Columbia Closings   What's not in Columbia anymore

I think gyms are a bit like hotels in that they sometimes go flag-shopping. If I recall correctly the local Muv outlets were originally another brand which, for whatever reason, didn't want to rapidly expand in the Midlands.

At any rate, this Muv, built as a Goody's is now Revolution Fitness.

(Hat tip to commenter Lavender, who mentions that the Google reviews are interesting)

I like biscuits, but somehow never seem to end up at a biscuit place.

Rambo's was a Main Street storefront as well as a Soda City Market presence, but either lost or elected not to renew their lease last December. You can read about that at The State or on WIS.

The owners' goodbye and post closing clearance notes are on their Facebook.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

This Kitty's Corner storefront was the second local location for Sully's Steamers, which was under the same ownership as the Devine location and converted to a Stacked at the same time.

This houseware, tool & equipment rental buisiness has been on the corner of Knox Abbott and 9th for as long as I can remember, apparently some 40+ years in all. You can read a 2025 local profile of them in West Metro News, but apparently the time has come to close this location. I don't see any online news about the circumstances, but the firm remains in business with a Two Notch Road location. I never went to this storefront, but the Two Notch one was able to repair my lawn mower a number of times.

(Hat tip to commenter Lone Wolf)

While I was looking for GameStop, I noticed this vacant Killian Road storefront in one of the Walmart outparcels. It turns out that Eye Concepts has rebranded as Northeast Eye Care Center, and moved to 127 Barton Creek Court, which is off of Clemson past the medical center.

I wasn't really sure what Sully's deal was, but apparently they are a sandwich chain that builds on top of bagels, and steams the result. Commenter Payle calls them "very tasty", and I probably would have liked one, looking at the site.

Both local locations converted to Stacked within the past month, which appears to be another bagel based concept. Perhaps I'll make it to that one sometime.

(Hat tip to commenter Payne)

I noticed this vacant outparcel building when I was at the Broad River Publix a few weeks ago.

It appears that Allstate agent Lee Gamble has moved his office to 1724 Bush River Road, which is between the Best Western & Persis Biryani Grill near the I-20 interchange, and for now at least, I see no signs of anything else moving into this space, though it appears to be in pretty good shape. If you have $21 per square foot, it could be yours, per this LoopNet listing.

I had never heard of such a thing, but the Waffle House near the I-20 interchange on Broad River Road has gone delivery only. I enjoy eating at the House every now and then, but I can't even imagine having waffles or hash browns delivered. Given that it's certainly not the standard business model, I wonder how many people it will even occcur to...

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

As a Columbia guy, I was not really aware that Lexington's Old Cherokee Road went back this far -- I had always thought of it as a short strip between North Lake and Sunset, but it goes on the other way, takes an odd turn and continues through a number of different types of areas, from school to medical to residential to retail. Jessamine Quilt Shop was a bit of the last two, being a retail business in an old (well, not that old) house.

Looking at their archived pages, I can say that they sold Pfaff sewing machines as well as other quilting supplies, and on 14 June 2025, their goodbye message said:

Closing Our Doors

"Established in November, 2018, our purpose is to encourage, equip, and inspire fiber artists who are beginners or experienced hands."

Those words once greeted visitors to our website and for the past 6 and a half years we have had the joy and privilege of watching and helping thousands of makers create and express themselves in our shop and online through our Facebook and Instagram pages.

It is with a saddened but hopeful heart that we must announce the closing of our store and our website as of today. We have enjoyed laughing and learning and teaching and making with each and every one our the visitors - no, friends - to our shop. Friends that we will miss immensely. We are sad that we must go but hopeful in that we hope you will still continue to create wonderful stories and memories at each and every opportunity!

One of those opportunities will be a new fabric shop opening soon:

Feed Dog Fabrics

Watch your favorite search engine for more news later this summer!

Take care of yourselves and, as always:

Keep Stitching!!

Jann and the Makers @ Jessamine Quilt Shop

(Hat tip to commenter Brian)

I'm pretty sure that this Pizza Hut was the same operation which used to be in a little plaza further towards Dentsville more or less across from Columbia Mall. That whole set of buildings was razed and I can't quite recall what was built there afterwards.

Anyway, that was a classic-era Pizza Hut and I had enjoyable meals there many times. I never ate in the new location, and pretty much gave up on Pizza Hut years ago. The owners of the chain just destroyed everything that made it enjoyable and ran it into the ground. I think that owners who knew what they were doing could bring back the red cups, the distinctive buildings, the salad bar, the table cloths, in-house cooking and make a good return on retro stores.

Oh well, that rant aside, I can say that this location closed on the 16th, and has yet to be cleared out. You can read about it in The State and the Post & Courier.

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)