Jun 28, 2019
I used to have a postcard of the Hominy Grill mural on my fridge when I first moved to Charleston. That image reminded me of why I’d been drawn here -- which was the city itself and its culture -- and that’s what the artwork by David Boatright on the building and the food inside it represented to me. It was very...
Jun 14, 2019
The first personal interaction I had with Charleston Grill’s Mickey Bakst was when he called me out of the blue on my mobile phone a few years ago. And I’d never given him my number. That’s just how it is with Mickey in Charleston, SC, a man known as the unofficial mayor of the city, who has been general manager...
Jun 7, 2019
People often ask me what my favorite food is, and I’ll answer, but for the most part, the answer is deeper than one dish or one ingredient. My favorite foods are the ones soulfully prepared, or another way to put that is prepared with heart, not from a place of purely commerce or transaction, but from a place of...