With its vibrant tradition, wealthy historical past, exquisitely-preserved structure, idyllic coastal location, celebrated eating scene and pleasant locals, Charleston is considered one of America’s greatest beloved journey locations. Come, expertise what’s new within the Charleston space this spring!
Accolades
New Eating places
Restaurant Information
Lodging
Retail
Excursions & Sights
Highlighted Particular Occasions
ACCOLADES
NEW RESTAURANTS
ALCOVE MARKET
320 Broad St Suite 155, Charleston
alcovemarket.com | @alcovemarketchs
Alcove Market is an opulent cafe. Company can take pleasure in contemporary pressed juice, breakfast and lunch choices. Filled with contemporary substances, the juice is made every day. This restaurant has wellness in thoughts and has partnered with native and nationwide distributors to curate pantry requirements. Opened February 2023.
BAD BUNNIES COFFEE
116A Spring St, Charleston
badbunniescoffee.com |@coffeehousebunnies
A brand new specialty coffeehouse and group hub constructed, owned and creatively embellished by two native artists in downtown Charleston. Get pleasure from distinctive specialty espresso drinks from a neighborhood Charleston roaster and scrumptious domestically baked treats. Opened January 2023.
CHARLESTON’S SMALLEST BAR
39C John St, Charleston
holycityhospitality.com | @charlestonssmallestbar
Charleston’s smallest bar is nestled proper between 39 Rue de Jean and Coast Bar and Grill. The bar has canned beers, cocktails and frozen drinks together with fried shrimp, bacon-wrapped scallops and crab dip! The bar was initially situated on Cumberland Road again within the 70s, then moved to John Road within the 90s and now resides again in Hutson Alley. Opened Could 2022.
RUBY’S NEW YORK STYLE BAGELS
280 W Coleman Blvd, Mt. Nice
rubysnybagels.com | @rubysnystylebagels
Ruby’s New York Model Bagels was born from an absence of conventional New York fashion bagels within the Lowcountry and the starvation to deliver them to Charleston! Go to Ruby’s to take pleasure in all-natural, freshly made, conventional New York fashion bagels. Opened January 2023.
SORELLE
88 Broad Road, Charleston
sorellecharleston.com | @sorelle_chs
Impressed by Italy’s markets, all-day cafes and culinary traditions, Sorelle gives a wide range of eating experiences all through its two-story house together with an alimentari (market), central bar, wine room, pizza counter, grand eating room and unique chef’s desk. Opened February 2023.
SOUTHBOUND
72 Cannon Road, Charleston
southboundchs.com | @southboundchs
Southbound’s meals showcases native, high-end substances cooked over wooden hearth. This idea has been within the works since 2018 and has come to fruition after overcoming the distinctive hurdles of remodeling a 2,200-square-foot home right into a restaurant. Southbound serves dinner seven nights per week and gives brunch Saturdays and Sundays. Opened January 2023.
RESTAURANT NEWS
BEARCAT (WEST ASHLEY)
25 Magnolia Rd., Charleston
bearcatrestaurant.com | @bearcatchs
This former pop-up is now transitioning to a two-part restaurant that includes a walk-in-only cocktail lounge and an upscale eating room with a seven-course tasting menu paying homage to the six-course menu served throughout Bearcat’s pop-up days. Opening Spring 2023.
THE DA TOSCANO PORCHETTA SHOP
109 President St. Charleston
dtporchetta.store | @porchettashop
As soon as operated as a pop-up at beloved Italian restaurant in Charleston Le Farfalle, a brand new restaurant from Chef Michael Toscano is within the works, set to supply breakfast bites like smoked salmon, lunch gadgets that includes native meats and above all — a menu highlighting focaccia sandwiches. Opening Spring 2023.
SOMMBA COCINA & CELLAR
1710 Shoremeade Rd #450, Mt. Nice
sommbacocina.com | @sommbacocina
Sommba Cocina & Cellar serves Mediterranean-inspired shareable small plates, handcrafted cocktails and an in depth choice of advantageous wine. Full dinner service is out there contained in the restaurant and on the patio. Opened January 2023.
