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Six Columbia-area restaurateurs inducted into state restaurant corridor of fame
It is that point of 12 months once more, people.
Annually, in early November, the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Affiliation inducts a handful of outstanding Columbia-area restaurateurs into its Corridor of Fame.
This 12 months’s inductees are six individuals from three eating places and bars — Clark Ellefson and Andy Rogers, who personal Artwork Bar within the Vista, Scott and Lauren Goodale of Pasta Fresca and Clint Hudson and Clay Hudson, who function Hudson’s Traditional Catering. The Middleton household, a outstanding group of restaurateurs who personal and function a number of downtown eateries like Smoked and The Grand, additionally bought a nod. Scott Middleton, alongside his kids Greg and Sara Middleton Kinds, have been chosen for the Rising Star Award.
“It’s all the time thrilling to rejoice new restaurant ideas right here within the Midlands, however it’s a particular honor to acknowledge the excellent businesspeople and restaurateurs behind these longstanding favorites,” mentioned Susan Cohen, President and CEO of the SCRLA, in a press launch.
Over almost the final 20 years, the SCRLA has acknowledged greater than 40 restaurant trade veterans for his or her work, the press launch mentioned.
Pasta Fresca, the neighborhood Italian restaurant in Forest Acres, has been round for greater than 20 years, in response to the restaurant’s web site. The eatery gives typical Italian delicacies like spaghetti and meatballs and hen parmesan.
House owners of Artwork Bar, Clark Ellefson and Andy Rodgers, can be inducted into the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Affiliation’s Corridor of Fame in mid-November. Perry McLeod/particular to Free Occasions.
Within the early ’90s, Clark Ellefson and Jeff Helsley got down to open an eclectic bar — one with funky music choices and that was open to everybody. Greater than three a long time later, Ellefson and Andy Rodgers, who grew to become an proprietor later, nonetheless see that imaginative and prescient working. Artwork Bar, lit up with Christmas lights and adorned with quirky robots, has lengthy been the area for every thing from stand-up comedy to bizarre metallic exhibits. Ellefson and Rodgers can be inducted into the Corridor of Fame for his or her work on the bar.
Hudson’s Traditional Catering has operated in Lexington for over 15 years, in response to its web site.
Final 12 months, well-known people like Black Rooster/Bourbon’s Kristian Niemi was inducted, alongside longtime homeowners of Village Fool Pizza, Brian and Kelly Glynn. This 12 months’s dinner celebrating the inductees can be held Nov. 20 on the Columbia Metropolitan Conference Middle. Tickets may be bought for $75 every at scrla.org/occasions.
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