{"id":25763,"date":"2026-08-28T19:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=25763"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:55:41","slug":"mels-dairy-bar-3239-forest-drive-1-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=25763","title":{"rendered":"Mel's Dairy Bar, 3239 Forest Drive: 1 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130440.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130440_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130440_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130440_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130441.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130441_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130441_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130441_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130442.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130442_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130442_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130442_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130443.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130443_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130443_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130443_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130444.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130444_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130444_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130444_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130445.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130445_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130445_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130445_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130446.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130446_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130446_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130446_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130447.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130447_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130447_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130447_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130448.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/08\/p2130448_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130448_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130448_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Mel's<\/i> (originally mooted to be <i>Mo's<\/i>) replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=23925\">Zesto<\/a> in this location which closed in December of 2024.  They got going in the summer of 2025, and so lasted about a year.  I had not stopped since then, but was looking forward to a soft-serve chocolate dip to close out August.  In the event, they have been closed several weeks, and a (mysterious) new concept is supposed to debut here in September.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/article316595610.html\">The State<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/free-times\/food\/forest-acres-mels-dairy-bar-close-zesto\/article_66f1dd24-e1b2-4464-85a7-b87c558c3bef.html\">The Post & Courier<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/07\/21\/mels-dairy-bar-closing-august-reopen-with-brand-new-concept\/\">WIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/3239+Forest+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>Mel's (originally mooted to be Mo's) replaced Zesto in this location which closed in December of 2024. They got going in the summer of 2025, and so lasted about a year. I had not stopped since then, but was looking forward to a soft-serve chocolate dip to close out August. In the event, they have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[4121,499,269,96,152,34,3],"class_list":["post-25763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-3239-forest-drive","tag-chicken","tag-forest-acres","tag-forest-drive","tag-hamburgers","tag-ice-cream","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25763","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=25763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25766,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25763\/revisions\/25766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}