Doar Bros. is a small cocktail bar on Meeting Street with a short snack menu that includes truffle popcorn with brown butter, scallions and parmesan.
Charleston Bars: Ansonborough
Just north of the Market. FIG has been on Meeting Street since 2003, and a butcher shop on East Bay Street serves dinner on Fridays.
The Restaurant at Zero George is the dining room of the Zero George boutique hotel in Ansonborough, and it works out of an unusually small kitchen. Chef Vinson Petrillo runs a tasting menu that The Post and Courier describes through technical dishes such as a liquid-nitrogen shrimp cocktail and wagyu over Japanese charcoal. The hotel also runs The Caviar Bar, which draws on Petrillo's time as chef de cuisine at Caviar Russe in New York, and a cooking school with chef-led classes. It is Recommended in the inaugural MICHELIN Guide American South.
Trio is a nightclub on Calhoun Street that says it has been open since 1994, with DJs, live music and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights.