{"id":17405,"date":"2020-07-07T23:01:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T03:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=17405"},"modified":"2025-06-17T21:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:59:56","slug":"lizards-thicket-2240-airport-boulevard-14-june-202-temporary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=17405","title":{"rendered":"Lizard's Thicket, 2240 Airport Boulevard: 14 June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640583.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640583_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1640583_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1640583_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640585.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640585_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1640585_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1640585_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640580.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640580_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1640580_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1640580_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640581.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640581_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1640581_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1640581_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640582.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/07\/p1640582_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1640582_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1640582_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coladaily.com\/business\/lizards-thicket-temporarily-closing-two-locations\/article_4ecf7214-abfa-11ea-a961-0babc3ff348c.html\">ColaDaily<\/a> reports that this and the Beltline <i>Lizard's Thicket<\/i> will be closed temporarily due to staffing issues during the <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> crisis.  (Old Chicago in the Vista had signage indicating the same issue).  They do plan to re-open both stores at some point.<\/p>\n<p>I can only recall eating at this store twice though I have probably been there more.  The most memorable experience was when I had been working across the country for a month, and *<i>really<\/i>* wanted some comfort food, so as soon as I touched down at the airport, I was already planning what vegetables to pick!<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Heath)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 5 January 2022<\/b>: As mentioned in the comments, this closure is now permanent, so adding pictures and updating the post title to remove \"(Temporary)\":<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750601.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750601_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750601_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750601_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750602.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750602_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750602_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750602_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750603.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750603_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750603_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750603_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750604.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750604_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750604_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750604_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750605.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750605_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750605_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750605_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750606.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750606_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750606_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750606_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750607_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750607_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750607_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750608.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750608_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750608_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750608_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750609.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750609_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750609_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750609_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750610.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750610_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750610_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750610_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750611.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750611_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750611_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750611_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750612.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750612_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750612_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750612_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750613.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750613_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750613_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750613_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750614.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750614_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750614_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750614_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750615.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750615_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750615_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750615_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750616.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/01\/p1750616_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1750616_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1750616_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 17 April 2023<\/b>: Now a <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=21292\">Murphy Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 17 June 2025<\/b>: Updating tags.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2240+Airport+Blvd,+West+Columbia,+SC+29170\/\" 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>ColaDaily reports that this and the Beltline Lizard's Thicket will be closed temporarily due to staffing issues during the COVID-19 crisis. (Old Chicago in the Vista had signage indicating the same issue). They do plan to re-open both stores at some point. I can only recall eating at this store twice though I have probably [&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":[3041,159,1322,3005,2592,3],"class_list":["post-17405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2240-airport-boulevard","tag-airport-boulevard","tag-country-cooking","tag-covid-19","tag-lizards-thicket","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405","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=17405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}