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Citta del Cotone, the pizza place that opened in Cottontown in November 2018 and quickly became the center of controversy after co-owner Rick Marzan posted questionable social media content, i…
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While the new Netflix romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe is important for many reasons — shattering stereotypes, breaking the wall for Asian A…
This Sunday is Father’s Day, and Flying Saucer is going all out. First up, on June 12, their usual Wednesday glass night is going to be a Fath…
June is Art + Ag month in South Carolina, where art and agriculture are celebrated in tandem as tourism experiences. Participating counties ha…
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Dutch Square goes vegan? Or at least, there’s a new vegan restaurant at the sparsely populated Dutch Square mall — in the former Chick-fil-A s…
what: Pulled Chicken Platter
Jake’s on Devine has long held the mantle of most dog-friendly local place to drink — but The Venue on Main is looking to get in on the slobbe…
The machines are taking over, and they’re starting in an inconspicuous capacity — serving us frozen yogurt topped with cute rainbow sprinkles …
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I was afraid it would taste like coffee LaCroix, a whisper of espresso flavor diluted by fizz, but I was wrong.
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The Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival is in its 10th year, and in honor of that milestone, Sustainable Midlands decided to shake it up a little —…
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Renovations continue on A Peace of Soul Vegan Kitchen’s brick-and-mortar location at Main and Franklin streets.
If you read our mention of the Lexington Wine Walk on Main in the column a few weeks back but couldn’t make it for whatever reason, you’re in …
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“They are super proud of me. It makes me happy,” says Zackery Gates as he hands me a card his mother sent him recently.
116 Espresso and Wine Bar in West Columbia was best known for its epic brunches that were easy to linger over — and an iteration of those brun…
what: Blood Orange Marmalade
It was an interesting weekend in South Carolina craft beer as Charleston’s Frothy Beard Brewing Company faced intense online scrutiny after on…
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Few things are as elegant and comforting as cilantro, onion and lime atop a bed of grilled meat and a warm corn tortilla. Known as street taco…
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As at the megaplex, where Avengers: Endgame is proving once more that people love superheroes fighting together, craft beer drinkers love a go…
Jordan Lawrence
Arts & Entertainment Editor for Free Times
Columbia Craft Brewing Co. brought home some gold from the 2018 US Open Beer Championship: Their Hop to Trot won the gold medal in the New Eng…
It’s farmers market season, and the Town of Lexington’s version is sprouting up at its new location for the first time at the Icehouse Amphith…
The long-awaited opening of Home Team BBQ is set for Monday, May 13 — at 11 a.m., for those who want to be first in line.
The Aristocrat (aka that place that used to be Kelly’s) is now open for lunch.
Arif Rizvi of RF's Corner Grill (and formerly One Taco Two Taco and Rue 77) has passed along his entrepreneurial spirit for opening restaurant…
Chicago’s Goose Island makes the heck out of some sours, and this Thursday, May 9, you can try four of the best on tap at The Whig for their S…
The back-to-basics approach is one of the biggest cultural shifts in the food world over the last 15 years, leading to a boom in small farming…
Blue Cactus Cafe is no more — and Cellar on Greene will soon close its doors as well.
Richland Library's farmers markets are expanding to a second location.
Find that eating a ketogenic diet is hard? Keto, as it is called for short, is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that forces the body to burn …
Back in February, the Rosewood Crawfish Festival made a big announcement. For its 2019 iteration, the longtime neighborhood staple would move …
If there’s one game that you can play with a beer in one hand, it’s cornhole. The drinking sport has exploded in popularity over the last deca…
It’s going to get fishy on Friday, May 3, as Cousins Maine Lobster rolls its lobster roll truck into town. The Charlotte-based food truck with…
One of the workers at Del Taco on Harbison Boulevard is wearing a green T-shirt with the words BEYOND BEEF stretched across the back. And that…
Lenny Boy Brewing’s Passion Fruit Gose (4.8 percent ABV, $2.99 for a pint at Greens)
This weekend is the Columbia Food and Wine Festival, and while “food” and “wine” are in the name, this year cocktails and craft beer will be g…
Columbia-area residents who have an Amazon Prime account now have access to free two-hour delivery services from Whole Foods. The service just…
Jonathan Cooper most recently was the chef at Tazza Kitchen in Forest Acres. Now, he’s taken over as head chef at River Rat Brewery.
There’s an interesting amount of turnover in restaurants on the 1700 block of Main Street, which isn’t really too far removed from the action …
For the longest time I had settled on a routine, making virtually the same pot of coffee every morning. But one day in the dead of winter, whi…
The folks behind Flying Saucer’s Flight Nights are crafty ones. Sure, they could have chosen to hold their Girl Scout Cookie Flight Night back…
When the Fresh Market pulled out of the Lexington shopping center development on Sunset Boulevard at Palmetto Park Boulevard, it was uncertain…
This Sunday, April 14, the final season of Game of Thrones premieres on HBO, and Conquest Brewing Co. will be sending it off in style. As they…
Want to experience the world of pimento cheese in Columbia? Check out this fun new program from Experience Columbia SC. To participate, pick u…
