"Guest Chef" series at Ocean Room returns

The fourth of The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's "Guest Chef" dinner series will take place Sept. 7 and will feature three Charleston area chefs: Nico Romo of Fish, Jacques Larson of The Wild Olive and Jimi Hatt of Guerrilla Cuisine.

The event begins at 6 p.m. with a reception in The Ocean Room lounge featuring cocktails created with Ketel One vodka followed by dinner at 7 p.m. in The Ocean Room.

All chefs will be on hand to explain each dish and greet guests. The cost is $69, not including taxes and gratuity. For more information, call 768-6253

Granville is coming back

Look for Granville Cafe, 730 Rutledge Ave., to re-open this month. Owner Trae Wilson has partnered up with Chad Murdock, most recently of Trattoria Lucca to open Granville's as a casual restaurant serving dinner 6 nights a week. Granville's offers a full spirits bar, as well as wines from around the world and Craft Beer Selections. Call 566-5533 or email ctuckrun@gmail.com

The 15% Solution

The Neighborhood Dining Group is giving back.

From Sept. 11 to Dec. 11, the Buccaneer and Queen Anne's Revenge restaurants of the Neighborhood Dining Group are offering a 15 percent discount on all food. Show a valid ID if you are a teacher, soldier, police officer, EMT, healthcare professional or with the port authority.

The Buccaneer is at 5 Faber St. 805-5065 www.thebuccaneerrestaurant.com and Queen Anne's Revenge is at 160 Fairchild St. Daniel Island 216-6868 www.qarevenge.com

Bocci's new chef

John O'Brien, formally of Garibaldi's has taken over top kitchen duties at Bocci's.

The restaurant has launched a new wine menu. And to kick off these changes, Bocci's will host a free wine tasting. The restaurant and Danni Baird, from Ben Arnold Wine Distributors, will be sampling wine 5-7 p.m. Sept. 9 to kick off the new menu.

Sample four Italian wines from Italy and California.

Bocci's, at 158 Church St., is open for lunch daily starting at 11 a.m.

Call 720-2121 or visit www.boccis.com.

Paolo's Gelato

Gelato shop owner Paolo Dalla Zorza is celebrating the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" with new flavors added to his gelato line-up of seasonal flavors: honey hazelnut, pink grapefruit and cinnamon & ginger.

Visit www.paolosgelato.com. Paolo's Gelato is at 41 John St.

Wine bar

Chef Ken Vedrinski of Trattoria Lucca will open a wine bar called Enoteca, wine bar in Italian, at 18 Percy St., near his restaurant.

Wine, beer and cheese: the latter supplied by Manoli Davani of Avondale Wine and Cheese. An early September opening is planned with hours being 4:30-11 p.m.

Sundays at Hall's

Come for the gospel brunch and stay for the bar menu, which will now follow brunch after 2 p.m.

The nicely priced bar menu will be available on Sunday's until the dinner menu service starts.

Hall's is at 434 King Street. www.hallschophouse.com.

Liberty lunch

Liberty Tap Room and Grill at 1028 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. is now serving lunch daily beginning at 11:30 a.m.

On the menu? Scratch recipes, local and seasonal ingredients, in-house ground burgers, and 35 brews on tap.

Visit www.tbonz.com or 971-7777.

Woodlands Inn

Woodlands Inn, in conjunction with Palmetto Brewery, will host an outdoor BBQ & Brew dinner Sept. 8. Cost is $49, not including tax and gratuity.

The three-course, four-beer dinner event begins at 6:30 p.m. in Woodlands' herb garden, and features appetizers, beer samplings and live musical entertainment.

Dinner is at the Inn's Grand Oaks courtyard with an interactive kitchen and community tables. Each course will be paired with a selection from Palmetto Brewery.

Woodlands' culinary team and Palmetto representatives will introduce each course and explain how and why it was paired with the beer.

To reserve, call 308-2115 or visit www.woodlandsinn.com.

Broken ground

The utility stakes are in the ground and the earth is moving on the future home of Basil's Thai Restaurant in Mount Pleasant at The Shoppes at Seaside.

Concrete also is being up-ended at the future home of Juanita Greenberg's Nacho Royale on Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant.

How sweet it is!

Sweet Gourmet, a market of specialty food, opened Wednesday at 36 Windemere Boulevard in the South Windemere Center.

Need some caviar? Check them out.

Visit www.charlestonsweetgourmet.com or call 225-5936.

Top banana

Caviar & Bananas has a new executive chef. Todd Mazurek joined their organization this spring.

Chef Mazurek has been the chef at Coast, The Fat Hen, Wild Olive and Vespa. Caviar & Bananas is at 51 George Street. Call 577-7757 or www.caviarandbananas.com.

Hubee D's open

Now serving tenders and wings, scratch cooking, homemade sauces and a menu that has never seen a freezer, Hubee D's is at 975 Savannah Hwy. in the St. Andrews Shopping Center.

Call 556-0330 or www.hubeeds.com.

Eat in or take-out.

Tattooed Moose

Every Tuesday, the Tattooed Moose will feature "Good Beer Tuesday's" where all craft beer is $1 off.

Each month on a Tuesday, the deli will feature a brewery and have a "Brew Bash" to celebrate, complete with live music, free samples and $1 off all the beers.

The first bash will be Sept. 14 with Dogfish Head Brewery.

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent will be playing. The event begins at 6 p.m. with live music at 8 p.m. It wraps up at 11 p.m. The Tattooed Moose is at 1137 Morrison Drive. 277-2990.

Jewish holidays

Jestine's Kitchen and Jestine's Sweet Shop will close for religious observance on Sept. 9 and 18.

Jestine's Kitchen is at 251 Meeting Street. Call 722-7224. The Sweet Shop is at 54 1/2 Wentworth Street. Call 720-7437.

Game day

The Lowcountry Buckeyes, the Charleston area chapter of The Ohio State University Alumni Association, announced that the official game-watch location for all area fans of Ohio State football is The Three Lions pub at Blackbaud Stadium on Daniel Island.

The Lowcountry Buckeyes, a nonprofit, will use the 13 regular season games and bowl game gatherings to raise funds for scholarship programs.

The first event for the Lowcountry Buckeyes will be 7:30 p.m. tonight at The Three Lions when Marshall and Ohio State kick off opening night for college football.

The pub is at 1990 Daniel Island Drive. 971-4625.

Brickhouse hours

The Brickhouse, at 1575 Folly Road, James Island has expanded hours of service.

Lunch is served 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; dinner is 5-9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Extended weekend hours are 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The restaurant is open 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday featuring brunch 10 a.m-3 p.m. and tapas 3-7 p.m.

Call 406-4655 for more information or click www.brickhousecharleston.com.

Sermet's expands

Sermet Aslan, chef/owner of Sermet's Corner downtown, is opening up his second restaurant in the location of the former Brewers Bistro on Daniel Island.

The new property will be named Sermet's Courtyard and will feature light jazz and a family atmosphere.

The partner in this venture is Dana Vosburgh, a Daniel Island resident.

Plans are to open on Sept. 10. Sermet's Courtyard will be open seven days serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. It will be at 115 River Landing Drive.