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Inside Knowledge Perk in the W.B. Smith Whaley House

Knowledge Perk coffee shop opens today in Columbia, SC

W.B. Whaley House

Knowledge Perk is the first new business in the renovated historic downtown home. | GIF by COLAtoday

Take a quick tour of the new Knowledge Perk Coffee with us, located at the corner of Gervais and Pickens Streets in the recently renovated historic W.B. Smith Whaley house.

Cola’s newest coffee shop is celebrating its grand opening today at 11 a.m. with an official ribbon cutting, but if you get there early the first 100 customers will receive gift cards.

Plus, we hear there are more art and a mural to come.

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