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Jimmy Farrell
Jimmy Farrell

Jimmy writes CHS Happenings on Thursdays, then spends the rest of the week building the systems behind it. The best part is the part that happens offline — Dinner Club, the Regulars, and whatever's next.


🌴 The glitching bridge finally got a straight answer

🌴 The glitching bridge finally got a straight answer

Plus a hometown restaurant cracked an exclusive national list, and an iconic King Street rooftop gets rebuilt

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

The Ben Sawyer Bridge keeps glitching and Sullivan's Island finally got an answer

The Ben Sawyer Bridge keeps glitching and Sullivan's Island finally got an answer

Four breakdowns, one answer about the next hurricane

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

The building that used to be Stars Rooftop just got one step closer to reopening as something else

The building that used to be Stars Rooftop just got one step closer to reopening as something else

$6.95 million and a total teardown of the roof

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

College basketball just proved it can work outdoors, and Charleston hosted the experiment

College basketball just proved it can work outdoors, and Charleston hosted the experiment

Sunscreen, wind and a Citadel win over Charleston

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

Charleston's $2 billion upper peninsula bet just revealed its first two parks

Charleston's $2 billion upper peninsula bet just revealed its first two parks

26 acres of green space, bookending a 20-year build

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

A Michelin-pedigree chef just found his permanent home, and it's a Mount Pleasant brewery

A Michelin-pedigree chef just found his permanent home, and it's a Mount Pleasant brewery

The oldest pasta method in food, served out of a truck

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

The Silence at 510 King Street

The Silence at 510 King Street

Approved, funded, backed, then six years of nothing

Sep 30, 2026

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1 min read

Live Music This Weekend

Live Music This Weekend

For your weekend of Friday, October 2

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

🌴 A meat recall turned Charleston into locavores overnight

🌴 A meat recall turned Charleston into locavores overnight

Plus the secret Sullivan's Island castle A-listers keep renting, and how Charleston's airport just beat 14 rivals for the top spot

Sep 24, 2026

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4 min read

A Secret Castle Hides Among Sullivan's Island Beach Houses

A Secret Castle Hides Among Sullivan's Island Beach Houses

Ryan Reynolds has stayed here

Sep 23, 2026

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2 min read

Charleston's Airport Just Beat Every Mid-Sized Airport In America

Charleston's Airport Just Beat Every Mid-Sized Airport In America

On the first try, no less

Sep 23, 2026

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2 min read

Mount Pleasant Is Getting Charleston's Best Dumplings

Mount Pleasant Is Getting Charleston's Best Dumplings

The West Ashley original was already a hit

Sep 23, 2026

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1 min read

A 300-Unit Building Just Cleared Its Biggest Hurdle On Calhoun Street

A 300-Unit Building Just Cleared Its Biggest Hurdle On Calhoun Street

Years of rejected plans, then a fast yes

Sep 23, 2026

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1 min read

A Meat Recall Just Made Charleston Obsessed With Its Farmers

A Meat Recall Just Made Charleston Obsessed With Its Farmers

The farmers aren't convinced it'll last

Sep 23, 2026

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2 min read

🌴 Three tons of concrete, held up by Lego bricks

🌴 Three tons of concrete, held up by Lego bricks

Plus the chef who left New York for Charleston, and a hotel a councilman says will actually help traffic

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

Mother Emanuel's Memorial Courtyard Has a Date

Mother Emanuel's Memorial Courtyard Has a Date

Eleven years, and now November 14

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

He Cooked in New York and San Francisco. He Came Back for the Shrimp

He Cooked in New York and San Francisco. He Came Back for the Shrimp

A $4,000 rent changed the math

Sep 17, 2026

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2 min read

The Boeing Retiree Who Opened a Pizzeria on Dorchester Road

The Boeing Retiree Who Opened a Pizzeria on Dorchester Road

The meatballs are the family recipe

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

Five Guys Is Taking the Room That Charlotte's Left Behind

Five Guys Is Taking the Room That Charlotte's Left Behind

The insurance bill emptied it first

Sep 17, 2026

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2 min read

The Bar at Bad Bambino Is Built Entirely Out of Legos

The Bar at Bad Bambino Is Built Entirely Out of Legos

Nobody will say how many

Sep 17, 2026

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2 min read

🌴 The Navy Yard’s restaurant on a roof

🌴 The Navy Yard’s restaurant on a roof

Plus a $4.475M condo that doesn’t exist yet, and a pool club you have to be invited to apply to

Sep 11, 2026

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4 min read

The Sixth Swig & Swine Is Named After a Drummer

The Sixth Swig & Swine Is Named After a Drummer

His son, his garage, his first piece of land

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

The Old Village Got Its Pool, and a Waiting List

The Old Village Got Its Pool, and a Waiting List

Two years of traffic fights, 115 families in

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

Beemok Spent 18 Months Asking One Question

Beemok Spent 18 Months Asking One Question

Not a street drawn yet, and that's deliberate

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

$4.475 Million for a Condo That Doesn't Exist

$4.475 Million for a Condo That Doesn't Exist

Theatre 99's last night is Saturday

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

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