Today's tour takes me to Mario's Italian Grill in West Ashley off Savannah Highway.  Mario's is a small grill restaurant with only a few tables but it's worth the time to enjoy some outstanding food. Located around the dealerships on Savannah Highway it is close to some great neighborhoods. Parkwoo

Today I visited Toni's Detroit Style Pizza. The atmosphere was great and it was like I was back in my childhood when my mom used to take my brother and me to Pizza Hut (when you ate indoors). It's a really good family-friendly place to go. The food was great and fast. Check out their amazing menu H

I'm going to visit as many restaurants as possible in charleston and surrounding areas to give you a chance to hopefully find a new favorite spot. The first stop is Amalfi's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, one of my favorites. Last year I did a blog on this restaurant, and they made some changes. T

Like many areas of Charleston, Subdivisions are like a community in themselves. No matter what part of Charleston you call home, whether it’s downtown, Mount Pleasant, James Island, Johns Island, or in Summerville, you probably live in a subdivision that is your community. Daniel Island is like a s

Ladies and gentlemen I would like to present to you the best Italian restaurant in Mount Pleasant. Amalfi's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria. This little restaurant is located in Belle Hall shopping center. As you walk through the doors, you’ll notice The aroma of Italian food all around you. Aaaah, A

Mellow Mushroom is a unique experience for the whole entire family. From the time you pull in the time you leave you can tell this place is built for the family from the artwork surrounding the outside and inside of the restaurant. Mellow Mushroom is a place you can go for good food adult drinks a

Today I was driving over the Ravenel bridge and it just hit me how blessed we are for this bridge. For most of you that are new to Charleston, you say it looks beautiful but what’s so special about it. Let me tell you! The first bridge that I saw coming from Charleston to Mount Pleasant was a 2 L

Being new to this exciting business can and is scary when most of your life has been driving a truck. I know you ask why the big change? I've always enjoyed the parts of my driving job when I was able to sell something that they needed. Maybe it was a service that we provided or just something they

Help Shape What I Write About! Hey, everyone, I'm going to start giving you a little insight into what makes James Island a hot place to live. I will show you all the local restaurants and hang out places. We will meet some of the local people and try the get them to give us their getaway spot on t

I started blogging about James Island before the shutdown and it has changed how we lived. Now we are starting to be able to go back out and enjoy our favorite places. So here is one of my favorite places. If you have a favorite place near you let me know! John Norkett Real Estate/Leasing/P

Hey everyone I’m back with another hot spot to drink and eat. Smokey Oak Taproom is in the heart of James Island. With great food and adult beverages it an amazing place to unwind. Join me at Smokey Oak Taproom for some great food and a beverage. What's your favorite spot to unwind?

Hey everyone today I’m gonna take a detour from talking about James Island and I’m going to talk about new construction. There are many perks of buying a new construction house. When you’re looking for a home you have two choices you can find a home that’s got a lot of the things that you want in a

Hey everyone, John Norkett here. The last time that I put a blog in it was about new construction versus existing homes. Today I would like to go over one of the new construction homes that are around Daniel Island; it’s called Governor's Clay. They have five different housing models available now.

Hey everyone! Imagine if you’re seeing this you’re out looking for houses. You may have run across a few that you like but not really next to the neighborhood that you really like. Don't automatically discount the house for the location.  Contact me today to tour neighborhoods. 

Time for some Golf!     2021 is here, and now is the time to put them awful 2020 year behind us. This year I’m gonna concentrate on the golf courses around Charleston. My first course of the year was Rivertown Country Club. If you don’t know where this is, it’s in Mount Pleasant off of Highway 41

More on the golf courses around Charleston.                   Today I'll be talking about the city of Charleston municipal golf course. It’s located in James Island off of Maybank highway which Is close to the Riverland Terrace neighborhood. If anybody’s ever played this course they will know

This month I went and played at the Charleston mini-golf course. This course has been one of the top public courses in South Carolina, it has hosted the Charleston cup for many years. This course has been renovated to make it a lot harder I’ll go first for many levels. They’ve had added sand bunkers