"Food and beverage establishments have flocked to Spring Street over the last decade. Now it's Cannon Street's turn." That was the opening of the Post and Courier's report on Two Blokes Brewing's new Cannon Street taproom in August.
Cannon Street's food businesses are mostly morning counters plus one live-fire dinner room. Three of the places that opened this year, Sonder, Two Blokes and KYN, run from late morning into the night. Put them together and a few blocks in Cannonborough-Elliottborough can carry a whole day, from a 7 a.m. bagel to a pint at 11 p.m., without anyone getting in a car.
The Street, Sorted by When the Doors Open
Here is the corridor ordered by opening time, using each business's posted hours as of this fall.
| Opens | Business | Address | What it is | Posted hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 a.m. | Holey City Bagels | 43 Cannon St. | Hand-rolled, water-boiled bagels and a coffee bar | 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., closed Tuesdays |
| 7 a.m. | The Co-Op | 81 Cannon St., Suite 101 | Deli menu, then burgers, with frosé and cocktails all day | 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily |
| 8 a.m. | Annie Mae's Bakeshop | 185 St. Philip St., at Cannon | Pies, cakes, biscuits and espresso drinks | Wednesday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| 11 a.m. | Two Blokes Brewing | 114 Cannon St. | Craft beer and wine taproom with a kitchen | Sun to Wed 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thu to Sat until 11 p.m. |
| Noon | KYN | 61 Cannon St. | Japanese handroll and cocktail bar | Handrolls noon to 4 p.m., dinner 5 to 10 p.m. |
| Noon | Sonder Wine Bar + Retail Shop | 90 Cannon St. | Wine by the glass or bottle, small plates, bottle shop | Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu noon to 8 p.m., Fri and Sat until 10 p.m. |
| 5 p.m. | Southbound | 72 Cannon St. | Live-fire dinner with rotating dry-aged meats | Tue to Thu and Sun 5 to 9 p.m., Fri and Sat until 10 p.m., closed Monday |
Look at the bottom four rows. Sonder opened in April, Two Blokes on August 11, and KYN in late August. All three open between 11 a.m. and noon and stay open into the evening. They took over the hours after the bagel shop and bakeshop close and before Southbound lights its fire.
Mornings Belong to the Counters
In its Two Blokes story, the Post and Courier listed Southbound, The Co-Op, Holey City Bagels and Annie Mae's Bakeshop as the businesses that had opened along this residential strip over the last few years. Three of the four are morning businesses.
Holey City Bagels hand-rolls and water-boils its bagels and takes online orders for pickup, which matters on a shop that closes at 1 p.m. Annie Mae's Bakeshop, which the Post and Courier covered when it opened in April, sits at the corner of St. Philip and Cannon, though its address is 185 St. Philip Street. Its case holds pies, cakes and butter-rich biscuits, and the espresso drinks include pistachio butter and banana toffee lattes. It runs a shorter week, Wednesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Co-Op bridges the day. Its deli menu runs from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., burgers and light bites take over from 5 to 8 p.m., and specialty cocktails are poured the whole time. Its site is also promoting a Halloween pop-up, "Nightmare on Cannon St.," running all October, so the timing is right for a visit this month.
At the King Street end, The Grocery at 4 Cannon St. made Charleston City Paper's 2026 Top 50. The paper noted that chef-owner Kevin Johnson and his team marked the restaurant's 15th anniversary this year. Cannon Street had a destination dinner long before the current wave.
Noon to Five Is Where the New Arrivals Landed
Before KYN, Sonder and Two Blokes, the afternoon was the thinnest part of the street's schedule. The Co-Op was the only all-day option.
KYN opened at 61 Cannon St. this summer from chefs Tae Woo Lee and Peter Marcus. It runs a handroll bar from noon to 4 p.m. every day. That gives the street a sit-down lunch that isn't a sandwich or a bagel.
