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Xiao Bao Biscuit and the Cannonborough it helped build

The Post and Courier revisits Xiao Bao Biscuit at 224 Rutledge Ave., the Asian restaurant that opened in a converted 1940s gas station in 2012 and helped pull Cannonborough into Charleston's dining conversation. Owners Josh Walker, Duolan Walker-Li and Joey Ryan still run it, with no reservations and no substitutions.

November 11, 20261 min read

The Post and Courier revisits Xiao Bao Biscuit at 224 Rutledge Ave., the Asian restaurant that opened in a converted 1940s gas station in 2012 and helped pull Cannonborough into Charleston's dining conversation. Owners Josh Walker, Duolan Walker-Li and Joey Ryan still run it, with no reservations and no substitutions.

Why this matters here

Fourteen years in one building, still full, still refusing to take a booking. Every owner wondering whether a neighborhood corner can carry a business for a decade has an answer sitting at Spring and Rutledge.

First reported by postandcourier.com.

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