A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

On our second night in Charleston, we had an early dinner at The Macintosh.

Executive Chef Jeremiah Bacon is a three time James Beard semifinalist.

He uses locally sourced ingredients, which means the menu changes daily.

We are having a super early dinner so there aren’t many other people here – a few people are grabbing drinks as the bar.

Just check out how great their bar is! We get a great u shaped booth right up front with a great view of the tv, the bar and the busy street outside – perfect people watching conditions!

We started with the street corn salad ($12), grilled corn, peppers, spinach, pickled onions, Feta, popcorn and crema. First, the presentation is excellent. Second, the flavors are bold and playful but all work well together. Third, we inhaled this so fast we almost ordered a second!

We also had the burrata appetizer ($14) that had peaches, lonzino, grilled bread, arugula, balsamic and pistachios. I love the burrito pistachio flavor combination – there is a lot of salty creamy goodness going on here. The addition of peaches was really nice – bringing a little sweetness to the dish  while the arugula gave it a little peppery bite!

I had the ricotta gnudi ($14) as my main meal. It came with bacon crumble, sweet onion compote and blue cheese. Usually I frown upon blue cheese but it was so mild you forgot it was there. I love the presentation of this dish and the gunned was so light!

We also had the scallops ($16) for a main meal – served with watermelon, tomatoes, basil, arugula, turnips and fish sauce caramel. The scallops were cooked perfectly and I love the pairing with the watermelon, a little sweetness, but not too much. This was a clean, fresh dish, I loved it!

While it didn’tt really go with our entrees, we ordered the truffle frites ($7) and boy am I glad we did. The heaping side order came with a pillow of shaved pecorino on top. Almost too pretty to eat….almost. They tasted as dreamy as they look!

For dessert we had the peach crisp ($8) which was served warm. I loved the crumble topping on this – it was the perfect southern dessert! Service was excellent here, we would definitely go back!

The Macintosh 

479 King Street, Charleston, SC

www.themacintoshcharleston.com

Tags: casual dining, charleston, restaurant, sc