Charleston is and has always been a “happy hour city,” with establishments providing discounted libations and appetizers to get the party started in the late afternoon. But what makes a happy hour essential? These Charleston destinations provide the best deals on booze and bites, along with an environment fit for socializing with the group. Next time, when the afternoon hits, head to one of these 14 Charleston establishments.

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The Tattooed Moose serves some of the best bar food around, and corn dogs and duck fat fries are only $2.50 during happy hour. A 16-ounce can of PBR will only set you back $1.50 and shots of Jameson are $4. Happy hour runs Monday through Saturday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Where else can you find $1 oysters and $2.50 glasses of bubbly? Pier 41 in Mount Pleasant might be the only spot around. There’s always a special here, including half-priced wine on Wednesdays. Be sure to have that Uber lined up.

Edmund’s Oast calls it “Sad Times Happy Hour.” From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, customers can order the following items for half off: frozen drinks, house draft beer, curly fries, fish sauce and vinegar chips, and Korean chicken “dunkaroos.”

Neighborhood spot Herd Provisions offers an expansive happy hour menu from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Saturday. Find a $8 Old Fashioned, $5 sliders, 50-cent deviled eggs, and 50-cent chicken wings.

Newcomer the Archer now has a daily happy hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Meeting Street restaurant offers $10 espresso martinis, $10 daiquiris, $8 wines, $6 beers, and $5 fried oyster sliders.

Rutledge Avenue dive bar Moe’s Crosstown has a generous weekday happy hour, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The unpretentious service features PBR for $1.75 and appetizers like mac and cheese bites, mozzarella sticks, and jalapeno poppers for $5.

From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., you can score a super cold mini martini (a tiny ‘tini) at Babas on Cannon for just $5. These gin cocktails may be small, but they pack a punch. The best deal in town is on Fridays when Babas hosts an apertivo hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. with free snacks like olives, boquerones, tapenades, dips, and plenty of bread and chips.

Monday through Friday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Italian restaurant Indaco offers $7 glasses of wine and pints of beer, as well as discounts on polpette, flatbread, and a margherita pizza. This is a great jumping off point for King Street adventures.

Head towards Shem Creek, because French seafood spot Nico features $5 glasses of wine and beer. Happy hour goers can also sip discounted champagne while munching on $1.75 oysters. Discounts apply Monday through Friday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Jazz Age bar Prohibition offers happy hour from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and it includes discounted snacks (try the wings) and $7 house cocktails and wine.

Stop by Mexican spot Pink Cactus from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., from Tuesday to Saturday, for tequila and taco hour for $7 margaritas and $5 queso and tacos. The patio is a perfect place to end the day.

Catch Estadio’s happy hour quickly (it’s only from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.), because you don’t want to miss the gin and tonics for only $5. Try the Sevillana version with orange gin, Aperol, and orangey Sweatman tonic. There’s also $5 sangria and a $5 snack bowl.

Sandwich emporium Da Toscano Porchetta Shop offers happy hour every day from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Stop in for a $9 cocktail and pick up dinner to go.

Seafood spot Delaney Oyster House offers discounted drinks and snacks on Monday through Thursday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oysters are $2.50 and a martini will only set you back $10.

The Tattooed Moose serves some of the best bar food around, and corn dogs and duck fat fries are only $2.50 during happy hour. A 16-ounce can of PBR will only set you back $1.50 and shots of Jameson are $4. Happy hour runs Monday through Saturday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Where else can you find $1 oysters and $2.50 glasses of bubbly? Pier 41 in Mount Pleasant might be the only spot around. There’s always a special here, including half-priced wine on Wednesdays. Be sure to have that Uber lined up.

Edmund’s Oast calls it “Sad Times Happy Hour.” From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, customers can order the following items for half off: frozen drinks, house draft beer, curly fries, fish sauce and vinegar chips, and Korean chicken “dunkaroos.”

Neighborhood spot Herd Provisions offers an expansive happy hour menu from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Saturday. Find a $8 Old Fashioned, $5 sliders, 50-cent deviled eggs, and 50-cent chicken wings.

Newcomer the Archer now has a daily happy hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Meeting Street restaurant offers $10 espresso martinis, $10 daiquiris, $8 wines, $6 beers, and $5 fried oyster sliders.

Rutledge Avenue dive bar Moe’s Crosstown has a generous weekday happy hour, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The unpretentious service features PBR for $1.75 and appetizers like mac and cheese bites, mozzarella sticks, and jalapeno poppers for $5.

From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., you can score a super cold mini martini (a tiny ‘tini) at Babas on Cannon for just $5. These gin cocktails may be small, but they pack a punch. The best deal in town is on Fridays when Babas hosts an apertivo hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. with free snacks like olives, boquerones, tapenades, dips, and plenty of bread and chips.

Monday through Friday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Italian restaurant Indaco offers $7 glasses of wine and pints of beer, as well as discounts on polpette, flatbread, and a margherita pizza. This is a great jumping off point for King Street adventures.

