Plumbers in Charleston, SC

There's a wealth of opportunities for imbibing in Charleston, but where to find the latest and greatest? The newest and hottest? Here's an updated Cocktail Heatmap of places to visit as soon as happy hour hits. While this map focuses on restaurants and bars that have opened within the past year, we've also included some older establishments undergoing a new heatwave thanks to recent changes to their cocktail menus or bar program.

We've also included some newer wine and beer bars for those not in need of a super stiff drink. Go out and try somewhere new this week — perhaps you'll find a new favorite libation or bartender in town.

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Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of neighborhoods, cuisines, and prices. Learn more about our editorial process.

If you’re looking for some old-school arcade games in a dive bar atmosphere, stop by Pinky & Clyde’s. This spot has cold beers and Pac-Man.

To match the playful spirit at Chinese barbecue spot King BBQ, bar manager Amy Kallicragas created a rainbow’s worth of cocktails to sip with the smoked meats. For dirty martini lovers, there’s the Shimmy Shimmy Ya with a kick from a pickled pepper. Margarita fans will like the Eye of the Tiger made with tequila, Thai tea, and mandarin.

The owners of pizza place D’Allesandro’s and dive bar Cutty’s have a new metal music bar on King Street. Ben and Nick D’Allesandro put former Cutty’s manager Sarah Griffith in charge of the space, and she created Sugey’s — the only bar in Charleston dedicated to heavy metal bands, ’80s horror films, and tiki drinks.

The cocktail list at Beautiful South adds even more depth to the Cantonese cuisine at Beautiful South. Bar manager Lily Cantral (formerly of the Ordinary and FIG) serves creative drinks like the house martini made with sesame gin, Fino sherry, vermouth, and MSG.

The former dance club Mynt is now dive bar Frontier Lounge. Modeled after funky bars in the 1970s, Frontier has wood paneling, linoleum tiles, an old dad couch, and plenty of kitschy paraphernalia.

Bearcat, a fine dining restaurant without the fuss, recently opened its bar in the Avondale neighborhood. Drinks range from a fancy frozen strawberry daiquiri with chartreuse to Coors beer. The big draw is the snacks, like wood-fired oysters with wagyu fat or the tartare with Carolina Gold rice.

The group behind the Emeline Hotel and Italian restaurant Frannie & the Fox recently opened the intimate (and slightly hidden) bar the Den. The space seats 30 and focuses on martinis, caviar, and Italian snacks. Seasonal flavors like a tomato martini share the menu with a classic martini service featuring various liquor and vermouth choices.

The new French Quarter establishment the Habit is billed as a “multi-tiered entertainment experience.” The first floor holds the main dining and a large bar; there’s another bar and a lounge area for live entertainment on the second floor; and the third floor holds a rooftop bar that overlooks the harbor. The bars are fully stocked with beer, wine, and liquors and offer signature drinks like the Ain’t Misbehavin’ which is a dirty martini with blue cheese-stuffed olives.

Executive chef Dominic Chantepie, son/beverage director Mathis Chantepie, and general manager Benjamin Boisson opened European restaurant Azur to bring the flavors of France, Italy, and Spain to downtown Charleston. There’s a long bar inside, but the patio is a quaint spot to sip a glass of albarino when the weather is nice or order an espresso martini to end a meal.

Charleston-based Beemok Hospitality Collection (owners of the Charleston Place hotel) and chef Michael Mina’s Mina Group opened Italian restaurant and market Sorelle, and it comes with a stunning bar space full of plush velvet, marble, fresh flowers, and opulence. The menu focuses on Italian wines and amaros. The room is for walk-ins and serves the full dinner menu.

Food and beverage vets Danielle and Brent Sweatman recently opened Sweatman’s Garden in the South Windermere Shopping Center with fancy sodas, a full bar, and fondue. All of the sodas are nonalcoholic, but for an extra $5, the bartenders can add the customer’s choice of house liquor or a cannabis-based infusion.

Want to experience the buzz of a bar without the booze? The group behind High Rise Beverage Company, makers of hemp-derived CBD and THC seltzers, set up the High Rise Dry Bar to showcase cannabis-infused nonalcoholic cocktails. For example, the Invigorate is made with turmeric, carrot, mango, and coconut shrub, topped with the drinker’s choice of High Rise CBD or delta-9 seltzers. Drinks can also be made without CBD or THC.

Yes, there’s a margarita on the menu at Mexican restaurant Colectivo, but customers can explore other fun drinks made with agave spirits, like the Next Epazote with mezcal, Nixta (corn liquor), lemon, and epazote (a Mexican herb).

If you’re looking for some old-school arcade games in a dive bar atmosphere, stop by Pinky & Clyde’s. This spot has cold beers and Pac-Man.

To match the playful spirit at Chinese barbecue spot King BBQ, bar manager Amy Kallicragas created a rainbow’s worth of cocktails to sip with the smoked meats. For dirty martini lovers, there’s the Shimmy Shimmy Ya with a kick from a pickled pepper. Margarita fans will like the Eye of the Tiger made with tequila, Thai tea, and mandarin.

