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The Burgers At This Little South Carolina Cafe Are So Enormous, You Can Barely Take A Bite

Somewhere on Greene Street in Columbia, South Carolina, there’s a cafe that has figured out something most restaurants spend years trying to get right. Pawleys Front Porch knows exactly what it is, and it wants you to feel completely at home the second you arrive. Columbia is the kind...

Columbia, SC · 3d
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The rise and fall of Jessamine Mall, now Sumter Mall in Sumter, SC, and what is left of its shops

In May 1979, Jim Wilson & Associates announced a $12.5 million enclosed mall for a Broad Street site west of central Sumter, with Belk and JCPenney lined up as its anchors. The developers named it Jessamine Mall, after the yellow jessamine, the flower South Carolina had picked as its own. Downtown had tried its own kind of mall in the 1970s.

Sumter, SC · 8h
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South Carolina Seafood Lovers Keep Going Back For The Constantly Refilled Snow Crab At This All-You-Can-Eat Columbia Buffet With Sushi, Hibachi, And Chinese Classics

Picture a plate piled high with snow crab legs, and then picture going back for more as many times as you like. That is the big draw at Flaming Grill Supreme Buffet in Columbia, where crab, sushi, hibachi, and Chinese favorites all share one roomy dining hall. Some guests call...

Columbia, SC · 9d
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What will Columbia's new Congaree riverfront park look like? Here's a peek

After months of public feedback, the city of Columbia this week unveiled sweeping plans for remaking a broad swath of downtown riverfront into the city’s newest park. Plans for gardens, walkways, bike paths, community spaces and a boat launch are all slated for a future park along the banks of the Congaree River between the Gervais Street bridge and the University of South Carolina’s baseball park. The city and park designers showcased the plans for the first time at a public forum Monday at the Senate’s End event venue close to the site of the long-planned public development. They also frankly addressed the challenges to getting the project off the ground in such a challenging location. “It’s a tricky situation,” because much of the 100-acre site, long undeveloped at the edge of Columbia’s Vista district, sits in an area that is frequently flooded when storms swell the size of the Congaree, said Sarah Astheimer with the New York-based landscape architecture firm Field Operations, which designed plans for the future park. “It will be a green sponge,” Astheimer said. “Previous plans called for more development and buildings, and that would not be a smart thing to do.” Instead, the designers plan

Columbia, SC · 3d

The State

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This national retailer plans to open a new store in Columbiana Centre mall

A growing company that offers well-known fragrances is setting up a shop in a popular Columbia mall. Perfumania, which has more than 100 stores across the U.S., is coming soon to the Columbiana Centre mall in the busy Harbison shopping area northwest of downtown Columbia. There are banners up on a storefront in the mall touting that Perfumania is “opening soon” there and that the store will offer “over 1,000 authentic fragrances at discounted prices.” The new Perfumania shop will be neighbored by the Build-A-Bear Workshop and a Miniso store. The fragrance shop is going into a space that formerly was home to Francesca’s, which closed earlier this year . Perfumania touts on its website that it is one of the nation’s largest fragrance retailers, with more than 100 stores nationwide. It carries men’s and women’s fragrances, from companies such as Dolce & Gabana, Lancome, Paris Hilton, Giorgio Armani and many others. The company has been in a growth pattern, with industry publications noting earlier this year it planned to add 43 new locations throughout 2026 and 2027. The Columbiana Centre mall remains a popular shopping hub, with a number of department stores, smaller shops, restaurants and other amenities. It

Columbia, SC · 2d

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This South Carolina All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Buffet Is Worth Every Mile Of The Drive

An 18-foot model of the Queen Elizabeth II sits inside a seafood buffet. Yes, a buffet. And that ship is only one piece of a massive nautical collection. The food line stretches past 170 items. Alaskan snow crab legs are all you can eat. Light, crispy Calabash-style shrimp and flounder...

Myrtle Beach, SC · 8d

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The Space-Themed Roadside Shack In South Carolina That Secretly Serves The State’s Best Hot Dogs

Hot dogs don’t usually inspire the kind of devotion that makes people drive across town, cancel plans, or rearrange their entire afternoon, but Jack’s Cosmic Dogs in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina is not a usual hot dog situation. This place has been quietly rewriting the rules of what...

Mt Pleasant, SC · 9d

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The Rural South Carolina Restaurant That’s So Good, People Drive For Miles To Eat There

Somewhere between “I’ve never heard of it” and “I can’t believe I waited this long,” there’s a steakhouse on Kelleytown Road that changes how you think about dining in South Carolina. Shug’s Steakhouse in Hartsville is that restaurant, and it has been earning...

