We now know the identities of two of the three businesses that will be opening along a strip of Sumter Street in Cottontown that formerly housed Dave’s Transmission — and one of them is a pizzeria. Cason Development Group announced today that Città del Cotone will open at 2150 Sumter St. this fall. The former […]

We, the “amateurs” from SNST’s Amateur Hour, took a road trip to the heart of South Carolina this weekend to watch S.C. United open their brand new Monticello Road Soccer Complex with a game between the Bantams and the Tri-City Otters. The Bantams have been competing in the PDL since 2012, and have been developing South […]

BY JEFF WILKINSON jwilkinson@thestate.com June 11, 2018 05:15 PM NORTH COLUMBIA –A north Columbia merchants group is opposing the expansion of a homeless shelter and treatment facility in Eau Claire. The Providence Home — which has served homeless, drug addicted and alcoholic men since the 1960s — wants to build a dormitory at its compound […]

BY JANET JONES KENDALL Updated May 04, 2018 05:36 PM Food & Wine magazine has named Columbia’s Indah Coffee the best coffee in South Carolina. The honor came in March when Food & Wine published “The Best Coffee in Every State.” Indah came in over runner-up shops in Greenville and Charleston. Indah “is doing great work for the local […]

Last Friday, NOMA celebrated the grand opening of S&A Seafood Restaurant and Market! With pineapple mimosas, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and some delicious seafood- this new business certainly started off with a bang. Welcome to the NOMA community S&A, we are excited to have you!

This past Saturday, April 21st, the 6th Annual South Carolina Cornbread Festival was held at Earlewood Park in NOMA. The day was filled with cornhole, face painting, live music, dancing, and tons of cornbread! It was a gorgeous day in the Trestle District! Check out pictures from the festival below:  

By: Melinda Waldrop mwaldrop@scbiznews.com February 15th, 2018 Columbia mainstay Cromer’s is settling into its new digs, and the popcorn, peanut and cotton candy makers already feel right at home. Cromer’s held a soft opening on Feb. 15 at its new store at 3036 N. Main St., and customers clearly got the moving memo, filing past balloons and […]

By: Mike Fitts January 14th, 2018 COLUMBIA — A real estate development of more than 75 acres is expected to bring new growth to north Columbia, a part of the city that often has been left behind as investment went elsewhere. Azurest at Heritage Creek, announced in November, is a privately funded project that will […]

BY JANET JONES KENDALL jjkendall@thestate.com December 29, 2017 04:03 PM Updated December 29, 2017 04:05 PM A year ago, local chef and restaurateur Kristian Niemi announced plans to open a new restaurant on North Main Street. Although not much has happened at the site at 2150 N. Main St., the plans are still in motion, […]

By Chris Trainor Nov 2, 2017 A multi-faceted residential and retail development is in the works in North Columbia, not far from Interstate 20. Development and City of Columbia officials gathered Nov. 2 to formally announce the coming Azurest at Heritage Creek development. Businessman Willie Tompkins — of Bostick-Tompkins Funeral home, among other business ventures […]

BY JEFF WILKINSON jwilkinson@thestate.com September 18, 2017 01:41 PM Updated September 18, 2017 04:40 PM The North Main/Cottontown area, which is becoming a new commercial corridor in Columbia’s growing downtown, is getting a new business. Amsterdam, an Edgefield-based custom wood supplier, will open its first design center and retail showroom in the 4,500-square-foot building at […]

By Eva Moore May 31st, 2017 Curiosity Coffee Bar owner Greg Slattery had to leave Columbia to realize how much he loved the Capital City. He moved to Athens, Georgia in 2009, spending three and a half years there before moving back. “At the time, I thought I was escaping to what I thought would […]

CITY, FOOD & DRINK, THE DAILY MAY 08 2017 / CHLOE Cottontown gets a brewery …in 2018. A restaurant + a coffee shop come to a neighborhood – the only natural fit is for a brewery to join them, right? Cottontown Brew Lab is opening in the reviving Cottontown neighborhood off N. Main St. – […]

By Eva Moore Feb 6, 2017 Indah Coffee Co. will be one of two tenants in a refurbished building in historic Cottontown, the developer announced today. Cason Development Group is redeveloping 2238 Sumter St., which housed Dunn Electric Co. from 1945 until 2000. The space will house a coffee shop and retail location of Indah […]

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – Columbia officials have long hoped for a revival of business activity on North Main Street and there is some evidence that it is finally beginning to happen. Their hope is that it will boost the economy one startup at a time. For the last year or two, the area located just […]

BY JANET JONES KENDALL jjkendall@thestate.com April 20, 2016 03:00 PM Updated April 20, 2016 02:00 PM When Tamala and Vinson Lathan opened Carolina Kernels in Columbia’s Greenview Plaza on North Main Street two years ago, the husband and wife team had no idea their gourmet popcorn would be sold at Colonial Life Arena and University […]

BY JEFF WILKINSON jwilkinson@thestate.com April 18, 2015 08:50 PM Updated April 21, 2015 12:37 PM Main Street is bustling. The Vista is booming. Bull Street is looming. Is it finally time for North Main to shine? Long the stepchild of downtown’s renaissance, the 5-mile-long stretch of Main Street from Elmwood Avenue to I-20 has been […]

“George Clooney looks as good in person as he does on the movie screen,” says Hi Roberson, and she would know. Hi and Bill Roberson, owners of Classical Glass in the heart of Columbia, are multi-faceted artists in ways that go beyond their stained glass creations. Between the pair, they’ve worked in movies like “The […]