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Location, location, location. They say it can make or break a restaurant. For Villa Tronco, location has been as much a part of the story as its iconic dishes. The Italian staple has been at the same location for all 85 years of its existence and been in the family all that time. South Carolina's oldest operating restaurant did not start off servin...

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In Columbia, SC, Villa Tronco is celebrating an anniversary in 2025. The local favorite has been a cornerstone of Italian American dining, offering guests a taste of authentic cuisine and rich local history since 1940. For those of you not proficient at math, this means Villa Tronco will celebrate 85 years in business soon after the New Year arrive...

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Chefs who've worked at Terra, Enzo's and Bar Gran Sasso have teamed up to establish Alimentari Don Luigi, a new Italian wine and grocery store that's slated to open on June 20 at 11 a.m. Located in Suite C of 612 Whaley Street, Columbia (SC), Don Luigi's wooden-accented, chocolate-brown walls display over 120 unique bottles of wine — at least one,...

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Less than a year after a successful launch in Five Points, the Italian-American deli Enzo’s Delicatessen has expanded with a college-focused outpost in the Olympia Mills apartment complex. The new Enzo’s Spuntino — which translates roughly to snack in Italian — opened last week and offers a slight changeup on the focus at the original Five Points s...

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Columbia will soon welcome a new business to the Five Points area. Enzo’s will open its doors Tuesday in the former home of Blue Cactus Café. The New York deli restaurant was created by Joe Cardinale, owner and head chef, who felt like a piece of home was missing after making his move to Columbia. Cardinale has worked as the head chef at Ripper’s,...

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On a humid morning along Columbia’s Riverwalk Park last week, a jogger leaned against a 7-foot-tall brick pedestal to catch a break in the shade. Small round holes on the sides of pedestal marked where plaques had been fastened and a concrete base on top was all that remained where a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus stood for 28 years. All o...

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