SPREAD BAGELRY
1400 Shucker Circle, Mt. Nice & 595 King St., Charleston
spreadbagelry.com | @spreadbagelry
Philadelphia-based bagel store Unfold Bagelry might be opening two places within the Charleston space. The primary location will open in Mt. Nice at 1400 Shucker Circle within the Oyster Park improvement in April 2023. The second location is ready to open mid-summer 2023 on the bottom ground of Hoffler Place Residences at 595 King St. in downtown Charleston. Unfold Bagelry will serve wood-fired bagels produced from farm-fresh substances and boiled in honey water. Opening 2023.
ACCOMMODATIONS
THE PALMETTO HOTEL
194 East Bay St, Charleston
palmettohotelcharleston.com | @palmettohotelcharleston
The previous Saint Lodge has been revamped and renamed The Palmetto Lodge. Below new possession, the 45-room resort located in Charleston’s Historic District, was transformed to present it a extra traditional Charleston ambiance that includes a bar/lounge and restaurant. This boutique resort is located close by native and customer favorites Marion Sq., the South Carolina Aquarium and the Charleston Museum. Opened March 2023.
THE LIMITED HOTEL
425 Assembly St, Charleston
marriott.com/chstr
The Vacation Inn Historic has been renamed The Restricted Lodge. The Restricted brings modern luxurious and revolutionary fashion combined with conventional Southern hospitality. Conveniently located within the vibrant higher King and Assembly Road neighborhood, take pleasure in many sights inside a five-minute stroll.
RETAIL
CLAYTON & CRUME
332 King St, Charleston
claytonandcrume.com | @claytonandcrume
Luxurious leather-based items retailer Clayton & Crume’s second retail location is located within the coronary heart of downtown Charleston’s Historic District. The shop is situated beneath The Pinch Lodge at King and George Streets and spans round 1,400 sq. toes. Clayton & Crume gives designs and sells an array of leather-based items, together with belts, baggage tags and coasters.
GUCCI
242 King St, Charleston
gucci.com | @gucci
Luxurious retailer Gucci has relocated from Market Road to King Road at Charleston Place. The brand new 4,200 square-foot retailer showcases a large assortment of males’s and ladies’s footwear, baggage, purse, jewellery, watches, eyewear and extra. Distinctive to this location is that it is among the few Gucci places within the U.S. to hold leather-based purses and footwear for men and women. Opened February 2023.
JIBE CYCLING STUDIO
48 Alexander St, Charleston
jibecycling.com | @jibesouth
A rhythm-based indoor biking studio providing 45 minute lessons filled with a full physique exercise the place you’ll dance, sweat and smile! Lessons for anyone and everyone.
NEEDLEPOINT.COM CHARLESTON
13 Broad St #1, Charleston
needlepoint.com | @needlepointdotcom
Needlepoint.com gives the best high quality needlepoint canvases, kits and equipment backed by distinctive customer support. Store in retailer or on-line for supply straight to your door.
PALMETTO BLEND
palmettoblend.com
Native writer, entrepreneur and African American enterprise proprietor Darron Campbell created Palmetto Mix combining the right measurements of seven spices that totally symbolize genuine Gullah Geechee delicacies and produce out the flavour in every thing you prepare dinner. The seasoning is out there for buy on-line.
REI CO-OP
1720 Shoremeade Highway, Mount Nice
rei.com | @rei
Specialty outside retailer REI Co-Op has opened a brand new 21,500 square-foot retailer in Mount Nice. The situation gives an assortment of attire and equipment for tenting, operating, health, mountaineering, biking, climbing and extra. This new location includes a full-service bike and ski store staffed by licensed mechanics. To rejoice the opening of REI, the co-op invested $10,000 in Charleston Waterkeepers and $10,000 in Coastal Expeditions Basis. Opened February 2023.
SOUCHI
141 Broad Road, Charleston
souchi.com | @souchigram
Souchi is a ladies’s clothes and accent boutique that started in 1997. Souchi knits are designed and hand-loomed by the proprietor herself, Suzi, in Charleston. She makes use of the perfect yarns on this planet, advantageous Italian cashmere, merino wools and cottons from Tanzania. Opened August 2022.
