The former Dashi space on Remount Road didn't sit empty for long. Less than a month after the Asian-Latin fusion spot served its last plate on June 14, it already has a new owner. And this one comes with a story worth telling.
Mark Bolchoz, the chef behind Hanahan's runaway hit Cane Pazzo, is taking it over. But if you're expecting more fresh pasta, think again.
His second restaurant is a hard left from the first. Where Cane Pazzo is a love letter to his grandfather's Italian roots, this one is for his grandmother. And it's pointed somewhere unexpected: the coast of western Ireland.
"[It] will bridge the coastal traditions of the Lowcountry and western Ireland, drawing inspiration from the easy warmth of the pubs in Ireland's small surf towns," Bolchoz told the Post & Courier.
Here's where it gets good.
His grandmother, Maureen Bolchoz, opened a West Ashley restaurant called Calders' back in 1987, cooking scratch-made Southern food while she and her business partner raised a combined ten kids. In 1990 it moved to 288 King Street, and eventually became Mike Calder's, the Irish-leaning pub named after Maureen's son that a generation of Charlestonians remembers fondly.
The food got noticed. In 1994, Post & Courier critic Jane Kronsberg praised its "rich atmosphere, an astounding selection of beers and ales, and familiar pub-like foods that work well in the environment." Maureen ran the kitchen, turning out everything from hot dogs to her signature crab cakes.
Bolchoz grew up inside that place. Sunday church, then breakfast at Mike Calder's with the family. The pub closed in 2002, three years after his grandmother's death. His new spot at 1252 Remount Road is his attempt to bring that warmth back.
Expect fish-and-chips. Expect Guinness poured in a proper pint glass. Expect a few of Maureen's actual recipes on the menu, with local sourcing as the priority. The layout stays mostly as-is, tables to the left, bar to the right, with only minor renovations.
He's betting on the neighborhood, not the peninsula.
"North Charleston is full of the kind of people (my family) built (Mike Calder's) around: hardworking, loyal, hungry for a place that feels like theirs," Bolchoz said. "We can't wait to be that place."
The details are still coming, including the name. Bolchoz runs both restaurants under his Semper Elevatum Hospitality umbrella with his wife, Ariana, and his brother Vincent will open as general manager. They're targeting fall 2026.
Two restaurants, two grandparents, two very different tributes. That's a nice way to build a hospitality group.
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