Around the Lowcountry
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Around the LowcountryHusk Operator Takes Over the Ira Road Building That Frank and Jack's Never OpenedNeighborhood Dining Group, which runs Husk and Marbled & Fin, will manage a new restaurant at 1434 Ira Road in Mount Pleasant. The 4,600-square-foot building was developed for Frank & Jack's, which never opened. Blackbaud founder Tony Bakker's company bought it for $5 million, closing Sept. 8. Target opening is summer 2027 and the concept has not been disclosed.October 9, 2026 · 1 min read
Around the LowcountryA $10,000 strip of grass on Romney Street is a school-district businessA 12-foot-wide strip of grass at Romney Street and Athens Court beside Grace Tabernacle Church is listed at $10,000. Buying a fractional share of undevelopable Charleston County land is a legal route into CCSD schools under a 1962 state law.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryMount Pleasant Chamber names Elliot J. Seay membership and engagement managerThe Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce has hired Elliot J. Seay as its membership and engagement manager. Seay is a South Carolina native and Mount Pleasant resident who most recently worked in local media sales and digital marketing.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountrySix Lowcountry commercial deals in the new Hot Properties roundupSC Biz News published a fresh HOT PROPERTIES roundup on October 6 with six Lowcountry entries, including a $1,025,000 multifamily sale on Sumner Avenue in North Charleston and three new leases filling bays at College Park Center in Ladson.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryLocals Sushi sues a Moncks Corner competitor over its nameLocals Sushi & Sports Pub, in business since 2009 with locations in Mount Pleasant, James Island and West Ashley, filed suit Sept. 14 in Berkeley County against Rollin Local, alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices over a confusingly similar name and nearly identical menu items. Trial is set for April 12, 2027.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryMyles and Jun Yakitori moves closer to downtown Summerville and books out four daysThe Reyes family closed Myles and Jun Yakitori at 710 Bacons Bridge Road on Sept. 19 and reopened Sept. 23 at 212 W. Fourth North Street in Summerville. CEO Redd Reyes said the restaurant was booked out four days within 12 hours of announcing the reopening date.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryFour new shops open across the LowcountryUptown Cheapskate began buying consignments Oct. 6 at 1291 Folly Road on James Island, its fifth South Carolina store and second in the Lowcountry. The same Post and Courier roundup covers Kindle & Bloom Candle Studio in Summerville, a new Pineapple House Boutique going up in Hanahan, and Kraft & Crust Bakery on Daniel Island.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryCharleston's tourism plan rewrite: last public input session is ThursdayCharleston is updating its tourism management plan for the first time since 2015, the fourth revision since 1978, and the city's last open input session runs Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Charleston Civic Design Center. Residents who cannot attend can submit comments through an online survey until then. Director of Livability and Tourism Amy Southerland said the update is built around five pillars with data tracking as a priority, and gives more attention to West Ashley and Daniel Island.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryChatGPT is getting picture ads, and a bot-click problem worth knowing aboutOpenAI is adding visual ad formats to ChatGPT, displayed alongside image generation sessions, with a U.S. test starting later this month with a group of advertisers. OpenAI says ChatGPT reaches 1.2 billion weekly users. In the same MarTech report, a TrafficGuard analysis of 47 advertisers over three weeks found invalid click rates between 0.1 percent and 34 percent, with ChatGPT ad clicks 3.6 times more likely than Google Ads clicks to come from datacenters or proxy networks.October 7, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryZero George adds dessert classes with cake artist Julie McAllisterThe Restaurant at Zero George is running two dessert making classes with Charleston cake artist Julie McAllister and head bartender Casie Fennell, on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, both at 1 p.m.October 5, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryCru Catering opens Thanksgiving ordering with a November 18 deadlineCru Catering is taking orders for 2026 Thanksgiving. The kit serves four at $320 and includes a brown butter basted Joyce Farms turkey and spiral ham. Orders close Wednesday, November 18 at 2 p.m.October 5, 2026 · 1 min readAround the LowcountryBay Street Biergarten confirms a bigger second location in West AshleyBay Street Biergarten will open its second restaurant at 3955 and 3961 West Ashley Circle, off Bees Ferry Road, in spring 2027. It will be larger than the 7,500 square foot original at 549 East Bay Street.October 5, 2026 · 1 min read