{"id":2927,"date":"2010-12-06T23:31:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T04:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2020-08-10T23:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T03:04:16","slug":"charlies-eckerds-2708-rosewood-drive-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=2927","title":{"rendered":"Charlie's Cue & Cushion \/ Eckerd Drugs \/ Rite Aid, 2708 Rosewood Drive: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This isn't quite the post I thought I would be making. Here's the thing: I remember a local restaurant that was on this side of Rosewood Drive for many, many years. It was on my \"someday\" list though I didn't get to it and it was torn down after I moved out of town. The only anecdote I can remember about it right now was that in the late 80s, or maybe the 90s, USC had a famous football coach (whose name I can't remember, let's call him Freddie) commit to come coach the Gamecocks. The whole town was in a commotion, and this restaurant put up on their signboard: Freddie heard about our food!<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Then, of course, the Chicken Curse<\/i> struck, and he reneged on the deal and decided not<\/i> to come to Carolina -- leaving the restaurant flat-footed for a couple of days with a very ironic sign.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I was pretty sure this was the spot, but the only thing I can see before the old building was torn down to put up the Eckerd's<\/i> which became Rite Aid<\/i> is a pool hall called Charlie's<\/i> which tried several times (apparently with success in the end<\/a> to get a liquor license).<\/p>\n

UPDATE 7 Dec 2010<\/b>: Updated post title to Charlie's Cue & Cushion<\/i> based on the coments.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10 August 2020<\/b>: I have not noted it previously, but this Rite Aid<\/i> closed as all the others did, and is now a Walgreens<\/i>. Also added map icon, added Rite Aid<\/i> to the title, updated tags.<\/p>\n

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