Eater Carolinas - AllThe Charleston Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52682/favicon-32x32.png2024-03-27T09:44:40-04:00https://carolinas.eater.com/rss/index.xml2024-03-27T09:44:40-04:002024-03-27T09:44:40-04:00Juju’s Street Eats Pops Up in Savannah With the Flavors of Indonesia
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<figcaption>Juju’s Street Eats serves traditional dishes from Indonesia. | <a class="ql-link" href="https://www.jasonbjamesphoto.com/" target="_blank">Jason B James</a></figcaption>
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<p>Chef Juan Stevenson serves gado gado, satays, crab dumplings, and other flavors of his childhood</p> <p class="p--has-dropcap" id="XyQ4Lx"><strong>Chef Juan Stevenson has always</strong> shied away from self promotion. On the opening night of his first culinary project, which is fully his own, he had to be coaxed out into the bustling, crowded streamliner, which is normally home to Mexican-flared <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/2023/7/19/23799741/savannah-taco-truck-strangebird">Strangebird</a> (<em>1220 Barnard Street, Savannah</em>). All booths and stools were lined with people beaming at Stevenson. High fives and words of affirmation rained down on the reluctant chef. </p>
<p id="zaanL4"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jujusstreeteats">Juju’s Street Eats</a>, the Indonesian pop-up helmed by Stevenson and his collaborative team of Ryan Jones, Steffan Rost, and Nicole West, made a splash on its first night selling out of everything on the menu. For Stevenson, Juju’s primary goals are to bring awareness to Indonesian cuisine and allow him to cook from his childhood. The first menu featured family favorites, including pangsit goreng, a fried blue crab dumpling with green onion and garlic; gado gado, a tempeh salad with potato, spinach, cucumber, and peanuts; as well as multiple satays and other savory snacks. </p>
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<p id="nSyMAu">Stevenson does not have a long professional culinary history but truly knows his identity. His first executive sous chef position was in 2019, under Rost, at former Savannah favorite <a href="https://eatitandlikeit.com/savannahs-atlantic-announces-it-will-not-return/">Atlantic</a>. Most recently, he became the executive chef of <a href="https://www.lateairwine.com/">Late Air</a> (<em>2805 Bull Street</em>), helping open the natural wine bar in December of 2023. Stevenson accredits his culinary prowess to his parents’ home cooking and their desire to expose him and his siblings to anything and everything in the food world. His mother, born and raised in Indonesia, regularly cooked Indonesian and Indian Chinese dishes. His American stepfather made French-American and French-Italian dishes.</p>
<p id="CqBO0I">Juju is Stevenson's palate and memory of his past, converging with the ability to express it with his current knowledge and skills. According to Stevenson, “I have always been afraid to cook Indonesian food, as most of my time cooking and testing is from flavor memory and personal research. My mother always shared tidbits of ingredients and processes, though it was mainly cooking through instinct.”</p>
<p id="Ags8zu">“I’ve always been a firm believer in power within a small unit and high-quality communication,” says Stevenson. The Juju’s team is close and tight. “I’ve personally worked with everyone in multiple spots, and we’ve all worked together in a handful of places as well. It also helps that everyone involved is a close and dear friend of mine.”</p>
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<p id="wlsEWv">Jones is a skilled pastry chef trained in classic French pastries. Stevenson worked alongside Jones at various spots, where she was a pastry chef at Atlantic and lead baker at <a href="https://bigbonfamily.com/">Big Bon Bodega</a> (<em>2011 Bull Street</em>). Rost was formerly Stevenson’s chef de cuisine at Atlantic when they first met, and they have grown to become close friends. How they operate in kitchens may differ at times, though their successes with working with each other fill the spots where they both may be lacking. West has been one of Stevenson’s longest-lasting friends in Savannah; they worked with each other at Atlantic and <a href="https://www.commonthreadsavannah.com/">Common Thread</a> (<em>122 East 37th Street</em>). She is a skilled sommelier and holds down customer experience and service.</p>
<p id="xxSrsD">To Stevenson, the genesis of the pop-up is the most exciting part, while the execution of the first one is probably the most nerve-racking. Stevenson said his biggest worries were the ones everyone at pop-ups has. Do we have enough prepped food? Are people going to show up? Will customers enjoy the food? The short answer to all these questions is yes. </p>
