Food

Dining in Columbia is always a fresh experience, with new restaurants popping up all the time — and more on the way.
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Search some of these fresh finds from flowers to clothes and much more every Saturday morning at Soda City Market in downtown Columbia, SC.
Grab the little ones and hit the town — these spots are tried and true with Cola kids.
COLAtoday readers shared which local restaurants + meals spark deep nostalgia — and we think you’ll agree.
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Here are 10 spots you can grab a frank around Columbia, SC.
We want to know — if you moved away (or maybe we did move away) and you think about which restaurant or meal would spark nostalgia the most, which would it be?
Lula Drake made Columbia food and beverage history by winning the Capital City’s first James Beard Award, often referred to as the “Oscars of the food world.”
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