Antique shops are brimming with finds, and the number of chef-driven restaurants with farm-to-table menus, craft beers and handcrafted cocktails keeps growing. Multiple local breweries and distilleries have popped up in recent years, with facilities ranging from tasting rooms and pop-up German biergartens to bars with outdoor cornhole courts and full-fledged gastro-pubs.
Columbia, SC photos courtesy of Experience Columbia, SC