Congratulations to Gunshow for Making Esquire’s Best New Restaurants 2014 List

In case you haven’t heard, Gunshow is one of 12 restaurants to make Esquire’s list of Best New Restaurants 2014. The exciting news was announced at the magazine’s American Food and Drink Awards celebration on October 14 in NYC, where chefs Kevin Gillespie and Joey Ward cooked Georgia olive oil poached white shrimp with green apple, buttermilk crème fraiche, celery and wasabi; and open-pit pork ribs with Amish-style cream slaw for party-goers. Congrats, guys!

King + Duke Named to Esquire's Best New Restaurants List

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So, the King asked the Duke, "Did you see that we're included in Esquire magazine's list of Best New Restaurants of 2013?" With Joe Schafer at the helm of King + Duke's  24-foot hearth and Chrysta Poulos dishing out the desserts, we're sure the Duke and guests can both agree that this award is well-deserved. Add in a beverage program under the direction of Lara Creasy and you have a formidable team that Ford Fry has put together. Fry is no newcomer to this restaurant list -- The Optimist made last year's roster and was named "Restaurant of the Year." Congrats to the team at King + Duke!

Charleston's Matt & Ted Lee Join The Optimist for a Cookbook Signing and Dinner

Looking for something fun and delicious to do next Tuesday night? Join Matt and Ted Lee at Esquire magazine's Best New Restaurant of 2012, The Optimist, for a distinctly Southern dinner and signing of their newly released cookbook on Tuesday, March 26. "The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen" is filled with the brothers' favorite recipes and provides Optimist Executive Chef Adam Evans with a wellspring of offerings for the night's menu. Guests can enjoy a kumquat-tini, Low Country limoncello, moonshine martini and muscadine sangria when cocktail hour begins at 7 p.m. Dinner, served family style, follows at 8 p.m. Tickets are going fast - buy yours online now for $65 per person, including tax and gratuity. Purchase the cookbook that night for $35 plus tax and let Matt and Ted Lee personalize your copy.