Marc and Elizabeth Hudacsko are proud of the team they’ve gathered to lead The Archer, the couple’s second Charleston restaurant.
Chefs Paul Farmer, Taylor Piedfort and Allston Smither are churning out baked oysters with Parmesan cream, a burger, fried Japanese eggplant and, an early favorite, duck frites, at the new neighborhood tavern.
Behind the bar, Jimmy Chmielweski and Damien Edens are mixing diligently curated cocktails like a draft drink with rum, pineapple and coconut- and oolong tea-infused Campari.
Steering the ship is general manager Chris Higgins-Johnson.
The assembly of experienced food and beverage veterans are what’s enabling the Hudacskos, owners of Berkeley’s on Huger Street, to operate two restaurants at a high level. The Archer, at 601 Meeting St., is the more elevated of the pair. And unlike most restaurants in Charleston, its kitchen stays open until 11 p.m. six nights a week.
“The food is very accessible and familiar, but it’s definitely some stuff you don’t get everywhere,” Marc Hudacsko said. “It’s so different from Berkeley’s, but it still feels like us.”
The 50-seat space, on the ground floor of the Meeting Street Lofts apartment complex, has been transformed since its days as Gale. Four high-top tables snake through the center of the room, creating a necessary divide that did not exist before. Scattered photos fill the wall facing the bar, which stays open until midnight.
“Everything they’ve done is just really thoughtful, really nuanced,” Hudacsko said of the cocktail program. “It’s a really fun bar to sit at.”
The Archer is open from 4 p.m.-midnight Wednesday through Monday (closed Tuesday). Happy hour is served from 4-6 p.m., and free two-hour parking is available in the Meeting Street Lofts garage each night the restaurant is open.
For more information, visit thearchercharleston.com.
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