{"id":296,"date":"2009-01-19T00:46:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T05:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=296"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:09:03","slug":"hilltop-restaurant-saint-andrews-road-mid-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Hilltop Restaurant, 767 Saint Andrews Road: 23 December 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is yet another of the many restaurants in Columbia that I always intend to go to \"someday\" but in the event don't make it before they close. The Hilltop Restaurant<\/i> building has been a landmark for as long as I can remember, though I think it has gone through several different names and incarnations over the years. It seems to me that there was one in particular that used to do a lot of advertising on WIS radio<\/a> in the late 60s and early 70s, but I can't bring the name to mind right now (and may be mistaken since I had no clear idea of the geography of the Saint Andrews area in those days).<\/p>\n

From the way the parking lot and signage is configured, it appears that Hilltop<\/i> had some association with the adjacent Econo Lodge<\/i> (which used to be something different also).<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10 March 2011<\/b>: Updated closing date and street address based on commenter Andrew's research.<\/p>\n

Thanks to commenter \"O'Reilly\" who reminded me of Hilltop and pointed out a lot of other restaurants on St. Andrews on which I'll do some future closings.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2 January 2012<\/b>: As noted in the comments, this place has been torn down:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 25 January 2022<\/b> -- There is now a QT<\/i> gas station being built on the Hilltop<\/i> site:<\/p>\n

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