Heart Woodfire Kitchen opened a while ago in the spot that used to house Daily Dose. Where the inside of Daily Dose was the kind of grungy-earthy (not grungy-dirty) bohemian feel, Heart Woodfire Kitchen is the opposite. Inside is a brighter, cleaner, although somewhat cool spartan environment. It’s the kind of feel you get from all concrete/cinder block surroundings. The colours are nice though. The service is very friendly and the general manager seems to like going around talking to people at the tables.
Good food too.
Escarole, egg and proscuitto flatbread
Giant chocolate chip cookie.
Charleston Eats: Hello My Name is BBQ World Headquarters
The Hello My Name is BBQ food truck people opened up a new (stationary) eating spot today, the Hello My Name is BBQ World Headquarters, so I stopped by for lunch. It’s located at 616 Meeting St, just north of where the I-26 exit crosses over Meeting St. Recognize the colours?
It’s a nice little spot with enough space for 40 or so people to sit inside and a little deck area outside with four tables. Nice big windows make the inside bright and well lit
The menu isn’t to different from the truck offerings, but the World HQ has the benefit of always being in the same place. It’s reasonably close to work too, so now I can go get a Boss Hog without having to wait for the truck to stop by MUSC (although that won’t stop me from getting a Boss Hog when the truck does stop at MUSC).
Food truck lunching
Hitting up a food truck usually makes for a good lunch. When there are two involved, it’s even better.
On the way back from my volunteer shift at the Aquarium, I stopped by the Roti Rolls and Diggity Donuts trucks for lunch.
Roti Roll’s 60/40 (short rib burger with pimento kim-cheese) and a fried egg was quite tasty. The kimchee added some nice crunch, although I expected it to be a little spicier. Next time I’ll add some of the Sriracha.
When you get to Diggity early, you get donuts fresh out of the fryer and topped with warm ooey gooey icing. So good. This time I went for the chocolate, chocolate & PB, and lingonberry.
Food truck feasting
Hit up the Charleston Food Truck Festival in Marion Square this afternoon. A gathering of all the mobile food trucks in the Charleston area which also gathered a huge crowd of people. Somewhat daunting.
Each of the trucks had pretty long lines. This time I hit up the Magic Cheese Truck for a Buffalo Chicken Melt. Pretty tasty. It had little bits of blue cheese in it, which I normally don’t like, but not so much that I didn’t want to eat it. It was good with the tomato-basil soup/dipper that comes with their sammiches.
Can’t go to one of these food truck gatherings without hitting the Diggity Donuts truck. They always seem to have the longest lines, but today they seemed to be able to get the donuts out faster so the line went a little quicker.
So now that I’ve been to a couple of food truck gatherings, I’m a little torn. The fact there are enough food trucks in the area to put on food truck rodeos and fests is really cool. They do seem to attract a lot of people though, and can be pretty crowded. If all you’re going for is the food, then perhaps not the best way to do it since you’ll end up standing in line for quite a while. Better to just track them down at their usual haunts if that’s the case. The rodeos are a great opportunity to people watch (and dog watch) and gather with friends though, which can be a lot of fun.
I think what Charleston needs is a craft beer truck now, to hang out at the food truck rodeos. I wonder if that would be legal. Somehow I think probably not. With 4 local breweries, it would be pretty cool though.
Charleston Eats: Magic Cheese Truck
Buffalo Chicken Melt
