Alex Strickland has worked at Black Rooster since its inception in 2019, with prior positions in New York City and at nearby West Columbia restaurant Terra. 

Columbia’s brewery scene is a microcosm of the city and its populace. They’re eclectic, gritty and darn good at what they do.

It’s the second day of Rambo’s Fat Cat Biscuit’s soft opening in Cottontown, and, if it hadn’t closed early (due to a sell out, per the restaurant’s Facebook page), there would be little sign the restaurant wasn’t in full swing.

A wine to complete any Thanksgiving meal? It’s certainly an adaptable one.

Popular Main Street bar and restaurant Bourbon will soon get bigger.

Irmo’s Loveland Coffee opened its brick and mortar location this month, completing a rise from a small drive-through kiosk to in-house roasting and now a 5,000-square-foot space.

The Vista location of craft beer franchise World of Beer closed on Monday. The bar, home to more than 100 different beers at any given time and host to various trivia nights, opened in 2011.

Having to drastically alter Thanksgiving is a hit I had not fully prepared for until my family started asking each other about Thanksgiving plans amid a fraught week of election coverage and bad football outcomes.

Michigan’s Bell’s Brewery is one of the outstanding craft breweries that remains thoroughly independent and family-owned.

$16. 1615 North Beltline Blvd. il-bucato-pizza.square.site.

Thanksgiving arrives at an odd time this year. COVID-19 cases are once more spiking nationwide — including South Carolina, where daily tallies…

For students and faculty on the go, there often isn’t a lot of time to stop and check out what’s new or different around campus.

Family Fresh Mex was one of many great taco trucks in Columbia.

I never really jumped on the whole White Claw thing.

There’s another shakeup in the kitchen at Main Street rooftop bar and restaurant Hendrix — this time with an accompanying, major move just up …

Look, it’s early to think about Thanksgiving dinner. But it’s never too early to plan ahead, especially in 2020. From smoked turkeys to take-home cocktail mixes, Cola’s restaurants are ready to make your holiday a bit easier on the early morning legwork in the kitchen.

Following coronavirus safety protocols will curtail the typically sprawling nature of many Thanksgiving festivities. Indeed, so many people traveling and gathering in large numbers at their family homes seems apt for a recipe for viral disaster.

For some, that's reason enough to change longstanding plans. 

The chicharrónes at Decker Boulevard’s Cabañas are made with Boston butt, which is slow-braised before hitting the deep fryer. 

$5. 2824 Devine St. facebook.com/BlumCoffeeSC.

White pizza is a precarious balancing act.

Part grocery store, part meat market and part restaurant, El Mariachi is a one-stop shop for everyday basics and Latin necessities. 

New Sarum Brewing’s Griffin Series is for people who like big swings.

Consumer confidence has risen over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a contingent of Columbia diners are still wary of broaching indoor dining, only willing to eat at restaurants’ outdoor areas, owners said.

Consumer confidence has risen over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a contingent of Columbia diners are still wary of broaching indoor dining, only willing to eat at restaurants’ outdoor areas, owners said.

This month, the local brewery won a gold medal for its Carolinian Blonde Ale at the Great American Beer Festival, one of the most prestigious craft beer competitions in the country.

The difficulties of an ongoing pandemic won’t stop Columbia bars from celebrating Halloween. And while circumstances remain stacked against them, the holiday might be the first bright spot since the year turned upside down for the local drinking scene.

$10.99. MOMS on Main. 1734 Main St. 803-708-4313.

12 percent ABV. $5.49 for a 16 oz. can at Green’s.

There’s some pleasant nuttiness and the tiniest hint of smoke that comes from pecan-smoking the Appalachian wheat used to brew the beer. 

Tasty Tikka doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel with its modest setup at the Royal Farm Irmo Shell Station. 

From newcomers to an iconic stop down US-378, we uncover a few places to add to your Midland’s gas station food tour.

On Oct. 8, only a day after Hunter-Gatherer Brewery’s 25th birthday, owner Kevin Varner didn’t seem to be in a celebratory mood.

Three years ago, Brittany Koester’s mother died from cancer. It prompted a pivotal life change.

This gooey-good combo of mini-marshmallows and dark chocolate sauce will make even the biggest maple syrup fiends forget all about that reduced tree sap nectar.

Adult milkshakes are one of the calling cards of Kaminsky’s, and the dessert bar likes to have fun with seasonal flavors, especially in the autumn. 

A wave of restaurants and other hospitality businesses with minimalist designs and neutral palettes have opened in recent years throughout the country. Columbia is no stranger to this trend.

Just before announcing its permanent closure, Ricky Mollohan was gearing up to reopen Solstice Kitchen. The restaurant, which closed on Oct. 28, was supposed to return to business on Oct. 30.

Grab a can or two or six and toast the season with one of these standout Carolina märzens.

The Certified Grade A Angus beef tenderloin in this dish is impeccable, mixed with roasted garlic aioli and egg yolk for consistency and capers and house-made relish for just the right amount of tang to balance the dish while still letting the toothsome flavor of the beef shine through.

Happy Fork restaurant group has plans for a breakfast restaurant, steakhouse and dessert bar, and a health-focused restaurant for Chapin in the next five months.

29-year-old chef Javier Uriarte had, and still does have, a handful of reasons to be worried about opening his fine dining restaurant Ratio amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, he's playing it cool. 

7.2 percent ABV. Available at Hazelwood in Lexington ($7 pint; $15 four-pack 16 oz. cans; free glass with two four-packs; hazelwoodbeerco.com)…

Offering quick service with relatively little face-to-face interaction, food trucks seem tailor-made to sate a cooped-up populace dying to regain some form of normalcy

A real Italian deli. The kind of place where you walk in and you can see different meats curing, mounds of fine cheeses from around the world that you can’t just grab at a Publix down the road.

Columbia’s Rambo's Fat Cat Biscuits, the popular breakfast-biscuit-slinging mobile operation, is opening a brick-and-mortar shop on North Main…