Parker Milner

5 days ago | postandcourier.com | Parker Milner

CHARLESTON — Theresa Scotto remembers the feedback shortly after Pelato opened in Nashville. “This isn’t what we had in Italy,” diners would say. They were right. Meatballs with tomato sauce. Guanciale-stuffed arancini. Chicken Parmesan, layered with tomato, basil, Parmigiano Reggiano and fresh-made mozzarella. Potato croquettes that Scotto would fry two at a time with her mother around the holidays in Brooklyn.

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Parker Milner

SINGAPORE — Ceiling fans flutter napkins through a tight tiled alleyway lit by fluorescent lights. They hang from pipes that curve above bright signage flaunting hokkien mee, braised pig’s trotter and duck rice. It’s hot, sticky and cramped in the indoor-outdoor food court. People clutch trays, chopsticks, purple bowls, spoons, little plastic bags with handles to hold their celery juice and boba tea. Most backless seats in the two-story Singapore compound are occupied.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Parker Milner

A new daytime café that will transition to seafood-forward small plates, beer and wine at night is opening soon on James Island. Dawn Patrol Coffeehouse is set to debut May 24 at 608 Harbor View Road, the former home of Coastal Snack Bar and, before that, The Hideaway Pizza Kitchen.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Parker Milner

Sam Norton would leave the door to his lab inside the Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center open while developing what would eventually become Heron Farms, the world's first indoor vertical saltwater farm. A College of Charleston student at the time, he did so to elicit feedback that helped him launch the company, which landed him on the Forbes 30 Under 30 food list in 2021. That experience and a desire to inspire students at his alma mater are driving Norton’s latest venture, OpenSTEM.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Parker Milner

Summerville — which turned 175 last year — has seen its population jump from 27,752 in 2000 to 50,915 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments projects the 2030 population to exceed 97,000. With that swift growth has come more independently owned restaurants. Here are 15 to try the next time you're in Charleston's rapidly growing northwestern neighbor. Bexley Fish & Raw Bar 100 W. Richardson Ave.