The owners of pizza place D’Allesandro’s and dive bar Cutty’s have a new metal music bar on King Street. Ben and Nick D’Allesandro put former Cutty’s manager Sarah Griffith in charge of the space, and she created Sugey’s — the only bar in Charleston dedicated to heavy metal bands, ’80s horror films, and tiki drinks.

The cocktail list at Beautiful South adds even more depth to the Cantonese cuisine at Beautiful South. Bar manager Lily Cantral (formerly of the Ordinary and FIG) serves creative drinks like the house martini made with sesame gin, Fino sherry, vermouth, and MSG.

The former dance club Mynt is now dive bar Frontier Lounge. Modeled after funky bars in the 1970s, Frontier has wood paneling, linoleum tiles, an old dad couch, and plenty of kitschy paraphernalia.

Bearcat, a fine dining restaurant without the fuss, recently opened its bar in the Avondale neighborhood. Drinks range from a fancy frozen strawberry daiquiri with chartreuse to Coors beer. The big draw is the snacks, like wood-fired oysters with wagyu fat or the tartare with Carolina Gold rice.

The group behind the Emeline Hotel and Italian restaurant Frannie & the Fox recently opened the intimate (and slightly hidden) bar the Den. The space seats 30 and focuses on martinis, caviar, and Italian snacks. Seasonal flavors like a tomato martini share the menu with a classic martini service featuring various liquor and vermouth choices.

The new French Quarter establishment the Habit is billed as a “multi-tiered entertainment experience.” The first floor holds the main dining and a large bar; there’s another bar and a lounge area for live entertainment on the second floor; and the third floor holds a rooftop bar that overlooks the harbor. The bars are fully stocked with beer, wine, and liquors and offer signature drinks like the Ain’t Misbehavin’ which is a dirty martini with blue cheese-stuffed olives.

Executive chef Dominic Chantepie, son/beverage director Mathis Chantepie, and general manager Benjamin Boisson opened European restaurant Azur to bring the flavors of France, Italy, and Spain to downtown Charleston. There’s a long bar inside, but the patio is a quaint spot to sip a glass of albarino when the weather is nice or order an espresso martini to end a meal.

Charleston-based Beemok Hospitality Collection (owners of the Charleston Place hotel) and chef Michael Mina’s Mina Group opened Italian restaurant and market Sorelle, and it comes with a stunning bar space full of plush velvet, marble, fresh flowers, and opulence. The menu focuses on Italian wines and amaros. The room is for walk-ins and serves the full dinner menu.

Food and beverage vets Danielle and Brent Sweatman recently opened Sweatman’s Garden in the South Windermere Shopping Center with fancy sodas, a full bar, and fondue. All of the sodas are nonalcoholic, but for an extra $5, the bartenders can add the customer’s choice of house liquor or a cannabis-based infusion.

Want to experience the buzz of a bar without the booze? The group behind High Rise Beverage Company, makers of hemp-derived CBD and THC seltzers, set up the High Rise Dry Bar to showcase cannabis-infused nonalcoholic cocktails. For example, the Invigorate is made with turmeric, carrot, mango, and coconut shrub, topped with the drinker’s choice of High Rise CBD or delta-9 seltzers. Drinks can also be made without CBD or THC.

Yes, there’s a margarita on the menu at Mexican restaurant Colectivo, but customers can explore other fun drinks made with agave spirits, like the Next Epazote with mezcal, Nixta (corn liquor), lemon, and epazote (a Mexican herb).

Friday's contest features the Duquesne Dukes (1-0) and the Charleston (SC) Cougars (1-0) squaring off at Navy Alumni Hall in what is expected to be a tight matchup, with a projected 75-74 victory for Duquesne according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 6:00 PM ET on November 10.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston voters overwhelmingly supported a parks referendum at the polls so now the department will have a $70-million bond plan for park upgrades in the next ten years.

The items on the ten-year cover most of the city from downtown to West Ashley and across the islands and Cainhoy Peninsula. Parks department staff say this plan has always been citizen driven and the vote was a major step.

Jason Kronsberg, City of Charleston Director of Parks, says the morale in the office has been high after seeing 80% of the voters support the item.

“The citizens spoke and the importance of the public realm, Parks and Recreation apparently that it’s as important as we think it is in the Parks and Rec world.”

The $70-million bond plan will begin having money available about one year from the vote. In the meantime, Kronsberg says the department and city will work on a schedule for the projects. He noted that a few pool improvements are on the list, and the project at Forest Park to create a year-round aquatic facility is a priority.

Jeremy Spencer is a parent who lives in West Ashley and says his family uses the Forest Park pool and a few others.

“I think it’s great anytime you are investing in the community, and furthermore, investing in facilities that are going to help children as they develop.”

Kronsberg reminds people that the vote for funding is a big step, but one very early in the ten-year plan for these parks.

