Restaurants

Find Restaurants Serving Locally Grown With New Free App

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Monday, May 27th, 2013, 10:25am

Finding restaurants that serve fresh, locally grown produce is about to get easier with the Fresh on the Menu (FOTM) app. Commissioner Hugh Weathers and the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) will unveil the free app during a 12:30 p.m. press conference June 4 at Blue Marlin, 1200 Lincoln St., Columbia.

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SCDPS, Subway Kick Off W8 2 TXT

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Thursday, March 21st, 2013, 8:30am

Distracted driving is a major safety risk on South Carolina roads and text messaging is by far the most alarming distraction. That is why local SUBWAY® restaurants have partnered with the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) to urge drivers to wait to send text messages – or W8 2 TXT – until they have stopped driving.

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Bojangles’ Teams with Customers to Raise Money to Send Kids to MDA Summer Camp

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Friday, March 1st, 2013, 8:19am

Bojangles’ Teams with Customers to Raise Money to Send Kids to MDA Summer Camp

For the 12th consecutive year, Bojangles’ is supporting the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) through its Shamrocks Against Dystrophy® in-store fundraiser. Starting Friday, March 1, through Sunday, March 17, customers can once again support the organization by purchasing a green shamrock for $1 or gold shamrock for $5.

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Call for Cooks: Palladium Society’s Chili Cook-Off Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013, 9:17am

Call for Cooks: Palladium Society’s Chili Cook-Off Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary

Do you make a mean bowl of “Famously Hot” chili? Historic Columbia Foundation’s Palladium Society is looking for cooks for this year’s 15th Annual Chili Cook-Off, held Saturday, February 23 at the State Fairgrounds.

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Teams Wanted for State Championship BBQ Cook Off

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Monday, January 28th, 2013, 10:01am

Teams Wanted for State Championship BBQ Cook Off

Do you think you’ve got what it takes to win the Commissioners Cup State Championship BBQ Cook Off? If you’re a backyard barbecue warrior, or a professional that hits the barbecue circuit, then now is the time to sign up for the South Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Smokin’ at the Market Commissioners Cup BBQ Cook Off. The competition is March 22-23 at the State Farmers Market, 3483 Charleston Hwy., West Columbia.

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Local restaurants offer free breakfast

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Sunday, January 27th, 2013, 12:05pm

Local SUBWAY® restaurants are taking online reservations to try any 3-inch flatbread sandwich from the breakfast menu and coffee for free at participating restaurants in the Midlands area.

People can go to the myfreebreakfast.com Web site and select a time and day to visit their neighborhood SUBWAY® restaurant during the breakfast sandwich trial period of Jan. 28 - Feb. 2.

The egg sandwich choices include Bacon, Egg and Cheese; Black Forest Ham, Egg and Cheese; and Steak, Egg and Cheese. An egg white option is available for all breakfast sandwiches.

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IHOP to offer free pancakes Feb. 5

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Thursday, January 17th, 2013, 11:49am

Batter up, breakfast lovers! IHOP®, one of America’s most popular family-friendly restaurants, known for “everything you love about breakfast,” will once again invite guests to enjoy free pancakes during National Pancake Day on February 5, 2013, while celebrating Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ 30th Anniversary. On this day, the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million as the first national fundraising campaign to kick off the 2013 fundraising year for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

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