Handy and Hot
Restaurant · Charleston ·
Sweet & savory biscuits, hand pies, and coffee drinks
Sweet & savory biscuits, hand pies, and coffee drinks
"Hotel cafe Handy + Hot comes from celebrity chef Vivian Howard, so there’s definitely some Southern favorites to be found, including buttery biscuits. Look for sweet and savory combinations like a country ham and apple preserve biscuit with cheddar cheese or the peach and brie choice." - Erin Perkins
"A downtown cafe run by award-winning chef, author and television host Vivian Howard is launching a year-long guest-chef series that invites local cooks to reinterpret the cafe’s signature hand pie. Each rotating collaborator will put their spin on the handheld, a project conceived to reconnect restaurants after the pandemic and to celebrate fellow chefs; Howard framed it as an effort to reach across social distancing and to say, “we see you, we respect you and we love your food.”" - Erin Perkins
"An extension of a popular online bakery founded in Kinston, North Carolina by an award-winning chef/author/TV host, this café focuses on handheld baked goods and quick bites such as hand pies, biscuits, and shrimp salad—delivered with a homey, bakery-forward sensibility." - Erin Perkins
"A grab-and-go concept that opened in downtown Charleston this summer inside the Renaissance Hotel, offering quick, cookbook-aligned items and serving as a smaller-scale operation while larger plans at the same site are paused." - Matt Lardie
"What travels better than a hand pie? Famed chef Vivian Howard recently opened Handy & Hot with different varieties of sweet and savory hand pies, biscuits, jammy eggs, and more — all of which can be ordered online." - Erin Perkins