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<p id="UDxdK6"> “Unlike a regular service restaurant, which is open multiple days in a week, you’re gambling on potential guests for one night within a short window of time. The main thing I learned for the next pop-up is to make more sauce; people could not get enough of accompanied sauces,” says Stevenson. “The beauty of many Indonesian sauces is that they can accompany almost anything, and the guests enjoyed that. The dumpling vinegars went well with dipped satay, and the peanut sauce for satay went well with the nasi uduk, aromatic steamed rice.” </p>
<p id="fAm7ia">Juju’s will pop up a few more times in Savannah In April, but as Stevenson says, “Juju’s isn’t something that is strictly rooted to Savannah; it will follow me wherever I go.”</p>
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https://carolinas.eater.com/2024/3/27/24113366/jujus-street-eats-savannahJason B James2024-03-26T09:39:17-04:002024-03-26T09:39:17-04:00It’s Officially Soft Shell Crab Season in Charleston
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<p>Soon, softies will be on every menu in the Lowcountry </p> <p id="eMLtSI">As spring lands in the Lowcountry, every chef anticipates one very important text message: “Local soft shells have arrived!” Chef Thai Phi of <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/venue/12505/pink-bellies">Pink Bellies</a> (<em>595 King Street, Charleston</em>) got word from <a href="https://crosbysfishshrimp.com/">Crosby’s Fish & Shrimp Co.</a> this morning that the local delicacy is here. He plans to offer a fried softie sandwich special when his restaurant reopens on Thursday. </p>
<p id="jU2L8j">Soft shell spotting has become almost a sport in Charleston. It’s basically March Madness for crustaceans, pitting restaurants against each other to see who will have the crabs in first. Every mid-March, devotees of the softie put out feelers on social media and fastidiously check menus for signs that the crabs have arrived. Seasoned pros know to look toward stalwarts like <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/venue/9234/the-grocery">the Grocery</a> (<em>4 Cannon Street</em>) or <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/venue/7881/fig">FIG</a> (<em>232 Meeting Street</em>) because they usually get first pick at the supply. </p>
<p id="GbBf3S">As the short-season delicacy appears on local restaurant menus, we’ll put together an extensive map with descriptions of the dishes. If you see a softie, send a note to <a href="mailto:carolinas@eater.com">carolinas@eater.com.</a></p>
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https://carolinas.eater.com/2024/3/26/24112344/soft-shell-crab-charlestonErin Perkins2024-03-22T10:58:58-04:002024-03-22T10:58:58-04:00With Boba House Closing, Greensboro Reflects on the Legacy of a 21-Year-Old Restaurant
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<p>Why the vegetarian restaurant meant so much to so many </p> <p class="p--has-dropcap" id="fnVMOc"><strong>The only meal I remember</strong> from my first trip to Greensboro was the only one that mattered.</p>
<p id="fFyF1A">It was late August 2005, and I’d arrived on a college tour before my senior year of high school. I knew almost nothing about North Carolina and certainly nothing about Greensboro. But the description of Guilford College in the guidebook <em>Colleges That Change Lives </em>enticed me.</p>
<p id="ipXZMg">Several things about that quick trip helped convince me to move about 750 miles south of my hometown in the Boston suburbs — learning about the college radio station, chatting with a student about anarchist projects like Food Not Bombs and CrimethInc, the familiar glow of <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbzd7q/i-love-boston-markets-mac-and-cheese-more-than-i-hate-capitalism">Boston Market</a> across the street from campus, and the course catalog loaded with Peace and Conflict Studies classes. </p>
<p id="C0y4aV">But beyond my campus visit, there’s only one thing I remember <em>doing </em>in Greensboro — eating dinner with my family at Boba House.</p>
<p id="YgRzw4">I quit eating meat several years earlier, part of a larger political ethos and leftist bent, and <a href="https://www.bobahouse.com/">Boba House</a> (<em>332 Tate Street</em>) is the first vegetarian restaurant I remember eating at. It opened two years earlier, in August 2003, and offered an array of Vietnamese and Thai dishes featuring mock meat.</p>
