{"id":15844,"date":"2019-06-01T00:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T04:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=15844"},"modified":"2020-05-14T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T21:31:32","slug":"pho-viet-2300-decker-boulevard-28-march-2019-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=15844","title":{"rendered":"Pho Viet, 2300 Decker Boulevard: 28 March 2019 (Moved)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590058.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590058_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590058_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590058_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590059.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590059_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590059_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590059_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590061.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590061_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590061_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590061_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590062.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590062_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590062_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590062_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590063.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590063_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590063_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590063_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590064.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590064_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590064_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590064_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590068.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590068_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590068_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590068_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590070.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590070_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590070_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590070_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590071.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590071_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590071_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590071_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590072.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590072_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590072_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590072_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590073.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590073_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590073_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590073_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590074.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590074_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590074_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590074_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590075.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590075_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590075_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590075_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590076.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590076_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590076_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590076_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590077.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590077_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590077_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590077_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590078.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590078_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590078_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590078_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/free-times\/food\/chew_on_this\/chew-on-this-nicky-s-goes-west\/article_f99c865e-818b-11e9-907c-13a9aac13e35.html\">The Free Times<\/a> reports that <i>Pho Viet<\/i> closed on 28 March of this year, something that I had not noticed.<\/p>\n<p>I have only had Pho once, and it was here.  I thought it was quite good, but I didn't care for the fact that they only allowed one tea refill.<\/p>\n<p>This building was originaly a <i>Burger King<\/i>, and after that, it was a <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=256\">Zesto<\/a>.  In fact, you can still see the <i>Zesto<\/i> influence on the drive-through and <i>Thank You<\/i> signs.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Free Times<\/i> also reports that this is not the end for <i>Pho Viet<\/i> but that they are moving to 9308 Two Notch Road.  This is the former site of <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=13386\">Farm Bureau Insurance<\/a>, and in fact that building was setting up to be a restaurant called <i>First Class Bar & Grill<\/i> which never came to fruition, but which probably cut down on the prep work for <i>Pho Viet<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>On a semi-related matter, there is apparently some type of major construction going on in this plaza, judging from the storage containers all about.  I have seen a number of <i>Food Lion<\/i> stores being upfitted recently, so perhaps that is is, though I did not see any evidence of construction at <i>Food Lion<\/i> itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590079.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590079_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590079_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590079_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590080.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590080_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590080_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590080_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590081.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590081_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590081_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590081_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590082.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/05\/p1590082_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1590082_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1590082_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 18 December 2019<\/b> -- Now <i>Submarine Crab<\/i>, one of the inexplicable wave of new crab restaurants in town:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/12\/p1600501.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/12\/p1600501_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1600501_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1600501_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/12\/p1600502.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/12\/p1600502_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1600502_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1600502_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/12\/p1600503.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/12\/p1600503_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1600503_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1600503_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 14 May 2020<\/b> -- The new <i>Pho Viet<\/i> location at 9308 Two Notch is open (or at least was open before <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/05\/p1630138.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/05\/p1630138_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1630138_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1630138_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2300+Decker+Blvd,+Columbia,+SC+29206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Free Times reports that Pho Viet closed on 28 March of this year, something that I had not noticed. I have only had Pho once, and it was here. I thought it was quite good, but I didn't care for the fact that they only allowed one tea refill. This building was originaly a [&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":[1815,1986,576,92,1817,78,3,2792],"class_list":["post-15844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2300-decker-boulevard","tag-9308-two-notch-road","tag-brookfield-road","tag-decker-boulevard","tag-decker-village","tag-dentsville","tag-restaurants","tag-viet-namese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15844","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=15844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}