Highly Anticipated Restaurant Openings in Charleston | Eater Carolinas

"Focusing on seafood with regional dishes from southern India, this forthcoming downtown project from Mount Pleasant’s Spice Palette owner Sujith Varghese isn’t a copy-and-paste; Rivayat will spotlight plates like lobster moilee—“succulent lobster tail simmered in a fragrant coconut moilee sauce, delicately spiced with turmeric, curry leaves, toasted mustard seed, and fresh black pepper. A coastal classic that captures the essence of South Indian flavors”—and a bar program that leans into Indian spices, with drinks like an Aam Panna mojito with green mango foam, a Punjab Old Fashioned with garam masala, and a dirty chai espresso martini topped with a toasted cardamom pod." - Erin Perkins