The Lexington-based Griffin Chophouse is set to expand to Chapin, only weeks after announcing an expansion to Columbia.

Columbia spots like Piecewise Coffee and Blum Coffee are using apples in fun and inventive ways.

A co-author of “Taste The State” say its the first of its kind, a book that canvasses an entire’s state food history

Steel Hands Brewing's North Carolina location is a 28,000-square foot facility located next to the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.

The Columbia restaurant’s menu includes a wide variety of steaks and barbecue options.

Kobayashi received a text a few days ago after announcing his departure from Columbia to help open a restaurant in Oakland.

“You’re the most Columbia, South Carolina guy I know."

Editor’s note: Table Crumbs is an occasional roundup of a week’s serving worth of Columbia food news, in brief.

Editor’s note: Table Crumbs is an occasional roundup of a week’s serving worth of Columbia food news, in brief.

Fine dining restaurant Saluda’s has ended its lengthy search for its new head chef, hiring a veteran of the local dining scene from Hall’s Chophouse.

One of Columbia’s most beloved restaurants still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic gave its fans their first sip of what they’ve missed for …

Bierkeller Columbia is on track to open its long awaited brick-and-mortar brewery.

Columbia has a lot of pizza. Here's where to get a pie fitting for any occasion.

Ghost kitchens led by intrepid chefs are a frequent topic in food media, yet in Columbia the options are mostly corporate. 

The Puerto Rican restaurant A Fuego 100 x 35 will open in Irmo, near the city’s Publix grocery store.

Prost, Columbia. It’s officially Oktoberfest season.

The popular event is operating as a drive-through food festival in lieu of its typical block party format.

The six month old artist-focused co-working space will open a mobile food eatery focused food hall in the coming months. 

Restaurant owners Free Times spoke to are largely in support of recently passed masked mandates.

The annual dinner over the Congaree River is canceled this year due to rising COVID-19 cases in the state.

Recent visits to Tex Mex Columbia and Taqueria El Primo were greeted with strong dishes well worth their affordable cost, from solid tacos to surprising hot dogs.

The Robinson Room opened Sept. 2 in The Grand on Main's basement. The bar is focused on upscale desserts and craft cocktails, and also offers wines and bourbons. 

Dorsia Pasta Co. will sell handmade pastas and offer classes on making them.

Across the last three months, at least three brands have launched canned cocktails for distribution in South Carolina, and numerous others have been available on store shelves for much longer than that. 

Across the last three months, at least three brands have launched canned cocktails for distribution in South Carolina, and numerous others have been available on store shelves for much longer than that. 

The owners of Columbia’s Publico Kitchen and Tap are opening a pan-Asian restaurant and bar in the Vista.

The new Enzo's Spuntino, Italian for snack, offers up breakfast sandwiches, bagels and paninis. It comes after the original Enzo's Deli in Five Points launched a year ago and has become a quick hit.

The eye-wateringly spicy fried chicken has been around for decades and has grown increasingly popular throughout the entire country. In Columbia, that’s as true as anywhere.

At this rate, the fast food fried chicken sandwich war may never end.

Oktoberfest Columbia was cancelled Aug. 10 due to the resurgence of COVID-19.

Few Columbia restaurants are currently requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for indoor dining, but others are taking different measures — like focu…

Most years, chicken wings are sold to restaurants at roughly $75 a case. During peak times, like the Super Bowl, it could rise to $100.

From 2007 to the final hours of 2020, Andy Haddock oversaw the bar at West Columbia fine dining restaurant Terra.

Columbia's Lula Drake Wine Parlour announced its reopening plans in June, but it still had an opening to fill for the leader of its kitchen. I…

As the coronavirus' delta variant fuels a swell of cases in South Carolina, Columbia restaurant owners say they’re worried and plan to be flex…

You’ve had your third or fourth Miller High Life in a row, maybe taken a shot as well. The alcohol’s effects are taking hold and your brain ha…

On July 13, prolific Columbia developers the Middletons named Ashley Kinart-Short the brewmaster at their forthcoming North Main Street brewer…

Saluda’s head chef is leaving at the end of the month to pursue opening his own restaurant. It leaves a vacancy at the top of one of Columbia'…

What is perhaps best described as an “online farmers market” launched in the Midlands this month, opening up a new avenue for local farmers to…

Summer’s bounty of berries, herbs and other produce isn’t just showcased on food menus. Columbia’s craft cocktail bars take advantage as well.

One night, Josh Wilson was tired and burnt out. The head chef at Main Street’s popular restaurant and bar Bourbon turned to his friend and for…

Indah Coffee announced it is closing its Main Street location on July 17 in a Wednesday Facebook post.

A forthcoming brewery in Columbia’s North Main district that says it will be the largest in the state will have the Midlands' only female head…

In Columbia, no food is as ubiquitous as bar food.

More than three years after its last event, the co-owner of Columbia’s revered restaurant and food truck 2 Fat 2 Fly still gets regular questi…

A new Thai restaurant will bring classic dishes to the southeast side of Columbia, while also trying to expand eaters’ palettes with Lao cuisi…

One of Columbia's most popular food events is back, with chef and caterer Scott Hall hosting a sold-out return of his drag brunch on July 11.

On May 6, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced he would terminate the state’s participation in any pandemic-related federal unempl…