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<p id="hCOGx4">In the early 2000s, I could hardly find a vegetarian entree at any restaurant, so walking into Boba House and being able to order the Hula Pot with red curry, potatoes, rice, and vegetables felt revolutionary. It helped that an alternative newspaper sat on a rack in the entryway, with a cover story by my future newsroom colleague Jordan Green about the Black Panther Party.</p>
<p id="RpftyV">These signals told me that Greensboro — unfamiliar as it was to my New England upbringing — could feel like home. A year later, I moved to the Gate City to attend Guilford and wound up staying until 2018. I met my wife there, and still live in North Carolina.</p>
<p id="gK40a3">Boba House, no doubt, played a similarly important role for generations of college students, given its location in an aging building at the edge of UNC-Greensboro’s campus. It felt like a sanctuary for countless locals, too, especially vegans and vegetarians with few other choices. Boba House would become the city’s only vegetarian restaurant with any kind of staying power since at least Bill Clinton’s presidency.</p>
<p id="aYnqsf">It lasted for more than two decades. But owners Kieuanh Ho and her husband Kit Nguyen recently announced Boba House will close on March 23.</p>
<p id="H9EE0v">“Sending gratitude and love to all of our coworkers and guests for being a part of Boba House’s journey,” they wrote in a Facebook post. “It has truly been a pleasure to share our love of vegetarian cooking with you!”</p>
<p id="cwcxAx">There’s no dramatic story to the closure — no evil landlord or hidden villain. A lot changes in 20 years, and Ho realized she could do something else. With the oldest of her four boys now 16, time together as a family suddenly feels finite.</p>
<p id="DI9cAH">“We felt like it’s time to move on and spend a bit more time with our children, and maybe live a little bit slower,” Ho says. “In this industry, even when you go home, mentally, you’re not really clocking out at all. Sometimes I’ll be talking to my kids, but my mind is wandering on inventory.”</p>
<p id="643qJR">The restaurant predates parenthood for the couple. And while it makes a profit, it’s no longer how they financially support themselves, cracking a door to a different possible future.</p>
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<p id="VwQhWg">Ho opened Boba House a year after graduating from UNCG, where she studied business administration and worked at Japanese restaruant Wasabi on the weekends, she said. She’d been dating Nguyen for less than a year, and together they wondered if they could operate a boba tea shop and vegetarian restaurant inside a vacant Tate Street storefront they’d walked past.</p>
<p id="b9L9pa">“We were young,” Ho says. “I was fresh out of college. Being young, you don’t think it all the way through. Luckily, it worked out.”</p>
<p id="VMWpB8">The space had been another local restaurant institution, <a href="https://triad-city-beat.com/wrote-hong-kong-house-resurrection-cookbook-form/">Hong Kong House</a>, from 1972 to 1999. The basement of the building had briefly housed Aliza’s Café, another vegetarian refuge, but when Boba House opened in 2003, Ho said, there weren’t any other vegetarian spots in town. This was long before products like Beyond Meat or any sort of broader social acceptance of vegetarianism.“it’s sort of scary to narrow your client base down to that,” Ho says. “It’s a small market, but it’s something we were passionate about. Obviously, that risk paid off for us.”</p>
<p id="GsxFkB">Few of their early neighbors persist. Tate Street Coffee, opened in 1993, remains, along with New York Pizza, Sisters jewelry and gift store, and a small grocery. Most of the others, especially independent spots like <a href="https://www.guilfordian.com/archives/2003/09/12/night-life-and-excitement-on-tate-street/">Gate City Noise</a>, have been replaced by chains.</p>
<p id="msTwDQ">“Boba House was one of the last remnants of 2000s Tate Street,” local music curator Prez Parks said. “I hadn’t really been since post-grad days and sadly took it for granted that it would always be there. Still, I am grateful that they gave us something delicious and homegrown that we can always remember.” </p>
<p id="wvsd9k">Parks was one of hundreds who posted on social media about Greensboro’s loss of the restaurant, as was UNCG professor Marianne LeGreco. “Since I moved to Greensboro, Boba House has always been a space that made our food community stand out,” she told me. “The kind of place you took friends, guests, and visitors when you wanted to ‘show off’ what was good about Greensboro. For a lot of my students, Boba House served as a first exposure to vegan and vegetarian food.”</p>
