Mindi Meyaard's workday starts at 4 a.m. - and most Tuesdays through Fridays, one of her Lunch Lady regulars is ordering his breakfast at 6:01 a.m., one minute after she opens.

This month marks the one-year anniversary of Cinco Mexican Grill at Buckwalter Place in Bluffton

Native Hilton Head islander and chef David Vincent Young started cooking when he was 6, taught by his great-grandmother.

"I heard about this place in Afghanistan," a young man at a table told Red Stripes owner-chef Ezron Daley one night last month.

The menu at Pelican's Point restaurant doesn't mention the grand views of Broad Creek from its three spacious dining rooms, bar and outside patio.