{"id":3140,"date":"2011-01-25T01:34:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T06:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2011-01-26T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T19:26:47","slug":"the-elite-epicurean-lavecchias-seafood-grille-aquagrille-club-dreams-1736-main-street-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=3140","title":{"rendered":"The Elite Epicurean \/ LaVecchia's Seafood Grille \/ Aquagrille \/ Club Rio \/ Club Dreams, 1736 Main Street: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to this link<\/a> the Boyne Building<\/i> was designed in 1900 by local architect James Hagood Sams. I'm sure it has been a large number of things over the years, but the one which gets mentioned here more often than anything else is The Elite Epicurean<\/i>. Unfortunately, I know almost nothing about it. I believe that for the majority of the time it was open, I was living out of town, and at any rate just the name would have put me off as being \"too fancy\" (not to mention the iffy-ness of Main Street at night).<\/p>\n

All that aside, I can say it was listed in the 1998 phonebook (though with no Yellow Pages ad) and here's what some of you have said:<\/p>\n

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\nOne of my favorite Columbia restaurants missing from your list was the Elite Epicurean. They had a dish called something like \u201cIsland of Scorpios Shrimp\u201d. It was delicious. Also, the stuffed twice baked potato at the Elite Epicurean was very good -- commenter Sarah<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nLet\u2019s see\u2026 Elite Epicurian first became a Northern Italian seafood-focused place called LaVecchia\u2019s, full of fish tanks and aqua neon colors, until around 2002\u2026 Then it became Aquagrille, which didn\u2019t last long. After that it has been dance clubs under 2-3 different names -- commenter Dave<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nI still miss the Elite Epicurian. Lamb Chops Bandit Style! -- commenter Dennis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Club Dreams<\/i> would seem to be one of those short lived dance clubs commenter Dave mentions -- the night picture is from a Friday night, when one would expect a dance club to be open, so I think it is gone as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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