A trio of new dining venues are in the works across the Charleston area.
In Goose Creek, an Atlanta-based restaurant chain plans to open a third Lowcountry location. Chicken Salad Chick is coming to a new building in the Planet Fitness-anchored Shannon Park retail center on St. James Avenue.
The restaurant will be on the opposite end of the outparcel building housing the recently opened Chipotle Mexican Grill. An opening date has not been announced.
Chicken Salad Chick has two other Lowcountry locations in Mount Pleasant and Summerville.Â
In North Charleston, a new Sticky Fingers restaurant is on the way to a recently renovated retail center in North Charleston.
A restaurant space is undergoing a total overhaul for a new Sticky Fingers dining venue in the Shoppes at Montague Corners retail center on Dorchester Road in North Charleston. Warren L. Wise/Staff
A space near Planet Fitness at 5060 Dorchester Road in the Shoppes at Montague Corners is undergoing a complete overhaul for a new dining venue. A sign in the window reads "Sticky Fingers - Coming soon."Â
The planned restaurant recently applied for a state license to sell beer, wine and liquor onsite.
The shopping center has seen several changes recently after it was purchased for more than $6.1 million in 2020 by an affiliate of Paragano Associates of Mount Pleasant, according to Charleston County land records.
Previously known as Oak Ridge Shopping Center, the retail site includes a refurbished facade, new landscaping and parking lot. It's also where Latin-infused restaurant El Callao plans to open soon and where discount grocer Save A Lot recently closed.
The property abuts a 12-acre parcel, also owned by a Paragano affiliate, where a new 336-unit apartment development is planned on West Montague Avenue next to the proposed new access road to Charleston International Airport.Â
Firehouse Subs plans to open in a new outparcel strip center under construction in the recently opened Cedar Grove Shopping Center on Dorchester Road in North Charleston. The restaurant plans to open in the space on the left. Warren L. Wise/Staff
Also in North Charleston, a new sandwich shop soon will join the lineup of merchants at a recently opened retail destination.
Firehouse Subs plans to open in an outparcel strip center in front of the newly opened PetSmart pet supply store in Cedar Grove Shopping Center on Dorchester Road.
The building's interior remains under construction. An opening date has not been announced.Â
Discount grocer Aldi recently added three self-checkout lanes at two of its five stores in the Charleston area. The store on Rivers Avenue, above, doesn't have them yet, but they are expected to be installed next year. File/Warren L. Wise/Staff
Self-check it out
Discount grocer Aldi recently added several self-checkout lanes at two of its Charleston-area stores in Mount Pleasant and on Dorchester Road in Summerville.
The Germany-based chain, with its U.S. headquarters near Chicago, has three other stores in the Lowcountry in Goose Creek, North Charleston and North Main Street in Summerville. Self-checkout lanes are expected to be added to other sites in the coming months.Â
Studs earrings and ear-piercing shop is the newest addition to the retail lineup on King Street in Charleston. Studs/Provided
On the way
A new ear-piercing and earrings shop is coming to downtown Charleston.
Studs will open Oct. 6 at 346-B King St. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.
To celebrate the opening, Studs has partnered with Charleston-based The Green Heart Project and will donate $5,000 to the organization that builds garden-based experiential learning projects and school garden programs.
The new downtown store is the retailer's 14th location since the company launched in 2019.
A new gameroom called Hoodie Cat plans to open at 4950 Centre Pointe Drive near Tanger Outlets in North Charleston. Warren L. Wise/Staff
Game on
A new gameroom is coming to North Charleston.
Hoodie Cat plans to open at 4950 Centre Pointe Drive, Suite 110, between Staples and Sweet Grass Dental Associates, in the Shoppes at Centre Pointe across from Tanger Outlets.
The business recently applied for a state license to sell beer and wine onsite.
