Capitol Street gets new Saturday brunch, plus a new sing-along piano bar

Steven Keith
2 days ago
3 min read

Two downtown Charleston axe-throwing bars are now cutting their teeth on new offerings, with one adding a Saturday brunch to its lineup and the other keying up a sing-along piano bar on Thursday nights.

Piano players entertain the crowd at a piano bar — Piano players entertain the crowd at Tickers & Timbers on Capitol Street

Huddle & Hatchets adds Saturday brunch

Huddle & Hatchets at 122 Capitol Street has launched a new “Boozy Brunch” menu from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday that features, among other treats, 11 different types of mimosas that can be ordered by the glass, carafe or in a flight of four.

A basket of crispy tater tots topped with bacon and cheese — Loaded tater kegs at Huddle & Hatchets

Mimosa flavors – each made with a different mix of Prosecco and fruit juices, including some with additional liquors and mixers – include peach, orange, orange creamsicle, grapefruit, pineapple, pineapple-coconut, melon-pineapple, pina colada, margarita, cherry and Arnold Palmer, which boasts a blend of lemonade and iced tea.

Also giving the “boozy” brunch its name is a fruity white sangria, a savory Bloody Mary and two unique Brew-Mosas featuring either Fife Street Brewing’s Charleston Golden Ale or Voodoo Ranger’s Juicy Haze IPA blended with orange juice.

Those libations accompany a lineup of really unique (read: not your everyday) brunch dishes. How unusual? Try this on for size …

Creative pancake tacos filled with either eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage, or maybe stuffed with grilled chicken, bacon, jalapenos and cheese
A tropical fusion omelet with grilled chicken, mango habanero sauce, creamy queso and sweet-and-spicy pineapple salsa
Powdered sugar beignets oozing with chocolate caramel sauce
Sausage, egg and cheese breakfast nuggets served with syrup or ketchup for dipping
Egg and chorizo breakfast pockets drizzled with queso and jalapenos
Warm cinnamon-dusted pretzel bites served with vanilla fudge icing
Plus standards like biscuits and sausage gravy, batter-fried French toast, and chicken and waffles topped with bacon and cheese

I reviewed this new place back in March and was fairly pleased with the Nashville hot chicken soft tacos, loaded tater kegs and fried pickles I munched on while sipping a cold West Virginia brew (OK, two) and watching March Madness.

For more information or to see the complete brunch menu, visit www.huddleupwv.com or visit the restaurant’s Facebook page.

Tickers & Timbers unveils piano bar

Just a block up at 210 Capitol St., Tickers & Timbers has enhanced its current axe-throwing, escape room, rage room and splatter paint activities with Charleston’s first singalong piano bar operating from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. every Thursday.

Piano players playing in a bar at night — Piano players at Tickers & Timbers

Similar to popular piano bars in other cities, the new offering features piano players who take song requests from the audience, which they play while the crowd raucously sings along – sometimes “dueling” each other in the process.

Sweet Caroline. Livin’ on a Prayer. Country Roads. If you can think it, they can usually play it. Once you tuck a little tip in the jar, of course.)

Adult libations (beer, wine and cocktails) help keep the crowd lubricated and a menu of bar apps, sandwiches, wraps, popular flatbreads and homemade mac ‘n’ cheese topped with either Buffalo chicken or brisket is available for dinner during earlier evening hours before the kitchen closes.

A brisket, cheese and BBQ flatbread with a pint of beer sits on a table with axe-throwing bays in the background — Smoked brisket flatbread at Tickers & Timbers

You may remember I reviewed the food at Tickers & Timbers last year and quite enjoyed a thick, pillowy flatbread topped with smokey brisket, jalapenos, red onions, and a blend of cheeses drizzled with BBQ sauce.

That creation joins three other flatbreads on a menu that also features a handful of handhelds (sandwiches and wraps) along with smothered nachos, pretzel sticks with queso and cheesy bread with marinara.

If you’ve never been to singalong piano bar, they are uproariously fun and I’m so excited we now have one to call our own. I sure hope it sticks around and I’ll be doing my part to make sure it does!

For more information, visit www.tickersandtimbers.com or check out the operation’s Facebook page.

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Steven Keith is a food writer and restaurant critic known as “The Food Guy” who writes a weekly column for the Charleston Gazette-Mail and has appeared in several state, regional and national culinary publications. Follow him online at www.wvfoodguy.com or on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. He can be reached at 304-380-6096 or at wvfoodguy@aol.com.