NYT Article on Charleston Dining Scene (York: home, live, restaurants)

[ZUMAN]

Interesting New York Times article on the state of Charleston's dining scene:


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/d...6m2_pwDcpzqxUg

[mckee16]

This is somewhere between unsettling and disturbing.Could it be that a "Sean Brock", in the end, does more harm than good?

[mckee16]

Now that we are on food, what is proper Charleston's problem with hard shell crabs?


In Maryland the Governor invites out of town dignitaries to a crab boil/picking.In Charleston white collar folks treat hard crabs like they just stepped in something that they need to scrape of their shoe, but will pay any price for peelers til the place is sold out.

[IsNull]

Let me sum up the article: "Damn Yankees!"

[m1a1mg]

A lot of truth in that article.

However, must every article published by the NYT contain the obligatory reference to slavery?

[IsNull]

Same reason every big news item that occurs in the South, a national news organization finds a toothless hick to comment on it.

[Charlestondata]

Come down on me hard! Native South Carolinian here. Mom’s people from just across the Dorchester County line, geographically as country as it gets, generations of farmers, genealogical lines traced back to Charleston’s beginnings, the 1750’s, and 1810, and, sorry, I saw nothing to write home about in Hominy Grill, from the pancakes I didn’t like to the grits and biscuits that were nothing special, I never returned after the third time. The building, the mural, and the interior ambiance were spot-on, but the taste of the food was lacking to me.

[johngolf]

The Charleston dining scene did not revolve around any one "cook". I hate to say it but there are plenty of good cooks about.

I always said order Shrimp and Grits in 10 different restaurants and you will get it presented 18 different ways with one of the variances being who is cooking that night.

[HRW]

I suppose that the dining scene in Charleston is well suited for tourists, who will want to try shrimp and grits or who think that since they are on holiday, eating everything deep fried is not so bad. However, for people who live here and who may be more accustomed to a variety of ethnic foods, Charleston leaves a lot to be desired. Sorry, but shrimp and grits is a very low bar

[johngolf]

Originally Posted by HRW

I suppose that the dining scene in Charleston is well suited for tourists, who will want to try shrimp and grits or who think that since they are on holiday, eating everything deep fried is not so bad. However, for people who live here and who may be more accustomed to a variety of ethnic foods, Charleston leaves a lot to be desired. Sorry, but shrimp and grits is a very low bar

I do agree that Charleston (and SC for that matter) lack a variety of ethnic foods and having lived in Boston, NYC, Chicago, and LA, I miss ethnic varieties more than most that never had such but one does not need 30 Italian restaurants to have a few good ones.