Columbia Closings   What's not in Columbia anymore

It appears that A Peace Of Soul has kind of been tapering operations for a while, but they did a full closing last week, and the place is now slated to be an Indian restaurant. A Peace Of Soul started as a follow-on to the chef's father's operation Lamb's Bread, closed during the pandemic, re-opened and now is apparently transitioning to pop-ups and a food truck.

You can read about it at WIS, on The State or The Free Times.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

I was not aware of Chile Caliente, and so never ate there, but I do remember this suite as the final resting place of local Mexican chain Taco Cid. Judging by the door note, two locations of this brand remain in the area, so perhaps one day I will get a chance to try it.

(Hat tip to commenter Lavender)

I can't really find out anything about Laguna Sports Bar other than I saw it open as the follow-up to Club Colorz. Judging by that picture, and a Google Streetview from the following year, it did not last long at all.

However, the main reason I was looking at closings for this address again is that the right wing of this twin building pretty much burned down, and the left side took a good bit of damage in the rear as well. I don't believe there will be anything new in this spot until the whole thing is razed and rebuilt.

Also, while I have usually seen this listed with 6212 Two Notch as the address, apparently it is also, or perhaps is now 1486 Bella Vista Drive.

Commenter Larry points out that this vet's office across from the old Richland Mall will be closing soon. He also notes that a Guthries Chicken Tender restaurant may be building on the site. If so, that's more information than the practice has given out, or that the Post & Courier has come across.

The hospital has made plans to move records, but recommends that if your pet is a patient to schedule any shots etc now to get everything shipshape for the transfer.

(Hat tip to commenter Larry)

Well, my trend is apparently to get to the Heroes Convention later each year, especially when forgetting to factor in the stupidity that is I-77 in the Queen City.

My impression is that there was a bit less along the vintage paperback, pulp magazine and old humor collections this year, and I came away with rather less swag than usual, though I did make the mistake of making eye contact with several good pitchmen. There also seemed to be a bit less cosplay than during the peak Marvel movie years, though that take may be due in part to my starting on the opposite side of the (huge) floor from the costume contest area. I did come away with a few gifts for my nieces, and some new "weird western" graphic novels from Mike Baron. (No new Nexus projects were ready, but he is doing a kickstarter for the next one).

On the way home, I decided to detour a bit on the inner loop towards Huntersville, and man I thought there was something wrong with my car: The tire noise on the segment near the airport is awful!

I'm honestly not sure if I ever ate at this Monterrey or not. I know I did at the one on Parklane, which I don't seem to have a closing for, and the one Knox Abbott. My impression has been that they are exactly what you expect, which is good, since you expected it.

This one's last day was 30 May, and they are currently closed while they set up to move to the old Crafty Crab location at 700 Gervais Street.

The impetus for the move is the fact that the corner of Senate & Park streets is to be torn down to put up apartments. You can read about it here.

(Hat tip to commenter Heath)

This Litchfield building was put up as a Sam's Corner, which was doing a lot of expansion back in the teens. I don't know if they were franchaising the concept or what, but I believe they are now back down to the original Garden City location. Be that as it may this spot went through a number of other concepts fairly quickly over the years with Andomiro being the latest. The concept was interesting, an Asian/Jamacian fusion menu, but probably not for me, and I never did stop in.

The end seems to have come rather suddenly, not long before I took these pictures on 25 May, with the fully equipped site up for sale.

I will mention the the adjacent ice-cream shop is very good.

Spice Wing in the old Fort Jackon Kmart plaza, closed on 27 May according to this story in The State. However, it is already set to be replaced by another wing operation, Crazy Wings. Kind of makes me wonder if that wasn't the plan all along.

(Hat tip to my sister)

I was not really aware of My House, but I always remember that building as Don Pablo's, one of my favorite Mexican spots. I don't see any specific closing information online, but judging by one review, it probably was gone around October of 2025.

The place now seems to be setting up as Room Service, which sounds more like a club than a restaurant.

(Hat tip to commenter Aaron J)

Well, it seems this much restauranted spot on River Drive has turned over once more. River Grill House Of Pizza (identified as River Grill & Pizza on the marquee) was the follow-on in this spot to Hook Fish & Chicken, which moved out in 2023. River Grill looks to have opened in late 2024 or early 2025, and had some decent reviews (along with, as is always true, some not so great). In general a restaurant with "House Of Pizza" in its name will be run by a Greek heritage family, and that seems to have been the case here.

As of late May, a new spot Vegan International Cafe & Art Bar has already opened in the spot. Interestingly, there was already a vegan concept in this spot, Lambs Bread, which closed in 2020.