{"id":14526,"date":"2018-06-28T23:25:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=14526"},"modified":"2019-01-30T23:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T04:03:44","slug":"the-mouse-trap2711-middleburg-drive-spring-2018-temporary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=14526","title":{"rendered":"The Mouse Trap, 2711 Middleburg Drive: Spring 2018 (open again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520703.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520703_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520703_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520703_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520704.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520704_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520704_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520704_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520705.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520705_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520705_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520705_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520706.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520706_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520706_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520706_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520707.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520707_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520707_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520707_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520708.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520708_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520708_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520708_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520709.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520709_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520709_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520709_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520710.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520710_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520710_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520710_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520711.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/06\/p1520711_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1520711_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1520711_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have tried to go to <i>The Mouse Trap<\/i> three times, but in the event only managed it once.<\/p>\n<p>The first time was years ago, probably the early 80s, and I just could not find the place.  I had seen it once at that point, and knew it was in the office complex off Forest Drive, but after driving around twenty minutes or so, I gave it up as a bad job and went somewhere else.  (Was it originally at a different location in this plaza?  Because I have no problem now).<\/p>\n<p>The second time was with some folks from the CS department at USC during a homecoming event.  No problem finding it this time (I may have been following someone) and the food was fine, though I have very little memory of it.<\/p>\n<p>The third time was a year or two ago when I decided, <i>Hey, it's been 10 or 15 years; time for another visit!<\/i>, but it turned out to be one of those places that close between \"lunch\" & \"dinner\".<\/p>\n<p>Anway, they are now closed for remodeling.  The inside looks a bit torn up and there is a storage container out back, so I think work has started, though the sign doesn't give any ETA.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Midnight Rambler)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 30 January 2019<\/b> -- As reported in the comments, this is open again:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/01\/p1570288.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/01\/p1570288_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570288_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570288_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/01\/p1570289.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/01\/p1570289_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570289_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570289_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2711+Middleburg+Dr,+Columbia,+SC+29204\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have tried to go to The Mouse Trap three times, but in the event only managed it once. The first time was years ago, probably the early 80s, and I just could not find the place. I had seen it once at that point, and knew it was in the office complex off Forest [&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":[2581,96,2582,3],"class_list":["post-14526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2711-middleburg-drive","tag-forest-drive","tag-middleburg-drive","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14526","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=14526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}