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For over 20 years our locally owned, private practice has provided our community with the most advanced dental care in the country. And we have made it our mission to support local nonprofits that work to promote wellness in our community.

It would be our privilege to welcome you to our Bluffton or Hilton Head Island location and help you achieve your best oral and overall health.

Deano’s Wood Fired Grille, 7 Greenwood Drive (Reilley’s Plaza), 843-686-3000, deanoshhi.com: Folks have emailed wondering what was going in at the Triangle, and now we know. Executive Chef Robert Shaffer and his wife, Jennifer, are both graduates of the Culinary Institute of America and opened their first Deano’s restaurant in Dublin, Ga., in 2010. The menu features a variety of unique takes on Italian staples like pizza, lasagna and chicken parmesan, and dishes such as steak Regina, shrimp and grits, pork porterhouse and chicken cordon bleu. Deano’s will feature a $24.99 early bird special (4 to 5 p.m.) featuring a choice of four soups and appetizers and a choice of five entrees, including crab cakes and chicken marsala. Open Tuesday through Saturday 3 to 9:30 p.m.

New doings at Main Street Village

The North End’s premier shopping destination is in a transitional phase, with a number of new stores and owners taking over storefronts. First, a welcome to Rick Patel of Patel’s Liquors. Rick has become well known for his charitable foundation and his budding beverage and convenience store empire in Jasper County, and he has taken over both Reilley’s Spirits locations on the island, including the Main Street location at 1105 Main St.

There are a number of new stores readying their locations. A new handmade jewelry and accessory store is opening at 1401 Main Street, next to Fraum Chiropractic. Then there’s a brand that’s built its following as a grazing board, basket lunch and picnic stylist, Board and Basket, that is taking over the former Pizza Co. space at 1201 Main Street. They hope to have their doors open in early May. And finally, No Bull Mattress, the discount luxury mattress store that opened in Bluffton in 2021, is expanding to the island. Mark and Shannon Coleman hope to be open at 1203A Main Street next to Limoncello’s in June.

Two more island eateries

Elements Restaurant and Lounge, 2 North Forest Beach Drive, Unit 108, 843-802-4942, elementshhi.com, features gourmet European cuisine from chef Olivier Allain, a Paris-trained chef who has traveled the world cooking and perfecting his recipes to open this island eatery. The menu features appetizers like North Atlantic lobster tacos, truffle fries and a beet cobbler, followed by entrees such as osso bucco, butter fish and truffle linguine.

And there’s good news for fans of Thai Smile Cuisine, formerly of Bridge Center on the Bluffton-Hilton Head border. Chef Kanlaya Ouychaisawad began her cooking journey as a food blogger before building a diehard following in the Lowcountry. Now, she is relaunching over the bridge at 11 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite 102 in the Island Crossing Plaza. Thai Smile will offer lunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more information, visit thaismilecuisine.com.

Coming attractions

• Two “future home” signs have popped up at the Washington Square site off of Buckwalter Parkway, both familiar names that have built up loyal Lowcountry followings. Palmetto Running Company is opening in the urban townhome mixed-use community. Named one of the best running stores in America for the past four years, the local fave will open a third location to go