{"id":21730,"date":"2023-04-06T23:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=21730"},"modified":"2023-04-06T23:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:59:16","slug":"the-whig-1200-main-street-20-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=21730","title":{"rendered":"The Whig, 1200 Main Street: 20 November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Honestly, I had good intentions about The Whig<\/i>. There was plenty of notice given that it was going to close, and I was determined to visit it at least once before it did. In the event, as usual, good intentions did not a solid plan make, and I never got around to it.<\/p>\n

The first time this underground space in the basement of Columbia's oldest skyscraper caught my eye was when it had the oddly compelling name The Frog & Brassiere<\/i>, two things that don't usually go together. The Whig<\/i> opened in 2005, and lasted 17 years until ongoing renovations to make the host building a hotel, and plans for a basement hotel bar as part of that resulted in the lease not being renewed.<\/p>\n

You can read about it in The State<\/a> and The Post & Courier<\/a><\/p>\n

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