{"id":329,"date":"2009-02-20T00:38:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T05:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=329"},"modified":"2020-01-22T23:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T04:20:08","slug":"touch-of-india-intersection-center-2008-moved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"Touch of India, 14 Diamond Lane (Intersection Center) \/ 1321 Garner Lane: 2008 (moved) \/ 14 March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At one time, the side of the lower Intersection Center strip mall that faced Service Merchandise<\/a> was something of an Indian complex, with a grocery, a clothing store and the Touch of India<\/i> restaurant. I'm guessing that there was probably common ownership involved, but I don't really know.<\/p>\n

Touch of India<\/i> is the one Indian restaurant in Columbia that I haven't eaten at yet (though the one across form the Bush River Wal-Mart has changed ownership at least twice since I stopped there, so perhaps I shouldn't count it anymore). I always meant to stop, but the place was tucked away out of sight and mind and I never got around to it. They re-located last year out of the dying Intersection Center and onto Garner Lane, the hotel access road at the I-20 on-ramp off of Broad River Road. I've driven by the location a few times<\/a>, and actually stopped by once when it happened not to be open. The new location looks a lot<\/i> better, but they've traded an unattractive location for one that's hard to get to, at least if you're coming from Forest Acres. Still I'm going to make it eventually.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 13 September 2009<\/b>: Finally got some pictures of their new location at 1321 Garner Lane, #C:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 15 March 2010<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Well, I finally did make it to Touch of India<\/i> a few months ago. The menu was quite a bit different from The Delhi Palace<\/a> where I usually go (or did before they moved). I thought the dosa<\/i> (if I have that right -- the pancake-like things) were pretty good.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, they closed shop on Sunday the 14th. Eva's story in the Free-Times<\/a> says business was down, and in my opinion, the location can not have helped there -- As I said in my original post above, Garner Lane is just hard to get to, and some people simply aren't going to \"go against\" Interstate on-ramp traffic.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 16 May 2010<\/b>: Added the full street address for the original location, tags.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 20 May 2011<\/b> -- The place is now a strip club. More pictures later, but here is the start of the facade change:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 22 January 2020<\/b>: Add map icon (for Intersection Center location) and update tags.<\/p>\n

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