<p id="5LiLfN">Ho, who has been vegetarian since 13, felt the weight of that responsibility as an institution in the city. Boba House occupies an important place in people’s lives — one Facebook commenter wrote that it’s the only restaurant where his vegetarian wife will eat — and in people’s memories, intertwined with the city’s identity. But it’s fused with Ho’s too, and in some ways, it felt herculean to separate herself from Boba House. </p>
<p id="7X9ViD">“I felt like I didn’t have the right to stop,” she says. But one day she confided in a regular and received priceless wisdom. “You don’t owe anyone anything; just do what’s best for you and your family,” the regular told her. Everything shifted.</p>
<p id="dnRTkM">“I recently came to the realization that it’s okay to move on,” she said. “I know there’s a lot of love for us right now, but in a month or so, people will move on. It’s okay. We want to send out our appreciation to the community for supporting us and also for being so kind and supporting our decision. I don’t know what words can be used to let them know that we appreciate them so much, we wish them all happiness and health.”</p>
<p id="ZqNesW">Ho — who, like her husband, is the child of Vietnamese refugees — used to co-own <a href="https://triad-city-beat.com/photos-noma-food-co-to-open-monday/">Noma</a>, the fresh and fast Vietnamese and Thai restaurant that opened in 2015 and briefly grew to three locations before the pandemic battered it. An employee has since taken over the lone remaining location. Ho tried to give Boba House to some of its longtime employees, but each had their own personal reason for not taking it on.</p>
<p id="bZEhGv">And Ho gets that. After all, it mirrors her family-driven choice. </p>
<p id="gMW40f">It’s been a long time since Ho has had to justify her restaurant’s existence to people, or since people would order dishes like the blackened “tuna” and gesture with air quotes around the fake meat. And it’s been a long time since I first walked through those doors, a scruffy teenager with dreadlocks and a hand-drawn and hand-stitched circle-A patch on his black hoodie. I’m a parent now too, and while my daughter is much younger, I already relate to the feeling that time is slipping away.</p>
<p id="c53Gv0">I mourn Boba House’s closing, though — like Parks, I haven’t been in years and took it for granted. But Boba House represents Greensboro to me, and I’ll have to reconcile my nostalgic vision for my longtime home with its reality in the present. </p>
<p id="TgO3Wc">Yet, talking to Ho, it’s easy to celebrate her new chapter—her decision to step away from the industry, reinvent herself, and not let her past hold her back. </p>
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https://carolinas.eater.com/2024/3/22/24108699/boba-house-greensboro-closingEric Ginsburg2024-03-22T06:30:58-04:002024-03-22T06:30:58-04:0012 Hottest Restaurants in Asheville Right Now, March 2024
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<p>The newest offerings in Asheville include a Filipino food truck, fried fish sandwiches, and fancy grilled cheese</p> <p id="aTXR8T">More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? What are the new restaurants? What’s everyone talking about? While the <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-asheville-restaurants">Eater 18</a> is a crucial resource covering old standbys and neighborhood essentials across the city, it is not a chronicle of the “it” places of the moment. Enter the Eater Heatmap, which will change continually to highlight the spots crowds are flocking to at the moment or generating a big buzz. Folks are asking, “Have you been yet?” Try one of these newbies today.</p>
<p id="qsuCvl"><strong>March 2024: Finch, Master BBQ</strong><br><strong>January 2024: </strong>Good Hot Fish, the Smokin’ Onion<br><strong>December 2023: </strong>Cassia, Sweets & Seats<br><strong>November 2023: </strong>Laila, Golden Hour and the Roof<br><strong>October 2023: </strong>Avenue M, Mother Cafe, the West End Bakery <br><strong>September 2023: </strong>The Restoration, Botiwalla</p>
https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-new-restaurants-ashevilleKay West2024-03-21T10:00:00-04:002024-03-21T10:00:00-04:0012 Hottest Restaurants in Charlotte, March 2024
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<p>Charlotte heats up with Texas brisket, a tasting menu in Montford, and an eclectic food hall in Uptown</p> <p id="42NH7N">More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? What are the new restaurants? What’s everyone talking about? While the <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-charlotte-north-carolina">Eater 18</a> is a crucial resource covering old standbys and neighborhood essentials across the city, it is not a chronicle of the “it” places of the moment. Enter the Eater Heatmap, which will change continually to highlight the spots crowds are flocking to at the moment or generating a big buzz. Folks are asking, “Have you been yet?” Try one of these newbies today.</p>