WELTON’S TINY BAKESHOP
682 King St, Charleston
weltonstinybakeshop.com | @weltonstinybakeshop
The individuals behind Welton’s Nice Meals, Cooks Zachary and Hannah Welton, deliver a brand new extension of their ethos with Welton’s Tiny Bakeshop. All are sourced domestically with home flour, heirloom grains and the loveliest of Lowcountry produce dairy and proteins with the imaginative and prescient of supplying naturally leavened, seasonally-inspired and European-influenced candy treats to the Charleston group. Opened January 2023.
THE REAL RAINBOW ROW
Charleston Native and Lambda Literary Award winner Harlan Greene uncovers a wealth of data about Charleston’s LGBTQ previous and current in his newest ebook titled The Actual Rainbow Row: Explorations in Charleston’s LGBTQ Historical past. The ebook could also be bought on Amazon.
TOURS & ATTRACTIONS
108 ELEMENTAL TOURS
90 Cumberland St, Charleston
108elemental.com | @108_elemental_tours
108 Elemental Excursions gives Charleston’s most terrifying ghost tales from the town’s greatest storytellers. They provide a wide range of excursions from Haunted Strolling Excursions and Forgotten Myths to Paranormal Pub Crawls and Vacation Particular Occasions. See one of many nation’s oldest cities from a complete new perspective led by their totally licensed guides.
CRUSH YARD
3365 S. Morgans Level Rd., Mount Nice
crushyard.com | @crush.yard
Backed by traders and model ambassadors like NFL stars Rob Gronkowski, his brothers and different soccer greats together with AJ Inexperienced and Brian Dawkins, Crush Yard is making its strategy to Mt. Nice. This 40,000-square-foot pickleball membership and restaurant will characteristic eight pickleball courts, an outside lounge and play space, eating areas and membership choices. Opening 2023.
FOLLY BEACH PIER
ccprc.com | @charlestoncountyparks
In 2020, the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Fee (CCPRC) closed the Folly Seashore Pier for a reconstruction mission. After two years, the Folly Seashore Fishing Pier formally reopened in December 2022. The CCPRC might be internet hosting numerous occasions on the pier to rejoice this re-opening, together with a dedication ceremony (March 1); Folly Pier Fest (March 11); Moonlight Mixers (Could 5, June 16 and July 7); and the Forged Off Fishing Event (Could 27, June 24, August 26 and September 23).
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
14 Wharfside St., Charleston.
iaamuseum.org | @iaamuseum
IAAM focuses on the cultures and data programs retained and tailored by Africans within the Americas and the various journeys and achievements of those people and their descendants. It can characteristic an African Ancestors Memorial Backyard, exhibitions and a Middle for Household Historical past to hint genealogies. Opening June 27, 2023.
NORTH CHARLESTON SPORTS COMPLEX
1455 Monitor St., North Charleston
northcharleston.org | @northcharleston
A brand new $25 million Sports activities complicated is coming to North Charleston. This new facility features a 25-meter aggressive pool to enrich the North Charleston Aquatic Middle in Dorchester County, a correct gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, badminton and a myriad of different indoor athletics, 5 new tennis courts to satisfy the official United States Tennis Affiliation requirements, a curler rink for avenue hockey and roller-skating and a multi-purpose discipline to satisfy the rising calls for of youth athletics. Opening TBD.
TOPGOLF
5000 Topgolf Approach, North Charleston
topgolf.com | @topgolf
Excessive-tech driving vary and sports activities bar mashup Topgolf has completed building and is now open. The brand new North Charleston location, close to the Charleston Space Conference Middle, options 72 climate-controlled, all-weather hitting bays on two ranges, a 9-hole mini golf course, a full-service bar/restaurant and a rooftop terrace with hearth pits. Expertise indoor driving range-style video games that make the most of micro-chipped golf balls and know-how that preserve monitor of each shot, together with the accuracy and distance of every ball. Opened January 2023.
TRIDENT TOURS
1263 Dingle Highway. Mt. Nice
trident.excursions
Expertise a soothing escape from the group and discover the coastal islands round Charleston County on a non-public boat constitution. Providing 24′ pontoon boats with snug seating, the most recent navigation and security gear and USCG commercially licensed captains, Trident Excursions gives a extra regular expertise in comparison with V-bottom boats.
