Archive for the ‘asian’ tag
Timothy Grocery, 645 Saint Andrews Road: Late 2025 no comments
I was not really familiar with this small Asian grocery storefront, though I have done closings on this wing of the plaza before. Commenter Gypsie says it has probably been closed since late last year based on review dates.
I believe there is still another Asian grocery on Saint Andrews Road down near Quail Valley.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)
Alley Street Eats, 4478 Rosewood Drive: 30 March 2025 12 comments
I'll confess that I never picked up on the fact this was an Asian restaurant until I looked at the menu this evening. From the name, I expected burgers, or maybe barbecue.
This building has been a number of different eateries including Moe's Grapevine, Rooftop Pizza Pub & Eric's San Jose.
ALley Street opened here after Eric's around August of 2024, so they didn't make it a full year. I think the building itself is a bit of a challenge. Apart from not knowing what kind of place it was, you might look at it and wonder how you were going to get grandma up the steps and inside. I'm pretty sure there is an accessible back door, but that's not readily apparent from Rosewood.
The building is currently for rent, so we'll have to see if another restaurant is in its future.
The State has the story, such as it is, here
(Hat tip to commenter MB)
Miyo's, 1220 Bower Parkway Suite E: 1 March 2024 (Moved) no comments
Miyo's at Columbiana Station has moved to the old M Kitchen location at 340 Columbiana Drive.
M Kitchen was another in the Miyo's family of restaurants, and the building was never sold, so it's not clear to me if the new location is called M Kitchen again or not. According to the door sign, the Miyo's menu will be served, so if there was a difference before, that may be a clue.
(Hat tip to commenter Tom)
Asian Express, 2436 Taylor Street: Never Opened 2 comments
Asian Express started to set up in this old Church's Chicken location in late 2018. Like the one on Broad River Road, which also took quite a while, the crews appeared to be working on it as a side project. For a while, things appeared to be going OK, if slowly, though there were some setbacks as when somebody broke the windows, but it has been months since I've seen any activity there, and as it is more than four years since they started, I am moving the place into the "never opened" category. I'd like to be proved wrong shortly, but it's not looking that way.
Jimmyz Original Hibachi House and Poke Bar: 10378 Ocean Highway (Pawleys Island): March 2022 3 comments
Jimmyz moved into this
I can't find any definite info on the closing date, but it was open in January, and given the still fully equipped state of the place, I think the end of March is probably the logical time to guess.
Fuji Cafe, 7320 Broad River Road Suite G: 2019 1 comment
If you look closely at the first picture, you can, barely, see the Fuji Cafe signage still on the marquee of Suite G at Kennerly Crossing back in September of 2018. As nearly as I can tell from the Google reviews, it closed around 2019, and the suite is still empty.
M Kitchen, 340 Columbiana Drive: 28 June 2021 5 comments
M Kitchen was built on the site of the old Steak 'n Shake after razing that building, and is part of the peripatetic Myio's empire.
As of 27 June 2021, this location is closed, with the staf moving to Bower Parkway
(Hat tip to commenter Mitch)
Blossom Buffet, 2515 Sunset Boulevard: 2020 (Now Open) 2 comments
I have written about this spot twice. Once when it was no longer a Quincy's and again when it was no longer a Maurice's BBQ.
After Maurice moved out, the original building was razed, and a new building was run up. It was to be a Blossom Buffet, and clearly looks stylistically similar to the Jasmine Buffet on Two Notch.
However COVID happened, and that fell through (that's my guess, anyway) and now the new, mostly finished, building is for sale.
UPDATE 29 June 2021 OK, mea culpa, this place is now in fact open as noted in the comments. The real estate sign that confused me and made me think the whole building was up for sale without the buffet opening is apparently for prospective retail space on the south side of the building:
UPDATE 2 March 2022: It turns out that Blossom Buffet is a moved and reflagged Happy China Buffet from down the street.
Miyo's, 5594 Sunset Boulevard: March 2020 5 comments
Miyo's of Lexington was already planning to close at the end of March 2020 to make way for a Chipolte. I don't know if the current crisis advanced that date at all. ColaDaily has the story, which, essentially is that the lease was up, and they decided not to renew.
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
UPDATE 20 August 2020 -- Chipolte is now open here:
Freesia Buffet, 3071 Longtown Commons Drive: January 2020 1 comment
There are a lot of Asian buffets in the DC area, and I used to end up there with the local staff whenever I was visiting the DC office. Frankly, I never cared for it, so I have not tried any of the various Asian buffets in the Columbia area, and was not aware this one existed until commenter Sidney reported it closed.
I will say it's a good looking building, though a bit hard to get to if you are heading toward Sandhill. This area certainly has changed a lot in the past few years, and there's no sign of that stopping.
I note that the door sign directs customers to the Magnolia Buffet in the old Ryan's on Two Notch, so I guess that has the same ownership.
(Hat tip to commenter Sidney)