Neighborhood Favorites Summer 2011
“Chef/owners Matt McIntosh and Ricky Hacker have been tossing out delicate, bubbly, and perfectly charred pizzas topped with local ingredients to some very happy customers for a long time now, establishing themselves as a reliable source for fresh, seasonal fare way before it became the latest marketing trend…” – Stephanie Barna
…There’s a special pizza made with roasted onion puree, Thackeray mixed peppers, crispy speck ham, Split Creek Farm chevre, mozzarella and parmesan. “This is unbelievable,” my dining companion says, shaking his head, as he goes in for another scoop of okra, corn, and feta…
- Brys Stephens
…in Charleston City Paper’s 101 Things to Savor, Slurp, and Suck Down in Chucktown 8/10/11
Pork Trifecta is one of one-hundred and one
I just tasted the feature tonight (local suckling pig porchetta served with a lima bean, corn, pickled red onion, pulled pork, valencia tomato succotash, finished with a pork jus) and I was blown away. I could taste each fresh delicate flavor of the dish at first bite and then it combined beautfully and melted in my mouth (uh, pretty much licked the pork jus off the dish….)
Matt Russell hand-picked the suckling pigs from Wadamalaw, SC a few days ago and has been slow cooking and preparing the dish and ingredients for 2 days. He was telling me about it on Sunday and I couldn’t wait to have it this week. His skills and appreciation of fresh, local food are truly demonstrated in this dish.
WOW!…that’s describes the dish in a nutshell.
local shrimp salad po’boy
south carolina shrimp, vine ripe tomatoes, local bibb lettuce on house baked bread, served with local melon and pickles
menu feature 6/22/11
wood fired ribs
½ rack of six point farm’s berkshire ribs wood fired & glazed with wadmalaw bbq sauce served with geechie boy farm’s sweet corn and baby new potato salad
It’s New Belgium’s 20th Anniversary and EVO is Celebrating!
On Wed. 6/15/11 from 6pm-8pm New Belgium’s local ‘Beer Ranger’ Grant will be at EVO giving away free New Belgium glasses with each flight or pint sold. EVO will have a special New Belgium 20th Anniversary flight menu – don’t miss it, could be your only chance to have this special draft line up outside of Colorado.
Check out Holy City Brewing - these guys are awesome and will be producing some great beers for us and around Charleston! Thanks for having us for the field trip, guys!
