A mother-son duo is about to change how you think about grabbing dinner on the way home.
Luther's Market — the brainchild of Kiki and Hudson Luthringshausen — is opening soon at 227 Rutledge Ave., right at the corner of Spring Street. Think grab-and-go, but make it scratch-made.
The origin story is a good one.
It starts in Rome. Hudson, then a high school kid, is eating pasta from a street cup with his mom and basically says: we could do this back home.
More than a decade later — they're doing it.
What you'll find inside
The market will stock frozen and refrigerated pastas, sauces, spices, and ready-to-go meals made by Kiki and Hudson. Pastries, sandwiches, and salads from Grit Bakery round out the lineup.
But the real draw? The noodle lab.
Watch Kiki roll dumplings and gnocchi by hand while Hudson runs fresh pasta through a bronze die cutter. Live. In the shop. While you wait.
The sauces are where Kiki's Italian heritage and New Orleans Cajun roots collide in the best way possible. Pesto, pork chili crisp, peanut sauce — and gumbolo, which the Post & Courier describes as "if bolognese and gumbo met at a bar." Yes, please.
This family knows food
Kiki spent 20+ years in interior design before pivoting to food writing. She wrote for Eater, built a successful blog, and eventually became an ambassador for Chicago grocery chain Mariano's. She's the real deal.
Hudson moved to Charleston in 2023. Brother Thibault is a chef at Sullivan's Fish Camp.
You may already know the Luther's name from their purple food trailer — it roamed the Lowcountry for two years, popping up at breweries and neighborhoods with Thai peanut noodle salads, Korean chicken rice bowls, and what they call "global comfort food."
That trailer was a test run. The market is the main event.
The neighborhood fit is perfect
The Rutledge Ave. spot sits near Allora, Xiao Bao Biscuit, and Estadio. Luther's isn't trying to compete with those places — it's filling a gap nobody knew was this obvious.
Hudson put it simply in the Post & Courier: "We wanted to make sure that we took an organic approach to entering the Charleston space."
Smart. Patient. And now — permanent.
Luther's Market is targeting an opening very soon. Track updates at lutherschs.com.
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