtown space, but it's not going to be a copy-and-paste situation. Forthcoming restaurant Rivayat will focus on seafood with regional dishes from southern India. Located at 210 Rutledge Avenue, Rivayat will offer dishes like lobster moilee, described as 'succulent lobster tail simmered in a fragrant coconut moilee sauce, delicately spiced with turmeric, curry leaves, toasted mustard seed, and fresh black pepper. A coastal classic that captures the essence of South Indian flavors.'
The bar at Rivayat will also utilize Indian spices, featuring drinks like the Aam Panna mojito with green mango foam, a Punjab Old Fashioned with garam masala, and a dirty chai espresso martini topped with a toasted cardamom pod.
More room for Filipino fare at Kultura's new address
Filipino restaurant Kultura, named a Eater Best New Restaurant 2023, has outgrown its Cannon Street space and will move further up the peninsula to 267 Rutledge Avenue (the former Chasing Sage spot). This move allows for a bigger kitchen, a spacious dining room, and a full liquor license.
The original location at 73 Spring Street will remain open until the transition is complete. The official opening date for the new spot will be announced later this summer.
Pasta, wine, and olive brine
Restaurateur and cocktail creator Joey Goetz (of Bar George and Last Saint) and chefs Mason Morton and James Ostop (of Bar George and Lupara) will open neighborhood restaurant Ok Donna later this summer. Located at 1117 King Street, the restaurant will serve fresh pastas, pizzas, and seasonal vegetable specials. Goetz told Eater, 'It's not going to be your traditional red-sauce restaurant,' which, if you've been to Bar George or Last Saint, you know his projects are anything but traditional. Expect it to be cool and unexpected.
New restaurant with a big lawn and an ice cream shack in Mount Pleasant
This summer, hospitality group High Tide Provisions will open a restaurant/event space named Frank & Jack's at 1434 Ira Road in Mount Pleasant. Frank & Jack's will feature a massive outdoor space, a walk-up bar, an ice cream shack, and 'nostalgic' fare. In an interview with Post & Courier, culinary partner Jonathan Rohland said that the opening menu might offer dishes such as 'short rib poutine, pot pie, moules-frites, and pizzas.'
The Instagram account for the restaurant gives off an air of Frank Sinatra meets a Dirty Shirley. Could this spot make Mount Pleasant hip?
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