Archive for the ‘701 Gervais Street’ tag
Black Bean Co., 701 Gervais Street: January 2018 no comments
Here's another place that came and went without my being aware of it at all.
According to The State, Black Bean Co. was a charleston based mini-chain which
specialize[d] in healthier versions of sandwiches and salads and bowls.
They were bought out by another Charleston chain gogogreens, which rebranded the Charleston store and closed the Columbia location. For some reason after three years, they don't seem to have either sold the location or done anything with it.
17 June 2022: Updating map icon, adding a few pictures from the grand opening:
Sabor Latin Street Grill, 701 Gervais Street Suite 110: 21 March 2020 3 comments
Sabor Latin Steet Grill was the follow-on operation to breakfast & lunch spot Le Peep which closed in April of 2019. Sabor opened in July of 2019, as reported in ColaDaily, giving it a run of something less than a year.
Although the pictured Family Box seems to hew towards standard Mexican items, my understanding is that Sabor had a fuller menu with items from other Southern countries, and I had it on my mental list to eventually visit. Unfortunately, the restaurant was caught up in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and was not able to last from its 21 March 2020 temporary closing into the coming (hopefully!) full reopening period. The Free Times has that story:
The Vista location of Sabor Latin Street Grill, a fast-casual restaurant chain out of Charlotte, closed late last month amid the coronavirus’ impact on area restaurants.
Mark Gardner, former general manager with the restaurant, confirmed to Free Times that the restaurant closed on March 21, and that the closure is now permanent. The restaurant had employed 22 workers.
“COVID-19 … just hurt sales too much,” Gardner explains.
Numerous restaurants throughout the area have grappled with takeout-only offerings since Gov. Henry McMaster closed South Carolina restaurant dining rooms on March 17 in an effort to enforce social distancing. Gardner says the Columbia Sabor gave takeout a shot, but it wasn’t successful enough to justify continuing.
“We tried that the first week, but the sales just weren’t there,” he says.
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
Le Peep, 701 Gervais Street Suite 110: 3 April 2019 2 comments
Well, this is, I don't know, not ironic exactly, but a little odd: I was on the 700 block of Gervais Street today, getting pictures of Newk's & Tin Lizzy, and when I got home, I saw on The State that Le Peep had closed Wednesday.
While I was down there, I looked at the place several times, but somehow did not notice any sign on the door, and didn't take any pictures. The picture above, from the grand opening, will have to do until I get down there again.
I like breakfast food, but rarely get to have it as I do *not* like early mornings. One day I may get to try Le Peep at Sandhill, Famous Toastery or Eggs Up, but it will probably be a while.
Subway, 701 Gervais Street #140: Late July 2013 1 comment
This Subway was in The Vista Lofts on Gervais Street just above the train cut, a building which lost another restaurant Mezza fairly recently.
I'm guessing that they closed shop at the end of July as that is a logical time as far as leases and bills go, but I don't know for sure. At any rate, all the signage is down and the interior is stripped. The only clue that it was a Subway is the drink cup on the floor.
(Hat tip to commenter Joe)
UPDATE 17 July 2014 -- It's now Black Bean Co.:
UPDATE 17 June 2022 -- Updating tags and adding map icon.