About Us
Meet the founders of The Tasting Table
Elyssa started the restaurant club 'The Tasting Table' because, honestly, she needed an excuse to leave the house and meet people that didn't involve awkward small talk or pretending to enjoy networking events. Now, food... food is something she could talk about. Somewhere between her fifth "We should totally hang out sometime" and yet another solo dinner at a new restaurant, the idea hit: why not just build a community that wants to try new restaurants too? She started building this web application from scratch as a better way to automate the reservation process for everyone.
When she's not busy organizing restaurant takeovers, Elyssa occassionally works as a luxury travel consultant, livestreams her very questionable video game skills, fixes bugs she accidentally created on this web app trying to make it "prettier", and blogs about self-improvement and science -- see substack link on the left -- because she likes to pretend she has it all together and she definitely doesn't have thirty seven Chrome tabs open right now (new record, Lys?)
She has an aggressive loyalty to trying anything new, and is excited to see how the community grows under the umbrella of SipSavorCHS.
Natalia joined forces with Elyssa to start SipSavorCHS not long after moving to Charleston in August — mostly as an excuse to explore the city’s food scene, one bite at a time. What started as a shared love of cozy corners, creative menus, and post-dinner overanalyzing quickly turned into something bigger: a growing community of curious eaters and chaotic Google Maps lists.
When she’s not teaching, researching, or navigating academic life with her own seventeen Chrome tabs open and a matcha in hand, she’s probably chasing sunsets, curled up with a book, analyzing menus like she’s prepping for a final, and low-key ranking bread baskets across the city.
SipSavorCHS is their shared love letter to Charleston’s food scene — and the start of something they hope grows far beyond city limits. They're building a community for curious eaters, cozy vibes, and bold flavors — and they’re just getting started.