Butcher & Bee Bacon Fat Popcorn [CLOSED]

Popcorn Charleston

My final meal in the culinary wonderland of Charleston, South Carolina, was with family at Butcher & Bee a new beyond-seasonal sandwich shop with global influences from Michael Shemtov, who owns two branches of Mellow Mushroom in town. We split a number of seemingly disparate sandwiches, including a vegetarian muffaletta, ham and Gruyere on brioche, a pork banh mi, and an open-faced chile relleno torta involving molten Pimento cheese. They also offer a number of sides, and of course the option that grabbed my pork-loving family’s attention was popcorn.

They sell two sizes, but of course we had to go with large ($3.50). Minutes later, we received a butcher paper cornucopia overflowing with savory popcorn seasoned with tangy vinegar, salt, and the key selling point: bacon fat, which coated but by no means overpowered the kernels. “Bacon” and “restraint” don’t normally go together, but they somehow crossed paths at Butcher & Bee.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.

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