Hi, It’s Bill.
Lots of great info for you this week from pumpkin patches to ghosts to the return of Sean Brock to Charleston. Here are some news articles and blogs from around the Lowcountry, including a public engagement platform to allow citizens to comment on city projects and voice their opinions and concerns.
What I’ve been reading up on this week:
Have higher mortgage rates reversed housing demand? (via HousingWire)
Consumer Housing Trends Report 2024 (via Zillow)
Jerome Powell indicates smaller rate cuts ahead (via CNBC)
SC Exports hit $37.3B in 2023, defying national trend (via SCcommerce.com)
Brock is Back with Burgers! 🍔
For those who don’t know, let’s start with a quick Sean Brock history lesson:
Brock was the executive chef of Husk from it’s opening in 2010-2018
His other Charleston restaurants included McCrady’s & Minero
During his time in Charleston he also opened restaurants in Atlanta, Greenville,
Savannah & Nashville
In 2019 Brock announced his departure from the Neighborhood Dining Group
restaurants in Charleston to focus on his Nashville Restaurants
Awards
In 2010 he won the James Beard award for Best Chef Southeast
In 2011 Bon Apetit magazine named Husk “Best New Restaurant in America”
Television
Sean has been on numerous TV shows including Iron Chef America, The Mind of a Chef
And Chef’s Table
He might be most remembered for his appearance on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
He took Anthony to his first waffle house experience here in Charleston
Fast forward to 2024
Joyland, one of the Nashville restaurants he left Charleston to focus on, is coming to town
It will be located at the old Hero’s Donuts at 145 Calhoun Street
I was personally unfamiliar with Joyland until reading this
The concept is an ode to old-school fast-food joints
The menu (pictured below) is everything you’d expect
Burgers, hotdogs, shakes (with or without booze), and even breakfast fare
Their signature item is something they call a crustburger
It’s an ultra smashed smashburger that’s then smashed WITH the bun
(so much so the bun then looks like pancakes)
I’m also intrigued by their chicken-on-a-stick items
I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to try it. I’m ALWAYS down for a good burger.
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Happening this week
Oct 12: BBQ, Bluegrass & Bourbon
Oct 12: Charleston Mimosa Festival
Oct 12: Classic Car Show at Firefly
Oct 13: Second Sunday on King
Oct 13: Men at Work
Oct 15: Spike Lee
Oct 17: David Cross
Oct 18: Charleston Jazz Gala
Oct 18: Infamous String Dusters
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