The Food Guy: Great food, great views just an Adventure away
By Steven Keith So I've kept this secret long enough.I've been teasing you with cryptic tweets, taunting you with mouthwatering Facebook photos and dodging your demands to reveal the name of my latest...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: East End event pairing desserts, wines a sweet idea
By Steven Keith If you thought last year's inaugural Sips & Sweets Wine Tasting and Bakeoff Challenge was nice, you're going to love this year's event twice as much. Instead of five bakeries going...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Red Fire Asian Grill anything but red hot
By Steven Keith Oh, Red Fire, what am I to make of you?When I heard word that this funky new sushi-bar-meets-hibachi-grill was opening at Southridge Centre - and it was going to be owned and/or...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Charleston's B-named restaurants get A+ at Taste-of-ALL
By Steven Keith By all accounts, this year's Taste-of-ALL Charleston - the second time in a new venue at the Four Points by Sheraton - seemed to be another rousing success. Not only was attendance...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Capitol Market's first farm-to-table dinner a magical night
By Steven Keith In the interest of full disclosure, I did help plan the event I'm about to go all ga-ga over. So there's that. But I can put you in touch with 79 other guests who I'm pretty sure would...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Local eateries to compete for best hummus bragging rights
By Steven Keith What do you do when you're looking for ways to get more people out to your event? Just add food! And if there's some sort of competition around said nibbles, all the better. That's...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Little Food Dudes are gunning for my job
By Steven Keith It's bad enough that I have to fend off my own three boys, constantly threatening to one day replace me as "The Food Guy." But now I have other little dudes after my job as well? I...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Brisket tips, refreshing frescas to up your cookout game
By Steven Keith Weeks and months have passed, yet I still can't get the thought of the amazing brisket at Lem's Meat Varnish out of my mind. It was not only the best item I sampled during my review of...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: WV food reviewer gets a true taste of Europe
By Steven Keith You can tell a lot about a country - and especially, its people - through food. My family and I just returned from an epic two-week vacation in Europe, where we swam in the Adriatic...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Genesis Café has a lot going for it, but ...
By Steven Keith I need your help with this one, folks.Some restaurants I fall in love with immediately. The food, the service, the ambiance - they all come together and it just works. You'll be...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Huntington's Bahnhof is WV's best wursthaus
By Steven Keith Remember me saying when it comes to some restaurants, it's love at first sight (and bite) for me? This is one of them. I fell hard for Bahnhof the second I walked in the door. From its...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Breaking Barge news and a good review
BREAKING FOOD NEWS!The Barge is scheduled to open its upstairs finer-dining restaurant tonight, offering a far different menu and atmosphere than you'll find on the floating bar-and-grill patio out on...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Return trip to Sarah's Bakery was just peachy
By Steven Keith I love this job."Hi Steven! This is Sarah from Sarah's Bakery up on Bridge Road," the voicemail began. "I just went down to Capitol Market and picked up a 30-pound box of fresh...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: A heaping helping of reader mail
By Steven Keith Do you remember earlier this year when I innocently posed the question, "Who has the best hot dogs and hamburgers around?" That simple plea immediately launched a firestorm of...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: From Italy to the Mountain State, this olive oil rocks
By Steven Keith I finally got to try a fantastic artisan olive oil from Italy that's now available in West Virginia, thanks to two of the Charleston sisters whose family makes it. Luisa DiTrapano and...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Three new restaurants getting great early buzz
By Steven Keith Remember last week when I went all gaga about DiTrapano artisanal olive oil, an Italian-made treasure now available locally because of the family's roots here in Charleston? Right...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Big bites at 'Best New Restaurant' in the Big Easy
By Steven Keith Talk about luck.Last Sunday night I was packing for a work trip and picked up the new issue of Bon Appétit. Before throwing it in my bag, I was intrigued enough by the cover headline...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Sumthin' Good sure lives up to its name
By Steven Keith Craving good soul food? Just head south.To South Charleston, that is, where a small, new restaurant is making big waves on the local food scene. And don't let the name fool you,...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: 'Professor' Food Guy speaks to food culture class
By Steven Keith Professor Food Guy. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think? I was incredibly honored to be invited to speak at Monday night's gathering of an Appalachian food culture class offered by...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: New Riverwalk sushi and noodle house needs time
By Steven Keith I was happy when a new sushi place opened in South Charleston, but even more excited to hear the Sushi Garden there would offer a selection of noodle bowls to accompany a traditional...
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