Hartsville, SC · 5d

The State

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USA Today ranks this Texas-style BBQ spot in SC among the nation's best

Where is the best place to find a good, delicious plate of Texas-style BBQ in South Carolina? Of course, the top restaurants with Texas-style barbecue will be in Texas, but readers from USA Today say there’s a joint in West Columbia that beats almost any other barbecue spot in the country. A panel of experts from USA Today nominated a list of Texas-style barbecue spots and then asked their readers to vote on which one is the best. The result was a ranking of the nation’s 10 best Texas-style barbecue spots. Here’s the BBQ spot in the Columbia area that was loved enough by readers to be featured on USA Today’s ranking: Best Texas-style BBQ in SC The South Carolina restaurant that was featured on USA Today’s 10 Best Texas-style BBQ Picks was City Limits Barbeque in West Columbia. Since 2016, City Limits Barbeque has been a staple in the Columbia community and has strived to make the best Southern cooking in the city, according to their website. The family-owned restaurant was originally a food truck, but in 2023, they made the transition into a brick-and-mortar. This isn’t the first time City Limits Barbeque has been recognized for its culinary

West Columbia, SC · 2d

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Harpootlian drops Group Therapy appeal, continues fight against neighboring bar’s liquor license

COLUMBIA — Dick Harpootlian’s latest challenge to Five Points institution Group Therapy has officially ended, but a similar challenge to the neighboring Five Points Saloon is ongoing. The cases began in July 2024, when former Wales Garden Neighborhood Association President Coley Frank Adams filed protests against the bar’s liquor licenses being renewed by the state. Adams claimed the bars are not following state law requiring the majority of their business be driven by food sales, rather than alcohol. Adams was represented in court by attorney and former state senator Harpootlian. After a seri...

Columbia, SC · 2d

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Veterans Day Parade to be held in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The city is celebrating Veterans Day with its annual parade next Wednesday. Columbia’s Veterans Day Parade honors the service members, veterans, and military families who define the Midlands. The event is one of the largest Veterans Day celebrations in the Southeast and a significant event...

Columbia, SC · 3d

Myrtle Beach Sun-News

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Is it legal to throw your pet's poop in neighbor's trash can? What SC law says

It’s trash day in your neighborhood, and you have your can sitting along the curb waiting for pickup. Then along comes a neighbor walking their dog and throws their pet’s bag of feces into your trash can. Putting aside the fact that the act is not very neighborly, is it against the law? South Carolina law says that a person cannot “dump, throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of litter or other solid waste upon ... private property in the State for which he is not the legal owner or a person otherwise granted permission by the legal owner.” Horry County has separate solid-waste rules , and using someone else’s bin without permission could still prompt a complaint. The law also states that “garbage” that is placed in trash cans for pickup “shall not include human or animal feces.” There are other city ordinances with rules about picking up and disposing of your pet’s waste. Myrtle Beach and pet poop Myrtle Beach’s ordinance says that it is unlawful to "fail to promptly remove and properly dispose of all feces left by the animal on any public property or any private property not owned by the owner.” It goes as

South Carolina · 2d

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Beat The Owner At Ping Pong And Your Entire Meal Is Free At This South Carolina Restaurant

There’s a restaurant in Columbia, South Carolina, where the pasta is housemade, the atmosphere is straight out of a Roman holiday, and a single ping pong match could save you from paying your entire bill. Villa Tronco is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever...

Columbia, SC · 1d

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Priscilla Presley to share her story at Harbison Theatre

Priscilla Presley is coming to the Midlands to tell her story in her own words. At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, the Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College presents “An Evening with Priscilla Presley: The Story of Elvis & the King’s Legacy.” The all-new program offers audiences a personal look at life with Elvis Presley, from the moment they met when she was 14 years old to the legacy that endures today.

Irmo, SC · 2d

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10 Peaceful South Carolina Walking Paths Where Crisp Fall Breezes Meet Gorgeous Park Scenery

One park on this list has a fountain shaped like a giant pineapple. I refuse to believe that isn’t a good enough reason to go for a walk. Another spot has quarter-mile markers beside an old canal, and a third sits by a river lined with Spanish moss. When...

South Carolina · 2d

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Beloved Hudson Valley Pizza Business Moves To The Carolinas

A popular pizza business confirmed the business is leaving the Hudson Valley.

North Carolina · 2d

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The Massive South Carolina Tea Room Where You Can Sip, Shop, And Wander For Hours Before 2026 Ends

Somewhere in South Carolina, a tea room keeps an open closet full of fancy hats and fascinators just for its guests. You pick one, put it on, and lunch suddenly feels like a royal invitation. The tea arrives in fine china, and the food is made from scratch. The English...

Newberry, SC · 3d

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7 Deadly South Carolina Mountain Trip Mistakes to Catch Before It’s Too Late

South Carolina’s mountain trails can demand much more than a casual walk in the woods. Steep climbs, wet rock, changing weather, and limited phone service all affect how quickly a small problem can become serious. These seven mistakes draw on the practical realities of Table Rock and the Mountain...

South Carolina · 21h

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The Carolinas Showed Up and Showed Out at the 2nd Annual Carolina Soul Music Awards

From red carpet glamour and celebrity sightings to major wins and heartfelt tributes, Columbia proved Southern Soul and Carolina talent deserve a big stage. The Carolinas had something to say on November 1st, and it said it with soul, star power and and Oscar-worthy red carpet looks!. The 2nd Annual...

Columbia, SC · 2d

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This Tiny South Carolina Bakery Has Handmade Donuts That People Are Obsessed With

Nobody plans to become obsessed with a donut shop, and yet here are the people of Rock Hill, South Carolina, completely devoted to MoMo Donuts and not even a little bit sorry about it. This small bakery has developed the kind of following that most restaurants spend years trying to...

Rock Hill, SC · 2d