Unique Facts about Poogan's

• Since opening in 1976, Poogan’s Porch has become a hot spot for celebrities, politicians, tourists and locals who rave about this Southern institution. Several high profile celebrities including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, Jody Foster, Joe Namath, Tennessee Williams, Barbara Streisand and James Brolin have visited and raved about Poogan’s.
• Scenes from the 1989 movie “Champagne Charlie,” starring Hugh Grant, were filmed inside the popular restaurant, and the walls are filled with mementos and stories reflecting the past attention.
• Poogan's Porch is one of Charleston’s oldest and most reputable culinary establishments. The restaurant was originally a house built in 1888.
• Zoe St. Amand, a native Charlestonian who lived at the Charleston house on 72 Queen Street for a number of years prior to her death, has been spotted in various locations at various times. Sometimes at night, guest of the Mills House Hotel catch a glimpse of an old woman in a black dress waving from a second floor window of the restaurant. Police have been notified and upon investigation have found no one inside. Employees of Poogan’s have also seen glimpses of Zoe. Pots and pans have been known to crash inexplicably in the kitchen and hostesses in the past have witnessed visions of an old woman in a long black dress walking around and then disappearing. Paraphrased from The Ghosts of Charleston, by Edward B. Macy and Julian T. Buxton III.
• The Travel Channel voted the restaurant “Third Haunted Place in America” in 2003.
• Poogan’s Porch is named after a dog. A scruffy neighborhood dog, Poogan spent his time wandering from porch to porch alternately lounging around and begging for table scraps. Poogan was a good ol’, down-home, Southern porch dog. He became the guardian of the newly opened restaurant and presided over the renovation process. When the doors opened for business he greeted the first customers. The restaurant’s family cherished him and in his honor, the owners named the restaurant after him and his favorite resting spot— Poogan’s Porch. He died of natural causes in 1979 and the building is his monument.
• Poogan’s Porch is open 365 days a year, however, the restaurant closes for one dinner seating on Super Bowl Sunday…a family tradition.