In the heart of Charleston’s historic district, Dick Elliott enjoys a few minutes of pre-lunch calm in his well-known eatery, Slightly North of Broad.
Born in Charleston, Elliott is owner of Maverick Southern Kitchens, an independent restaurant and hospitality group that includes three Charleston-area restaurants, a bed and breakfast, a culinary retail store and cooking school, as well as a restaurant in Greenville. The S.C. Hospitality Association named him the 2008 S.C. Restaurateur of the Year, and his flagship location, known as S.N.O.B. to locals, was inducted into the national 2008 Fine Dining Hall of Fame just last month.
Elliott’s background is in journalism—he finished a BA at Carolina in 1967. As a Carolina student, he worked full-time as a reporter and assistant desk editor at The State newspaper, and was editor of The Gamecock student newspaper. After graduation, he was assistant to then-University President Tom Jones. Later came a law degree from the University of Michigan, 11 years practicing law in Atlanta, and several years spent in corporate management. After extensive travel, he returned to the Lowcountry.
“I bought a building that had a restaurant in it, and then I discovered that I was in the restaurant business,” he laughed. “I never had any ambition to be in the business, but hospitality is a very central part of activity in Charleston, and once I was in the restaurant business, I loved it.”
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