52.5 Records startred as a small record store that opened at 52.5 Wentworth Street in 1997 with 500 square feet of store space. It out grew the space and move to 561 King Street in 2006 and has been a huge part of the music industry in Cannonborough ever since. At 52.5 Records they have strong corporate culture that revolves around the music and not the money and coincidentally this has allowed them to compete with large chain retailers such as Best Buy, Target, and Wal-Mart. Read More…
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Trattoria Lucca; Bringing Tuscany to Chucktown
Colin
Jun 7
|14:36
Trattoria Lucca is located at 41 bogard street in the heart of the Elliotborough neighborhood. The restaurant is ran by Head Chef, Ken Vedrinski, who has found his passion for Italian cuisine through cooking in his grandmother’s kitchen under her passion-infused, Italian-influenced tutelage. Vedrinski was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University which is evident if you have had a chance any one of his amazing dishes. Read More…
Dave’s: Fried Fish Done Right
Colin
Jun 3
|20:33
Dave’s Carry Out has been serving the Cannonborough community since 2006 since when it moved to its corner storefront located at Morris street and Coming Street. If you walk by the smell of delicious fried food fills the air and entices any passer by to step inside. Dave’s specialty dish is it’s fried shrimp dish which comes with a bed of rice and french fries and is served on a styrofoam dish. Read More…
Mia Pomodori; Best Pizza In Elliotborough
Colin
Jun 1
|13:55
Mia Pomodori is owned by Paul DeSantis, a native of Brooklyn, NY who knows pizza. He grew up watching his mother cook which fostered his love for cooking. His parents were immigrants of Bari, Italy who came to the States and brought some amazing recipes with them. DeSantis puts his heart and soul in every pizza he makes and if you have ever tried his pizza you can believe it. Read More…
Relax At One Respe
Colin
May 28
|14:12
One Respe is a massage therapy studio located in the Elliotborough neighborhood that provides affordable professional massage therapy. In fact, it is Charleston’s first sliding scale payment program for massage so if your a little low on cash you can still afford a relaxing massage. A 60 minute massage goes for anywhere between $40-$60 depending on what you can afford to pay so if your a poor college student like myself, this is the place to go. Read More…