Myles and Jun Yakitori has been open in Summerville for 31 years. It moved into a bigger building closer to downtown and now serves lunch and opens on Sundays, which it didn't do before. The new grill restaurants this fall, a tabletop yakiniku spot and a rebranded smokehouse, both opened in Nexton.
So for a lot of households, picking a grill dinner this November also means picking a side of town. The added hours at Myles and Jun also mean it's now open on the same days as downtown's busiest weekends of the year.
A 31-year-old restaurant just added hours
The Post and Courier says Myles and Jun started as a small restaurant with three tables and grew into a 31-year Summerville institution. Its last day at the longtime Bacons Bridge Road location was Sept. 19. The family reopened in a newly built space at 212 W. Fourth North St. on Sept. 23.
The old address was 710 Bacons Bridge Road. Lowcountry Business Spotlight reported that the bigger building came with three things the old one didn't have:
- A private event space
- Lunch service
- Sunday hours
The same report says CEO Redd Reyes told the outlet that the restaurant booked out four days within 12 hours of announcing the reopening date. The outlet credited that to telling existing regulars first. That's how much demand the restaurant had before it added any hours.
The lunch and Sunday hours matter most if you live in town. A dinner-only restaurant fits a weeknight. One that serves lunch and opens on Sundays fits a Saturday morning at the farmers market, a parade afternoon in December, or a family meal after church. For a place that books out this quickly, the new daytime hours are the easiest way to get a table without planning days ahead.
Nexton's new corner cooks with fire, too
The two new grill restaurants are up Highway 17A in Nexton, and they work very differently from a yakitori counter.
FU-O BBQ scheduled its soft opening on Sigma Drive for Oct. 13 and 14. It's built around yakiniku, the Japanese tradition whose name means "grilled meat." The Post and Courier reported that every table has a smokeless grill, so your party cooks the beef, chicken, pork and vegetables itself. The restaurant also has a raw oyster bar and a cocktail list with sake, soju and local Charleston beers. FU-O's own site takes reservations, lists hours of 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, and gives the address as 448 Sigma Drive. The menu runs from short rib, ribeye and brisket to shrimp and scallops, plus meat combos meant for sharing.
A few minutes away, Poogan's Southern Kitchen at 101 Nexton Square Drive switched from Southern comfort food to barbecue. The Post and Courier reported that it planned to close Sept. 28 for "branding, menu and cosmetic updates" and reopen on Oct. 5. The new menu is modeled on Poogan's Smokehouse, which already operates on East Bay Street in Charleston. The Poogan's site now lists the Nexton Square location as open, with slow-smoked barbecue on the menu.
Here's how the three compare as of early November:
| Myles and Jun Yakitori | FU-O BBQ | Poogan's Smokehouse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Closer to downtown | Nexton | Nexton Square |
| Address | 212 W. Fourth North St. | 448 Sigma Drive | 101 Nexton Square Drive |
| How it cooks | Yakitori | Table-side yakiniku, you grill | Slow-smoked barbecue |
| What changed this fall | Moved Sept. 23, added lunch and Sundays | Soft opening scheduled Oct. 13–14 | Changed concept, set to reopen Oct. 5 |
| Hours | Now open for lunch and on Sundays | 11 a.m.–10 p.m. daily | Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9 p.m., Fri–Sat 11 a.m.–10 p.m. |
Nexton now has a cook-it-yourself grill house and a smokehouse within a short drive of each other, both open into the evening seven days a week. Downtown's grill option is the one with three decades of regulars, and it now opens earlier in the day.
The rest of the fall's restaurant changes
There were other openings and closings around town, and they're worth knowing about.
Zaxby's opened Oct. 19 at 201 Corbin St. in Carnes Crossroads. The nearly 3,000-square-foot restaurant has a drive-thru and seats more than 50. Its grand opening runs Nov. 2 through Nov. 8, with daily giveaways, so the promotions have a few days left as this post goes up.
Summerville also lost a restaurant. O'Charley's closed its Summerville location Sept. 9, when the chain shut all of its remaining restaurants, according to the Post and Courier.
One more is coming. The Journal Scene has Samaya Indian Table opening on Cross Park Lane "toward the end of the year."
Where the new daytime hours meet the downtown calendar
Myles and Jun's lunch and Sunday hours matter most because of what's coming up downtown. From mid-November through Dec. 19, a string of events fills Hutchinson Square and Main Street, and several land on Saturdays and Sundays, the days a dinner-only restaurant wouldn't have been much help.
- Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Summerville Farmers Market, run by Summerville DREAM, sets up at First Citizens Bank, 218 South Main St., behind Town Hall. DREAM says the season runs from April to mid-November, and Nov. 14 is the last Saturday on the 2026 event listing. If you want one more fall market morning, this is likely it.
- Friday, Nov. 13, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Town calendar lists Worship in the Park at Hutchinson Square, with live music and prayer led by Christ Temple a Kingdom Church.
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. DREAM's Third Thursday is held the third Thursday of every month at Hutchinson Square, at W. Richardson and Short Central.
- Tuesday, Dec. 1, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Town's Old Time Christmas Tree Celebration takes place at Hutchinson Square, 102 S. Main St.
- Dec. 5 through Dec. 19. Christmas on the Square fills Hutchinson Square with trees decorated with the Junior Service League.
- Sunday, Dec. 13. The Christmas Parade Artisan Market runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hutchinson Square. The Summerville Christmas Parade, also run by Summerville DREAM, goes through downtown from 2 to 4 p.m.
Look at the parade date. Dec. 13 is a Sunday, and the artisan market opens at 11 a.m. That's the kind of day the old Bacons Bridge Road schedule didn't cover and the new one does. The farmers market's final Saturday is the same story: it ends at 1 p.m., in the middle of lunch.
Downtown has the events and now a 31-year-old grill restaurant with daytime hours to go with them. Nexton has the newest grills and long evening hours every day of the week. If you're keeping track of how the town's three main areas are developing, our August look at Summerville's downtown, Nexton and Summers Corner has the bigger picture. This fall's restaurant moves follow the same pattern.
At Charleston House Now, Andrew Scherl keeps up with changes like these across Summerville, from Nexton Square to Hutchinson Square. If you'd like to know how your street fits into the new picture, or what your home is worth this season, get your home value or reach out. We'd be glad to talk it through, maybe over lunch on Fourth North Street.
