{"id":10604,"date":"2015-06-29T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=10604"},"modified":"2016-01-30T00:35:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T05:35:56","slug":"american-roadside-burgers-702-cross-hill-road-suite-400-d-late-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=10604","title":{"rendered":"American Roadside  Burgers, 702 Cross Hill Road Suite 400-D: Late June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240907.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240907_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240907_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240907_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240908.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240908_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240908_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240908_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240909.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240909_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240909_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240909_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240911.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240911_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240911_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240911_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240913.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240913_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240913_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240913_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240914.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240914_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240914_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240914_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240915.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/15\/06\/p1240915_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1240915_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1240915_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you know, I don't wish failure on anyone, and certainly the crew at this <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=cross-hill-market\">Cross Hill Market<\/a> burger joint seemed nice enough and I'm sorry for their jobs, but to be frank, I couldn't figure out how they lasted as long as they did.<\/p>\n<p>I ate here twice, probably about a year apart, the last time in April or May of this year.  When I had decided to go, I picked the place because it was a very nice Spring day, and I knew they had patio seating.  In the event, by the time I got there, the sky had clouded over, and the temperature had dropped too much for outside seating to be comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Taking myself inside, I remembered why I had not been back after my first time.  The interior was sort of dark and cave-like, not cheery at all, and everything seemed kind of industrial and not homey.  In addition, the burgers were quite pricey and I felt like I was paying <i>Red Robin<\/i> type table service prices for counter service.  And while there was certainly nothing wrong with the burgers, I would not count them in the running for Columbia's best.  Also, given the location, I wondered after both times why I hadn't just gone to <i>Smash Burger<\/i> across the street, something I'm guessing a lot of people did.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Elizabeth)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 30 January 2016<\/b> -- As commenter MrBO notes, <i>Midwood Smokehouse<\/i> is now open in this spot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/01\/p1290825.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/01\/p1290825_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1290825_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1290825_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/01\/p1290826.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/01\/p1290826_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1290826_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1290826_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, I don't wish failure on anyone, and certainly the crew at this Cross Hill Market burger joint seemed nice enough and I'm sorry for their jobs, but to be frank, I couldn't figure out how they lasted as long as they did. I ate here twice, probably about a year apart, the [&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":[1727,1021,126,111,141,152,3],"class_list":["post-10604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-702-cross-hill-road","tag-cross-hill-market","tag-cross-hill-road","tag-devine-street","tag-fort-jackson-boulevard","tag-hamburgers","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10604","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=10604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}