<p id="5IfuOW"><strong>New to the list:</strong><br><strong>March 2024: Union Barbecue</strong><br><strong>February 2024: </strong>Mano Bella Artisan Foods<br><strong>January 2024: </strong>Monarch Market, El Veneno<br><strong>December 2023:</strong> Lorem Ipsum, Kappo En<br><strong>November 2023: </strong>L’Ostrica, Room Service <br><strong>October 2023: </strong>Haunted by Black Lagoon Pop-Up, Supperclub <br><strong>September 2023:</strong> Pizza Baby, Coquette <br><strong>August 2023: </strong>Humbug, Puerta<br><strong>July 2023: </strong>Rosemont Market and Wine Bar, Monday Night Brewing, Sycamore Brewing<br><strong>June 2023: </strong>El Toro Bruto Food Truck, Amelie’s, Suffolk Punch SouthPark<br><strong>May 2023: </strong>Hex Coffee, Kitchen & Natural Wines, Urban District Market<br><strong>April 2023: </strong>Hestia<br><strong>March 2023: </strong>Curry Gate 2<br><br></p>
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https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-new-restaurants-charlotteKayleigh Ruller2024-03-20T08:00:01-04:002024-03-20T08:00:01-04:007 Top Tasting Menu Restaurants in Charleston
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<p>From oysters to omakase to playful snacks </p> <p id="jmVU8d">Looking to splurge a bit in the Holy City? For a luxurious night out, put yourself in the hands of these chefs for multiple courses of refined plates. These seven restaurants range from super seasonal tastes to ultra-fresh sushi to luxury ingredients. The experiences start at $70 and can go far beyond $250 if you add wine. </p>
https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-tasting-menu-charlestonErin Perkins2024-03-19T10:00:00-04:002024-03-19T10:00:00-04:0014 Hottest New Restaurants to Check Out in Savannah, March 2024
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<p>Rooftop cocktails, seafood platters, and beef barbacoa tacos heat up in Savannah </p> <p id="tRMept">More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? What are the new restaurants? What’s everyone talking about? While the <a href="https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurant-savannah">Eater 18</a> is a crucial resource covering old standbys and neighborhood essentials across the city, it is not a chronicle of the “it” places of the moment. Enter the Eater Heatmap, which will change continually to highlight the spots crowds are flocking to at the moment or generating a big buzz. Folks are asking, “Have you been yet?” Try one of these newbies today.</p>
<p id="5IfuOW"><strong>New to the list:</strong></p>
<p id="T5swDT"><strong>March 2024: Peregrin at the Perry Lane</strong><br><strong>February 2024: </strong>the Green Room, St. Neo’s Brasserie, Shinpaku <br><strong>January 2024: </strong><em>No new additions, but a few subtractions</em><br><strong>December 2023: </strong>Casa Guava Cuban Cafe<br><strong>November 2023: </strong>Buffalos, Cafe Taureau, Das Box, Circa 1875 <br><strong>October 2023: </strong>Treylor Park Pizza Party, Saint Bibiana, Klom Klom by PJ’s Thai <br><strong>September 2023: </strong>Sobremesa, Sweet Patricia’s, Deposito’s Seafood <br><strong>August 2023: </strong>Wildflower Cafe, Colleagues & Lovers, Strangebird, Dottie’s<br><strong>July 2023: </strong>Ọkàn<br><strong>June 2023: </strong>Two Tides Crispi</p>
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https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-new-restaurants-savannahKiki Dy2024-03-18T10:11:55-04:002024-03-18T10:11:55-04:008 Excellent Sports Bars in Charlotte, North Carolina
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<p>Where to watch the game, have a beer, and order fried foods</p> <p id="U1iZCt">In Charlotte, sports season really feels like it’s all year round, whether it’s the Panthers, Hornets, Charlotte FC, or the deluge of post-grads bringing college game day revelry to the city. No matter the time of year, Charlotteans are guaranteed to come out of the woodwork and relish in the joys of a game — and for many, those joys consist of buckets of beer and food they didn’t know could be fried. </p>
<p id="YsYk13">Here are eight spots to immerse yourself in sports culture and celebrate the real reason for the (sports) season—food, drink, and a boisterous ambiance. </p>
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https://carolinas.eater.com/maps/best-sports-bar-charlotteKayleigh Ruller