Chew on This: Restaurant News

‘Hole in one’
The Wentworth Mansion and John Rutledge House Inn are offering exclusive golf, dining and accommodation packages for the upcoming PGA Championship on Kiawah Island, scheduled for Aug. 9-12.

The sold-out 94th PGA Championship will feature the top players in the world, and is expected to bring more than 50,000 visitors to the state.

The Hole in One and Birdie packages are designed to give guests an opportunity to take in the best of downtown Charleston and attend one of the most exciting sporting events in the world.

The Wentworth Mansion, ranked No. 3 on the U.S. News & World Report annual “Top 10 Hotels in the USA” list for 2012 and voted one of the 2012 “Top 500 Hotels in the World” by Travel + Leisure magazine, is offering a Hole in One package that includes a three-night stay, coveted tickets to two days of the PGA Championship and meals at Circa 1886.

The John Rutledge House Inn, a four diamond hotel, is offering a Birdie package, which includes a three-night stay and two days of the PGA Championship.

Find out more at www.wentworthmansion.com or www.johnrutledgehouse inn.com.

Tasting menu
Slightly North of Broad will be offering an unusual experience at the Chef’s Table with special tasting menus.

With only six seats available, the Chef’s Table overlooks the kitchen that gives guests a chance to experience the vast range of Slightly North of Broad’s culinary team’s repertoire and creative and technical kitchen skills.

Each week there will be a different menu accompanied by descriptions of the courses from the culinary team, for a deeper look and understanding of the tasty fare.

The exclusive tasting menu at the Chef’s Table will be offered every Sunday evening with two different times for dinner, one seating at 5:30 p.m. and a second seating at 8 p.m. The prix fixe dinner is $40, $55 with wine pairings. Tax and gratuity are not included.

Call 723-3424 to reserve a spot. Go to www.slightly northofbroad.net for more information.

Mamma returns
Mary Alice Brown has returned to Mount Pleasant with her signature Mamma Brown’s BBQ. Her new location is at 2840 Highway 17 near S.C. Route 41.

Hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

Wine and dine
Laura Alberts Tasteful Options will host a four-course wine dinner at 7 p.m. Friday. The wines of J. Lohr will be featured, and chef Matt Brigham has designed a complementary menu.

The cost is $55, plus tax and gratuity. Reserve a spot at 881-4711. Laura Alberts is at 891 Daniel Island Drive, Daniel Island.

New at Tristan
Chef Nate Whiting welcomes summer with a new bar and dinner menu. If yours is an appetite for vanilla-poached lobster and compressed watermelon salad, head in to Tristan restaurant at 10 Linguard St. Call 534-2155 or go to tristan dining.com for more.

Fish in the news
Fish restaurant, 442 King St., has recently hired Craig Bente as restaurant manager.

Jodie Battles, the general manager at Fish, has been honored with a Les Dames d’Escoffier Legacy Award. This award, supported by the Julia Child Foundation, will allow Battles an intensive week with Carolyn Wente, CEO of the Wente Family Estates Vineyard. Battles will experience the production of a wine from harvest to bottle. Only six such awards are given each year.

Bring home the bacon
Queology, the barbecue team representing the Market Street Saloon of North Charleston, took first place in pork and third place overall in a recent barbecue competition sponsored by the Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour. The team will compete in the finals in Tennessee on Sept. 22.

Sticky Fingers at 20
Sticky Fingers Smokehouse restaurant celebrates 20 years in the barbecue business and 16 locations in the South. It opened the first location in Mount Pleasant in 1992. To celebrate this anniversary, all full racks of ribs can be yours for $19.92.

Check www.stickyfingers.com for more specials and locations.