The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 26, 1991, Page 4, Image 4
So You Say
There's Nothing
To Do
This is a listing of the events
open to the public in the Columbia
area for this weekend.
Cracker jacks ? 1325 Longcreek
Dr. On Friday, open from 4
p.m. until 4 a.m. On Saturday, live
DJ.s from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. On
Sunday, open 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Happy Hour on Friday is from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday and
Sunday, Happy Hour is from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m.
# Greenstreet's ? 1101
Harden St. Featured tonight, The
Swimming Pool Q*s, with opening
act, Ann Richmond Boston. Cover
is $5. On Saturday, Tin Pan Alley.
Cover is $3 or $4. On Sunday,
Gene Dykes and big band jazz.
Cover is $3. Persons 18 and older
admitted.
Nickelodeon Theatre ?
Main Street. Through Sunday,
shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets
are $3 for members, $4 for nonmembers.
Featured tonight through
Sunday, May Fools, a new comedy
by Louis Malle that Newsweek
calls "the best ensemble of the
year in any language."
Pug's ? 634 Harden St Preexam
party Friday and Saturday
upstairs at Pug's Too. Happy Hour
downstairs from 4 to 8 p.m. $2
cover charge. Persons age 21 and
over admitted.
The Punchline ? 634
Harden St. Tonight and Saturday,
headliner is Tim Wilson. Opening
act is Brad Weater. Cover is $8.
Shows are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Persons age 21 and over admitted.
Rockafella's ? 2112 Devine
St. Featured tonight, The Other
People. Cover is $6. On Saturday,
BOA with Young Fred. Cover is
$5. On Sunday, an all-ages show
starting at 6 p.m. with Blightobody
and 49 Reasons. Free acoustic
show begins at 9 p.m. Persons age
18 and over admitted.
# The Cockpit ? South Main
Street. On Saturday, The Store
Creek Band will begin at 10:30
p.m. Cover is $3.
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By KATHY BLACKWELL
Editor in Chief
It's around 5:30 on a Wednesday evening, and the crowd of Goatfeathers'
regulars has gathered around the bar to drink, eat pistachios,
listen to old jazz played sofdy in the background and, most
of all, to just enjoy some good conversation with friends.
Not everyone at the restaurant is mingling with the group at the bar,
however. Several couples have secluded themselves in the darkened
booths, and clusters of college students sit around small tables, more
intent on consuming their beverages than on speaking. And, at the big
round table in the middle of the bar, a father and his small son are
playing a game of chess.
Though it's located in the heart of Five Points on 2017 Devine
Street, Goatfeathers Coffee Bar and Restaurant is obviously not the
typical college bar. For erne thing, patrons usually don't stand up and
crowd the aisles, so there's not the claustrophobic feel in a you get in
lots of bars. Also, customers don't have to scream to be heard over the
usual blare of rock music.
there's no other bar like ours in town," said Astrid Cook, Goathfeathers*
manager and USC senior. "You can drink here and still be
able to talk to your date. People will wait in line to be seated, because
they know that once they get in, there'll be no struggle to get to the
restroom, and they'll be able to relax,"
This is not news to the group seated at the bar. Steve Jackson, a
Columbia caterer, comes to Goatfeathers about three times a week and
has been a steady customer since the bar opened.
"This is as close to a neighborhood pub as you can get especially at
this time of (fey when lots of people you know come in," said Jackson,
whose attention is diverted by the entrance of Andrew Duncan, who
turns out to be Ooatfeather s equivalent to Nornian on TV s Cheers."
After exchanging Jiellos with Duncan, Jackson continues. "You can
talk to people in here. This isn't a pick-up bar, but a sit-around bar."
Silted next to Jackson is Robert Ariail, the political cartoonist for the
The State newspaper. Like Jackson, Ariail comes in about three times a
week and said he is most attracted by the "eclectic atmosphere" of
Goatfeathers.
"I like the people here, and I like the atmosphere," he said. "The
setting is different ? lots of new and weird things on the walls. It's
reminiscent of the old-time saloon, or better yet, a pub."
Among the objects diplayed on the wall is a framed collection of
Ariail's cartoons, which is updated about every two months.
Goatfeathers was established in 1980 by a former manager of Group
Therapy, Jeff Helsley. He saw how Group has successfully served its
purpose with its atmosphere and music, but Helsley wanted to go in a
different direction.
"Basically the bar is aimed so that a woman can come in and not be
bothered," Helsley said, and he seems to have reached his objective.
Almost every aspect of Helsley's bar is unique, including the name
itself. He decided upon "Goatfeathers" when he saw a phrase by Ellis
Parker Butler in a book he was reading one night
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