{"id":10595,"date":"2015-09-02T01:10:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T05:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2023-06-08T22:49:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T02:49:46","slug":"taco-cid-3313-platt-springs-road-3-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=10595","title":{"rendered":"Taco Cid, 3313 Platt Springs Road: 3 July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260400.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260400_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1260400_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1260400_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260393.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260393_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1260393_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1260393_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260394.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260394_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1260394_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1260394_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260395.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260395_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1260395_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1260395_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260397.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260397_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1260397_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1260397_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260401.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/09\/p1260401_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1260401_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1260401_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/09\/08\/taco_cid_matchbook_front.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/09\/08\/taco_cid_matchbook_front_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/09\/08\/taco_cid_matchbook_back.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/09\/08\/taco_cid_matchbook_back_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, this seems to be the end of local fast Mexican stalwart, <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=taco-cid\"><b style=\"color:#000;background:#ffff66\">Taco<\/b> <b style=\"color:#000;background:#66ffff\">Cid<\/b><\/a>.  This is a chain that once had a presence as far abroad as both Greenvilles, though it was recently down to one, non-custom-built, storefront location near the airport (having moved from <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=9945\">the Charleston Highway<\/a> in the summer of 2014).<\/p>\n<p>I used to frequent the <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=142\">Decker<\/a> location from time to time as part of a pre-roadtrip ritual, and thought it was pretty decent.  In recent years, the chain has gotten some negative publicity over <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.wltx.com\/news\/story.aspx?storyid=215832\">an edgy ad campaign<\/a>, and some people have said here that they also lost their longtime sauce recipe to a change in food service vendors.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, while a sign inside the closed Platt Spring Road location offers some hope for the future, it appears that at this time, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tacocid.com\/\"><b style=\"color:#000;background:#ffff66\">Taco<\/b> <b style=\"color:#000;background:#66ffff\">Cid<\/b> website<\/a> is down and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TacoCidRestaurant\"><b style=\"color:#000;background:#ffff66\">Taco<\/b> <b style=\"color:#000;background:#66ffff\">Cid<\/b> Facebook page<\/a> has been closed.<\/p>\n<p>For now, you can see the final cached version of that facebook page, announcing the closing, <a href=\" http:\/\/98.139.21.31\/search\/srpcache?p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTacoCidRestaurant&#038;ei=UTF-8&#038;fr=yfp-t-901&#038;fp=1&#038;u=http:\/\/cc.bingj.com\/cache.aspx?q=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fTacoCidRestaurant&#038;d=5009114430115425&#038;mkt=en-US&#038;setlang=en-US&#038;w=6sN3bGBDb2_l4dTVt_M3-7Iva2IoKWE0&#038;icp=1&#038;.intl=us&#038;sig=l__2zCYnKDI3i3xRldF_Cw--\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Kc)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 30 August 2022<\/b>: Updating tags, adding map icon.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 8 June 2023<\/b> -- Now <i>Taqueria La Poblanta<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/06\/p1880431.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/06\/p1880431_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1880431_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1880431_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/3313+Platt+Springs+Rd,+West+Columbia,+SC+29170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this seems to be the end of local fast Mexican stalwart, Taco Cid. This is a chain that once had a presence as far abroad as both Greenvilles, though it was recently down to one, non-custom-built, storefront location near the airport (having moved from the Charleston Highway in the summer of 2014). I used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[1060,83,1048,3,540,1723,315,1724],"class_list":["post-10595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-airport-tec-plaza","tag-mexican","tag-platt-springs-road","tag-restaurants","tag-springdale","tag-taco-cid","tag-tacos","tag-wattling-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}