Head towards Shem Creek, because French seafood spot Nico features $5 glasses of wine and beer. Happy hour goers can also sip discounted champagne while munching on $1.75 oysters. Discounts apply Monday through Friday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Jazz Age bar Prohibition offers happy hour from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and it includes discounted snacks (try the wings) and $7 house cocktails and wine.

Stop by Mexican spot Pink Cactus from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., from Tuesday to Saturday, for tequila and taco hour for $7 margaritas and $5 queso and tacos. The patio is a perfect place to end the day.

Catch Estadio’s happy hour quickly (it’s only from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.), because you don’t want to miss the gin and tonics for only $5. Try the Sevillana version with orange gin, Aperol, and orangey Sweatman tonic. There’s also $5 sangria and a $5 snack bowl.

Sandwich emporium Da Toscano Porchetta Shop offers happy hour every day from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Stop in for a $9 cocktail and pick up dinner to go.

Seafood spot Delaney Oyster House offers discounted drinks and snacks on Monday through Thursday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oysters are $2.50 and a martini will only set you back $10.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – The South Carolina Stingrays will continue an action-packed February with six consecutive home matchups at the North Charleston Coliseum, with each game featuring unique promotions and fan experiences. Don’t miss these exciting events as we celebrate hockey, music, pop culture, and the Charleston community!

The Stingrays will wear exclusive Charleston-themed jerseys, which will be auctioned off on the team’s Handbid page. Fans can also purchase replica jerseys right now at this link. The first 1,500 fans through the doors this Saturday will receive a unique Stingrays Hawaiian t-shirt, so make sure to arrive early! Doors open at 5:00 PM. This game is presented by MUSC Health.

Bring the whole family for a fun-filled afternoon as everyone’s favorite Blue Heeler, Bluey, makes a special appearance! Fans can meet Bluey throughout the game and snap a photo. Doors open at 2:00 PM. This game will also be a Family Sunday presented by Crews Subaru and Charleston County Parks.

Schools across the Lowcountry will bring students for a morning of hockey and educational fun at the Coliseum. Limited group tickets are still available—call the Stingrays front office at 843-744-2248 for more information. This game is presented by MUSC Health.

Celebrate the fusion of music and hockey! The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a limited-edition Stingrays vinyl featuring music from Charleston-based bands DangerMuffin and Majicdust.

This game is one of the most anticipated nights of the season! The Stingrays will wear specialty Stormtrooper jerseys, and the first 2,000 fans will receive a light sword giveaway. Tickets are selling fast—secure yours today! This game is presented by Jeff Cook Real Estate.

Join us as we celebrate the local hockey community with a special game honoring the sport we love. Former Stingrays player Justin Florek will be in attendance for the ceremonial puck drop. This game will also be a Family Sunday presented by Crews Subaru and Charleston County Parks.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of these incredible nights! For tickets and more information, visit StingraysHockey.com or call 843-744-2248.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Following a year full of brain-related treatments, Trident Medical Center is working to meet the increased need by finishing its brand-new 10-bed Neuro Rehabilitation Unit.

Leaders with the hospital saw demand for this project after they treated nearly 2,600 patients last year for brain-related injuries, the most out of any trauma provider in the Lowcountry.

They have completed the majority of the unit, having fully finished seven out of the 10 patient rooms, not to mention the progress they’ve made on the others. It will be located on the first floor of the hospital.

This unit will be used to treat patients who have suffered any brain injury or a stroke, as well as patients with Parkinson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis.

The unit will allow them to offer speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy. Each patient will stay in the individual rooms usually for around two weeks.

They currently have a 14-bed unit at the hospital that they opened in 2019, but it is almost always at capacity, so they needed more space to better serve their community.

In just the last three years, over 3,000 stroke patients alone received care at a Trident Health facility, showcasing the need for a unit like this. Many of these patients experienced head and brain trauma for injuries related to falls and motor vehicle accidents.

Kayla Greene is a physical therapist at Trident who will be treating patients in the unit.

She says it means a lot to her to get to serve her community in this way.

“I mean, it’s very overwhelming to, you know, be going about your daily life and then all of a sudden experience this huge deficit, such as stroke or brain injury, and then your life just kind of turns in an instant. And then having to deal with, ‘okay, this is where I am,’ and it’s just so overwhelming not only for the patient, but for the family members as well and so it is just very rewarding for the therapist,” she says.

Greene has seen great results in her experience treating these types of patients and she is excited to have even more space to do so.

“Being in an inpatient rehab unit, you have this compassion and feeling for these patients and the families and not knowing what they’re kind of going through but helping guide them through this journey and… they become part of your family and it’s just overwhelming to see the progress that they make and things that they think that they couldn’t do and you’ve shown them that they can do it, just really giving back their quality of life. I think it’s so rewarding to the therapist as well and kind of reminds them of why they come to work every day,” Greene says.