URBAN AIR ADVENTURE PARK
7800 Rivers Ave, North Charleston.
urbanair.com | @urbanairpark
The final word indoor journey park and household enjoyable vacation spot is coming to North Charleston. The park will characteristic sights good for all ages and provide the right vacation spot for unforgettable children’ birthday events, thrilling particular occasions and household enjoyable. Sit up for the 40,000 square-foot park opening and using 60 locals. Opening March 2023.
HIGHLIGHTED SPECIAL EVENTS
CHARLESTON JAZZ FESTIVAL
charlestonjazz.com | @chsjazz
The eighth annual Charleston Jazz Competition attracts music lovers from across the globe to Charleston for a four-day celebration of the Holy Metropolis’s jazz heritage. Musical performances characteristic famend worldwide headliners, together with GRAMMY award-winning artists Samara Pleasure and Dianne Reeves, Massive Dangerous Voodoo Daddy, Cindy Blackman Santana and extra Lowcountry favorites. April 20 – 23, 2023
THE CHARLESTON SHOW
Competition Corridor, 56 Beaufain Road Charleston
thecharlestonshow.com
The Charleston Present (previously the Charleston Spring Antiques Present), now in its second yr, presents a curated assortment of antiques, modern design, advantageous artwork & jewellery. The Thursday night Preview Social gathering on March 16 advantages the Drayton Corridor Preservation Belief. This gala opening occasion gives a possibility to help the collections and preservation of the historic property in addition to an opportunity for a primary take a look at the vintage present’s choices. The Charleston Present brings collectively 30 exhibitors from the US, England and Europe showcasing the perfect interval to mid-century furnishings, conventional and modern artwork and ceramics, jewellery, people artwork, oriental rugs, silver, prints and maps, backyard and architectural antiques. March 17 – 19, 2023
CREDIT ONE CHARLESTON OPEN
161 Seven Farms Drive Charleston
creditonecharlestonopen.com | @creditonecharlestonopen
The Credit score One Charleston Open, the most important ladies’s-only tennis event in North America, will return for its 51st yr on April 1 on Daniel Island in Charleston. The nine-day occasion showcases a singles draw of 56 gamers, a qualifying draw of 32 gamers and a doubles draw of 16 groups. Previous champions Madison Keys, Belinda Bencic and Sloane Stephens are set to return to Daniel Island in 2023. April 1 – 9, 2023
2023 FESTIVAL OF HOUSES AND GARDENS
historiccharleston.org |@historiccharlestonfoundation
Since 1947, the Historic Charleston Basis’s Competition of Homes and Gardens has supplied intimate glimpses into a number of the most lovely houses and gardens in Charleston. Discover the world’s important cultural and architectural landscapes and historic occasions within the Charleston area from 350 years in the past to the current day. Along with the same old instructional excursions and occasions, new Sip and Stroll Excursions might be launched to offer company with unique entry into a few of Charleston’s loveliest personal gardens, completely paired with wine tastings. March 15 – April 16, 2023
ART CHARLESTON
gibbesmuseum.org/art-charleston | @thegibbesmuseum
Be a part of The Gibbes Museum for a five-day visible arts pageant that may encourage and problem you to think about, query and acknowledge how artwork pushes the boundaries for all that’s attainable. Discover all that the occasion has to supply – from modern Southern artwork and nationally acclaimed lectures to a sublime luncheon, a energetic culinary avenue truthful, a one-of-a-kind musical efficiency, artist panel discussions, a night with Beeple Studios and an artisan truthful. April 26 – 30, 2023
SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA
spoletousa.org | @spoletofestivalusa
Celebrating its forty seventh season, this 17-day pageant options 100+ occasions all through numerous venues within the Holy Metropolis, together with Dock Road Theatre, the Charleston Gaillard Middle and Firefly Distillery. Working to rejoice worldwide arts and tradition, Spoleto is internationally acclaimed as America’s premier performing arts pageant. This yr will characteristic occasions starting from operas and orchestras to bounce and artist talks. Take a look at the total program lineup on the Spoleto Competition web site. Could 26 – June 11, 2023