CudaCo. already supplies sustainably caught seafood to about 200 restaurants around Charleston. Now it wants to feed you directly.
Shaun Brian and Chris John, the owners of CudaCo. Seafood House on Folly Road, just opened CudaCo. Deckhouse next door, in the old Pelican's SnoBalls at 769 Folly Road. Where the original is counter-serve and straightforward, a fried flounder sandwich, baked oysters, the Deckhouse is the chef-driven version.
The menu splits three ways: bar snacks, ceviches, crudos. Opening dishes include fish skin cracklins, salmon with kelp chili crisp, and hamachi with a strawberry-lemon consommé and horseradish. It shifts with the season.
This wasn't a quick flip. Brian worked the menu with chef de cuisine Phillip Costas for six months before opening. “The place in general is just an extension of our love letter to James Island, by the community, for the community,” Brian told the Post & Courier. “(We) put a tremendous amount of effort and love into it.”
The drinks match the food: local craft beer, mocktails, and seafood-friendly wines curated by general manager Sarah Tomlinson, a level-two sommelier.
Seating is first-come, first-served, indoor and out. Hours run 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 3 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Here's why it matters: this is the version of James Island dining that used to require a bridge trip. A dedicated crudo bar with a somm-picked wine list, from operators who already know the local catch better than anyone. You don't have to go downtown for it anymore.
That's the whole point.
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