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Join The Rusty Rudder Mount Pleasant for their 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Event to benefit Lowcountry Lab Rescue.   This howlin' good time is happening Saturday, October 29 from 1-3pm at the Rusty Rudder in Mount Pleasant.  10% of sales from the entire day will be donated to Lowcountry Lab Rescue.  PLUS Enjoy ALL YOU CAN EAT Pit Roasted Oysters starting at 3pm, Live Music on the Patio and College football inside and out!!  Don’t forget to dress up the pup for our Best Dressed Dog Costume Contest and a chance to win an awesome Rudder prize pack! Nelwater Mascot and Lowcountry Lab Rescue Alum - Pearl The Lab, owned by Ryan Nelson  Rusty Rudder Mascots Bailey & Rudder, Owned by Rusty Rudder co-owner Brian Johnston Nelwater Mascots Ralphie and Hazel, rescues owned by Nelwater Colleague Natalie Grantham We hope to see you there! It's always a blast at the Rudder! 

If you're stressing about Irma, take some time to take a break. The Rusty Rudder in Mount Pleasant is open! They will be open today and through out the weekend (as long as it's safe for everyone). Please patron local businesses when you can. 

Dine for a cause and help local children, while supporting a locally-owned restaurant at the same time. The Hendrick Charleston Sertoma Football Classic is honored to be the July 2017 beneficiary of The Rusty Rudder’s Miracle Mondays. Every Monday in July, when you patron The Rusty Rudder in Mount Pleasant, 10% of proceeds will go to the Sertoma Club of Charleston/Sertoma Classic. The 2017 Hendrick Charleston Sertoma Football Classic is Thursday, August 10 and Friday, August 11, at Johnson Hagood Stadium. Tickets will go on sale for this annual tradition that kicks off high school football season later in July, via local participating high school cheerleading teams and online.   “This is the second year The Rusty Rudder has designated the Hendrick Charleston Sertoma Football Classic as one of its chosen charities for Miracle Monday. And with five Mondays in July, it gives the community a chance to have lunch or dinner numerous times to help the charities the Classic supports a...

Beginning Monday, January 16, The Rusty Rudder in Mount Pleasant, will be open for lunch daily at 11:00 a.m. Their new operating hours will be Sunday - Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday, Saturday 11:00 a.m. to midnight. This is good news for the growing area of North Mount Pleasant. “The area around the Rudder is expanding rapidly and we want to give our neighbors other lunch options besides fast food.” says Brian Johnston, co-owner of the Rusty Rudder. Since its opening in 2014, The Rusty Rudder has had the opportunity to offer the North Mount Pleasant Farmers Market, a large event space for parties, oyster roasts, musical acts, an official Carolina Panthers viewing location, delicious brunch and their philanthropic Miracle Mondays which donated more than $7,000 to local nonprofits in 2016. The Rusty Rudder’s catering division has also experienced increased volume thanks to the Rudder’s ease of delivery and set-up. For details on catering, visit their website here: ht...

It's Miracle Monday at Rusty Rudder Mount Pleasant and there's still time to help those in need. Stop by today and enjoy happy hour and dinner - 10% of all proceeds benefit Toys for Tots Foundation.   Please bring a new, unwrapped toy as well as the Rudder is a drop-off location for Toys for Tots. Visit the Rusty Rudder HERE! 

After more than 15 years of family fun, football and entertaining folks from around the world, The Rusty Rudder Lake Norman at 20210 Henderson Road will close in October due to the non-renewal of their lease. However, things at The Rudder will continue as normal through the month of September such as live music every Friday through Sunday, the showing of all Panther games and other football games with the NFL Ticket. The Rudder staff was informed today of the news. Owners Eric Paul and Brian Johnston co-wrote this statement,  “It is with heavy hearts that we announce The Rusty Rudder Lake Norman will be closing its doors on October 3, 2016. Regrettably, our landlord has decided not to renew the lease after 15 years of business forcing us to close our doors. We would like to thank everyone that has been a part of The Rudder over these amazing years. We have truly felt like a part of Cornelius and Lake Norman Community from day one, and we will miss it deeply. We have be...

Look in your closet and count how many pairs of shoes you have and haven’t worn in years. Now, think about how those shoes could benefit those less fortunate and the Lowcountry Lab Rescue at the same time.  Along with Wooftrax Shoes for Shelters Fundraiser and Funds2Orgs, Lowcountry Lab Rescue is conducting a shoe collection drive in many locations from March 14 - May 15. Lowcountry Lab Rescue will earn funds based on the number of pairs collected as Funds2Orgs will purchase all of the donated goods. Those dollars will benefit Lowcountry Lab Rescue simply with your donation of gently worn, used or new shoes at locations listed below.  All donated shoes will then be redistributed throughout the Funds2Orgs network of micro-enterprise partners in developing nations. Funds2Orgs helps impoverished people start, maintain and grow businesses in countries such as Haiti, Honduras and other nations in Central America and Africa. Proceeds from the shoe sales are used to feed, c...