The neuro rehabilitation unit is officially scheduled to open in April.

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North Charleston City Council met for the first time Thursday night after bombshell findings from a year-long FBI investigation involving three council members. Feb. 27, 2025. (WCIV)

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — North Charleston City Council met for the first time Thursday night after bombshell findings from a year-long FBI investigation involving three council members.

City officials confirmed that Jerome Heyward and Sandino Moses have both resigned from the council. Mike A. Brown was suspended in an order issued by Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday.

During Thursday’s meeting, three of the city council’s 10 seats were empty, meaning residents living in those districts are currently without representation on the council.

So far, officials with the Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration said a special election to fill Heyward’s District 5 seat is set for May 27. Candidate filing opens March 14. Officials have not yet confirmed an election schedule to fill Moses' District 3 seat.

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North Charleston residents say they’re now looking for transparency.

“How do we continue to trust?” said Betsy Hayden.

Hayden said she was appalled to learn that three councilmen were federally charged, tied to a list of schemes and accused of abusing their influence for personal financial gain.

“They work for us and this is very disheartening,” she said. “Even the fact that it had to go to the FBI to be flushed out at what point in our government do they say, whoa, this isn't right.”

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North Charleston Mayor Reggie Burgess said he and other city officials are fully cooperating with the FBI probe and that the city is taking necessary steps forward.

“In the light of these indictments, the city is conducting a thorough review of any matters in which the implicated city council and members may have read and involvement,” Burgess read from a written statement to reporters Thursday.

“This review is part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, ensuring that all city operations adhere to the highest ethical standards,” he went on.

With an uncertain future for the city council and the opportunity to fill at least two vacant seats, residents said they’re looking to elect officials who will represent their best interests and follow the law.

“I charge them to not vote with their hearts, to not vote with their friends and to not vote with family. You have to vote according to the laws,” Hayden said.

Heyward and Moses are both expected to plead guilty to their charges Friday morning in a downtown Charleston courtroom.

Brown is facing a federal indictment and has his first court appearance set for March 11.

NORTH CHARLESTON — Less than a week after federal corruption charges were announced against three councilmembers, a special election has been set for May 27 to fill the vacant seats.

Filing for the single-member district seats runs from March 14 to March 24 at noon. The election that falls the day after Memorial Day will only include Districts 3 and 5. The two districts are on nearly opposite ends of the city from one another. District 3 is in the northern part of the city between Rivers Avenue and Interstate 26, while District 5 is between the Ashley River and Dorchester Road in the southern portion of the city.

Former councilmembers Sandino Moses and Jerome Heyward entered guilty pleas on Feb. 28. Heyward, who represented District 5, faced charges ranging from bribery and wire fraud to money laundering, and Moses, who represented District 3, was charged for allegedly failing to alert authorities of the attempted bribe to influence his City Council vote. The pair resigned from their seats ahead of the plea hearings.

Mike Brown is the District 1 councilman who was charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bribery regarding programs receiving federal funds. He is set to be arraigned on March 11. Gov. Henry McMaster suspended Brown from office, but because he has not resigned, his seat will remain unrepresented until he is acquitted or convicted.

The special election will cost the city roughly $40,000, said Isaac Cramer, the executive director of the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections.

Election next step forward for city

On March 4, Mayor Reggie Burgess sat down with the civic club presidents in all three districts to provide information about the special election. Up until the election, Burgess said he and his executive staff will attend their individual district meetings moving forward.

"I want to reassure them that the mayor's office, we have their backs," Burgess told The Post and Courier after the meeting.

Kevin Mock, who serves as the president of Wando Woods in District 5, said the community's main concern is being left without representation. He said he was reassured the mayor and his staff will be available in the interim.

Burgess said he does not want the districts to feel "abandoned in time of crisis."

"What happened has damaged the credibility of this government," the mayor said.

Burgess said electing the new councilmembers is the city's next step forward.

Virginia Jamison, who represented the District 3 council seat for eight years before retiring in 2023, said the next councilmembers need to have a good understanding of "right and wrong."

"You need to have a heart for the people that you serve, not just in your district, but the entire city," she said.

The candidates who run for these positions should be able to identify specific needs of their districts as different parts of the city face different issues, she said. She noted District 3 residents experience noise pollution from the nearby I-26 as an example.

Russ Coletti, who previously served as president for Northwood Estate in District 3 and ran for mayor in 2023, said the elected councilmembers should be homeowners in their districts, not renters. According to the city's code of ordinances, a candidate must reside in the city for at least six months prior to the election day to be eligible.

When it comes to traits of the next councilmember representing District 3, Coletti said integrity is at the top of the list.

"We need somebody who's able to stand up and say, 'Here is what we actually need to better the livability and the quality of life for our citizens,'" he said.

Mock expects a transition period after the election, but wants to ensure progress continues moving forward, specifically with issues of flooding in District 3.

“Whoever runs for those seats, the neighborhoods and their district need to be behind them 100 percent,” Mock said.