Across the street and a few doors up, Sonder Wine Bar + Retail Shop opens at noon most days. Co-owners Michelle Kauczka and Jill Schenzel pour wine by the glass or bottle, serve small plates and run a retail shelf for taking a bottle home. It is the one stop on the strip where an afternoon errand and a glass of wine fit in the same visit.
Two Blokes Brewing opens earliest of the three, at 11 a.m. According to the Post and Courier, co-owners Rhett and Haley Anderson put the taproom in a 19th-century building steps from the Medical University of South Carolina, serving sours, stouts, IPAs and lagers. The taproom has a kitchen, so it works for a weekday lunch as well as a pint, and its Cannon page is promoting October events.
After Five, the Street Has Range
Evening is when the new and old tenants overlap, and they overlap at different price points and paces.
Southbound at 72 Cannon is the live-fire room, with rotating dry-aged meats, cocktails and wine. It opens at 5 p.m. and closes at 9 on most nights, 10 on Fridays and Saturdays.
KYN switches to full dinner service at 5 p.m. and runs until 10 every night. Its format sits between traditional omakase and casual sushi. You can let the chefs choose or order à la carte, in a dining room that seats about 40. Resy lists it in the "$$" price band.
The later hours belong to the newcomers. Sonder stays open until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Two Blokes stays open until 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, which makes it the last door open on the strip and the natural end of a dinner at Southbound or KYN.
The Day of the Week Changes the Plan
A full day on Cannon depends on the calendar more than the hours suggest. Going by the posted schedules:
- Monday: Southbound is closed, and Annie Mae's is closed until Wednesday. Holey City, The Co-Op, KYN, Sonder and Two Blokes are all open.
- Tuesday: This is the thinnest day. Holey City and Annie Mae's are closed, Sonder's published schedule doesn't list Tuesday, and The Co-Op, KYN, Two Blokes and Southbound carry the street.
- Wednesday through Sunday: Every business in the table is open, and on Thursday through Saturday Two Blokes runs until 11 p.m.
A Friday or Saturday is the one day you can run the full sequence: a bagel at Holey City, handrolls at KYN, a glass at Sonder, dinner at Southbound and a last pint at Two Blokes. All of it fits on one street.
What Arrives at 89 Cannon in November
The next tenant will add a second dinner room to the evening. Alteño is coming to the ground floor of The Charlee on Cannon at 89 Cannon St., from founders Johnny and Kasie Curiel.
Johnny Curiel's Colorado restaurants include Alma Fonda Fina, Cozobi Fonda Fina, Mezcaleria Alma and the original Alteño. The Post and Courier reported that Alma holds a Michelin star and placed No. 45 on North America's 50 Best, and that Mezcaleria Alma earned a Michelin star in 2025. Holy City Sinner reported that Alteño will bring the flavors of Mexico's Jaliscan Highlands downtown. Eater Carolinas described the concept as built on wood-fire cooking, whole-animal butchery, seafood and local, seasonal ingredients.
The opening date has moved. Coverage in September pointed to October. The restaurant's Charleston page now reads "Coming this November!" and gives no specific day. Hours haven't been published either.
One Block Over, the Street That Went First
Spring Street, the corridor the Post and Courier pointed to as the earlier wave, still adds to the loop. Bareo opened at 73 Spring St. on February 13 under chef-owner Nikko Cagalanan and Paula Kramer. City Paper's Top 50 includes Estadio at 122 Spring St., Bistronomy by Nico at 64 Spring St. and Chubby Fish at 252 Coming St. On an evening when the Cannon rooms are full, those are a short walk away.
The order matters, though. Spring Street filled in first, and in 2026 Cannon filled in the hours of the day that it hadn't covered yet. Once Alteño opens in November, both ends of the evening on Cannon will have more than one table.
If you'd like to talk through how a street like Cannon fits into everyday life on the upper peninsula, or which nearby blocks put these doors within an easy walk, Kim McElman is glad to share what she knows about downtown Charleston. Let's Connect.
