Archive for the ‘Saint Andrews Road’ tag
Soda City Pharmacy & Compounding, 380 Saint Andrews Road: April 2023 no comments
Soda City Pharmacy was the follow-on in this building to Insurance Masters. They opened around March of 2022, and lasted until around April of the following year. Judging from the media reports here & here, traffic was never good post-COVID, and the place was looking for community support.
As commenter Andrew reports, Rustic Roots Salon is now setting up in this space.
(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)
Goodyear Auto Service, 4520 Saint Andrews Road: December 2023 no comments
I have always had good experiences with Goodyear service centers, though I never went to this one, on Saint Andrews Road between Piney Grove Road and the industrial plant. Their sign says they are moving to 141 Harbison, but as commenter Andrew points out, that is an existing location, so it is more like a consolidation. Given the ongoing shortage of service technicians, hopefully everybody was able to stay on. There are a number of other garages in the area, so it remains to be seen what will happen at this building in the future.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)
Red Roof Inn, 10 Berryhill Road: January 2024 1 comment
This Red Roof Inn was kind of at the corner of Berryhill Road, Saint Andrews Road and I-26. Technically the old Steak & Ale is more exactly at the corner, but anyway it was convienient to all of those.
I don't know if this closure is due to the ongoing I-26 roadwork, but that did take down the adjacent nightclub building at 14 Berryhill Road.
I have seen a number of motels torn down now, and it seems at some point, you're always going to see a lot of mattresses about, but I think this is the first time I've seen that many toilets.
(Hat tip to commenter Arthur P)
Hess / Speedway, 637 Saint Andrews Road: Fall 2023 6 comments
Splurge, 6169 Saint Andrews Road Suite 130: 23 October 2023 (Moved) 2 comments
I'm not sure I understand Splurge, which is apparently a vinyl crafts store as that is a hobby I know nothing about and can't really visualize.
What I do know is that in October, they moved from this storefront in Seven Oaks Shopping Center to 1709 Sunset Boulevard, so visit them there and see what it's all about.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)
Spotlight Cinemas St. Andrews, 527 Saint Andrews Road: Early December 2023 10 comments
My memory is that when this theater opened, it was a Dollar Cinema with every ticket for every show priced at $1.00. In the beginning, I think there were also a large number of video games and pinball machines associated with the operation. I don't seem to have done a closing on it, but at some point that operation went under, and the place came under the Spotlight Banner, still operating as a second-run theater, but with higher (though still very reasonable) prices. The Lexington Chronicle suggests that the transition was about eight and a half years ago, so around 2015.
I do remember going here several times while it was Spotlight, but cannot now recall exactly what titles I saw. At any rate, it was fine, and a much cheaper way to get the full theater experience if you didn't have to see a movie when it was on its first legs.
Movie theaters have certainly had it hard the past several years and we have lost a good number of them in the Midlands. This closure leaves only full price first run houses in the area (not counting Nickelodeon, I suppose).
Here's a bit more from The State.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)
UPDATE 24 January 2024 -- To be Elevation Church:
Maurice's BBQ Piggie Park, 622 Saint Andrews Road: November 2023 (Temporary) 3 comments
Continuing yesterday's barbecue theme..
I don't see any work going on here, but the signs claim they will be back, so I'm marking this closing as "Temporary" and we'll see what happens.
I've only eaten Maurice's at the flagship store once or twice, and it was fine. I've never been to this location, and I have to say it's a bit of a bear to get in and out of. In the event, I decided to go on past and park in the Firefly parking lot.
(Hat tip to commenter Arthur P)
Kleen Kare Cleaners & Laundry, 6179 Saint Andrews Road: 2016 2 comments
Commenter Andrew mentioned back in 2016 that this Kleen Kare location had closing signage up, but I totally spaced on checking it out, and completely forgot about it until commenter Gypsie mentioned that the building was actually For Sale.
Kleen Kare is on an outparcel of Seven Oaks Shopping Center, not far from two other outparcels (here & here) which have also seen business shut semi-recently.
(Belated hat-tip to commenter Andrew, recent tip to commenter Gypsie)
Hungry Howie's, 6801 Saint Andrews Road Suite 15: 30 September 2023 no comments
Aside from the Hungry Howie's in Myrtle Beach, this is the only other location for the chain that I was aware of. I'm not much for take-out, and of course it's all the way out in Irmo, so I never tried a Hungry Howe's pizza. Just from the web-site, it sounds like it could be pretty good: several of those crust flavors sound promising.
I am a little fuzzy on the details, and can't find anything online right now, but this location first came to my attention several years ago when the news broke that it had been sold to a rival chain. I don't know what happened, but obviously that deal never came to fruition, and operations continued for many years after that, until mid-September of this year, when it closed for repairs, a state which officially morphed into a permanent closure recently as reported on their Facebook page.
I notice that the store is not listed on the Quail Valley marquee. That seems pretty quick -- I wonder if it were ever there.
(Hat tips to commenters Heath, Andrew & Tom)
Bank Of America ATM, 655 Saint Andrews Road: September 2023 5 comments
The ATM on this site was rather odd, in that it was a walk-up ATM not associated with a branch bank, like a survival from another era. The only other one like it that I can think of is on Greystone Boulevard.
I'm not sure what the fencing around the site signifies. Perhaps they plan to replace it with a more conventional drive-up machine. At any rate, I think the current next closest location is the drive-up beside the former branch below Tram Road.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)