“So for a huge big capital project, like a rec center, or a pool reconstruction, you’re looking at at least a year to a year and a half of design. Team selection,” Kronsberg says. “City council approvals for the design contract, getting into a design contract going through a design process. So that could take up to 18 months just to get one project designed. And then you put it up for bid.”

He says the city has about 110 neighborhood associations the city works closely with ahead of actually doing any work. He says the next steps will involve design and approval for the projects.

“The next step is to kind of determine the process in order of projects. We know we have some time before any funds will be available. The best-case scenario is property taxes are in rears. So it’ll be at least one full year before funding is available,” Kronsberg says.

The detailed list of projects on the referendum is as follows:

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Cafe Appalachia Downtown is now open in downtown Charleston offering some of the same menu items as the South Charleston location as well as the same goal - employing women in recovery.

The new location at 110 McFarland Street in Charleston is now in the old restaurant space that used to be the home of places like Noah's and Delish in Charleston.

With the help of $625,000 from the City of Charleston's American Rescue Plan funds, the cafe was able to be transformed into a new space that had its grand opening and ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.

Cafe Appalachia has been in South Charleston for about five years as a way to give women in recovery real life experience. It is part of the nonprofit Pollen8. Within the program is Renov8 which is housing for those in recovery and ReIntegr8 which is the programming and internships the women participate in including now the two cafes.

Cherly Laws is the CEO.

“It gives people out on the streets hope - a different way of being but also who aren’t on the streets anymore or in active addiction a place to reintegrate or reinvent themselves really," Laws said.

Laws said right now, she has four to five women working at each of the cafes and then she also has regular employees who work alongside them. The women will do each internship and switch every 14 weeks. Once they come into the program, they are given five weeks in treatment and recovery before the work begins.

Autumn McCraw was one of the first people to graduate from the program and work at the South Charleston cafe back in 2018. Now she is on the board of directors.

“They gave me grace and taught me so many things that I wouldn’t have otherwise learned, and it was a step in the right direction of being a successful individual," McCraw said.

Right now the cafe in Charleston is serving breakfast, sandwiches, sliders, wraps and salads during the day. However, one of the goals moving forward is to turn the lot next door into a patio and stage to open at night and create a sober nightlife scene in Charleston.

“We’re going to do a sober vibe for people in recovery or people who just don’t want alcohol around, so we’re going to do a house band, open mic, trivia night, things like that," Laws said.

Laws said she wants the space to be so much more than a restaurant but a place of healing for all.

“It’s not about addiction. It’s about the unwellness in someone’s soul and when you include people - that’s what we all want to is to be a part of something - so when you include people back into the community, you give them something to live for and to thrive for and do better for," she said.

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Cafe Appalachia Downtown is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. The goal is to start nighttime hours next summer.

The College of Charleston now offers faculty, staff and students access to micro-credentials through the Coursera Career Academy.

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Charleston, S.C., Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The College of Charleston is partnering with global online learning platform, Coursera, to launch a new program to provide industry-branded micro-credentials to students, faculty and staff at no cost. Students will be able to earn professional certificates for in-demand workplace skills that will complement any academic major or minor. Faculty and staff will also be able to earn professional certificates through flexible, online training.

“This partnership will provide members of the College of Charleston community the opportunity to build skills using resources from some of the world’s leading companies,” said College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu. “As one of the oldest colleges in the nation, the College of Charleston is setting the blueprint for other liberal arts institutions to follow.”

Students, faculty and staff now have access to Career Academy on Coursera, which includes more than 45 entry-level Professional Certificates from leading companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft and Salesforce. The program enables individuals to explore a wide range of in-demand career paths, such as Data Analyst, Cyber Security Analyst, UX Designer, Application Developer and Social Media Marketer. Hands-on projects and interactive assessments allow individuals to apply their skills in real-world scenarios and practice using workplace tools. “I am very excited about making Coursera’s Career Academy available to our College of Charleston community,” said Suzanne Austin, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. “U.S. workforce needs are changing rapidly, and we need to provide resources so that students, faculty and staff can succeed in this environment.”

“We are excited to partner with the College of Charleston, one of the oldest colleges in the U.S., in its efforts to complement the broad-base liberal arts education that prepare students to be great critical thinkers, with industry micro-credentials that prepare students for in-demand careers,” said Scott Shireman, Global Head of Coursera for Campus. “With Career Academy, every Charleston student can earn the skills and credentials needed to give them a competitive edge and unlock opportunities in the rapidly evolving local job market."

The College of Charleston is the first university in South Carolina to offer the full suite of Coursera’s Career Academy. According to a by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, South Carolina has 167,000 unfulfilled job openings.

, a majority of recently surveyed college students and new graduates nationwide said earning an industry micro-credential will help them stand out to employers. Research confirms that U.S. employers increasingly regard college degree-earners who also hold available industry micro-credentials as stronger job candidates. Specifically, 86% agree that an industry micro-credential strengthens a candidate’s job application, while 74% say these credentials improve a candidate’s ability to perform in an entry-level position.