Nostalgically New

Nostalgically New

Photos by Jane Kortright If you’re a longtime Augustan like me, the nostalgia hits you as soon as you walk through the door of downtown’s Bradley’s BBQ. The polished wood bar on the left side of the new restaurant is built of floorboards reclaimed from Richmond...
Locally Sourced

Locally Sourced

Photos by Jane Kortright Photography Inside the Village Café at the Villages at Woodside, a happy hum rises.  It’s the sound of community — which is exactly how general manager Tyler Richardson describes the café’s purpose: to bring people together. Owned by Rick...
Simple and Real

Simple and Real

Photos by Jane Kortright Photography Andrew Krull’s deft hands gently form a mound of fresh salad greens into an artful pile on a plate, next to a generous scoop of quinoa. There’s a gentle sizzle, followed by the sound of scraping as he tops the grains with sautéed...
Some Serious (fan)Fare

Some Serious (fan)Fare

Photos by Jane Kortright For Brinkley’s Restaurant Group Executive Chef and Chief Operating Officer Ed DeFelice, it’s all about the wow factor.  It’s DeFelice who brought the iconic Brinkley’s Chop House butcher boards to the North Augusta area — Instagrammable...
Pitmaster of Fun

Pitmaster of Fun

Photos by Jane Kortright Brantley Wheatley gives us an education in barbecue. Every day, the head chef at Smoke & Barrels in Evans — and former kitchen manager at sister restaurant Ironwood Tavern — prepares roughly 60 pounds of pork, turkey, beef and chicken,...
Fresh Takes

Fresh Takes

Photos by Jane Kortright After three years in business and with two other locations in the works, Surcheros Fresh Mex has proven that it has what the people of the Savannah River Region are looking for — a fast and fresh take on Mexican food that tastes great and...