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However, the capital city offers
plenty of options for killing time in
style, whether your feel like being
an adult, indulging your inner child
or just digging in to some great
food.
Columbia
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Haunts
Thursday
nights, Five
Points is
hoppingto the
sounds of
banjos, upright basses
and acoustic guitars
thanks to Bluegrass
Night at El Burrito.
This locally owned
and operated
restaurant closes off
its parking lot to
create a cozy little
area for an eclectic
crowd to hear some of
Columbia’s best
musicians. The house
band regularly invites
guest artists to play
with them, and the
nights often turn into
serious jam sessions.
They start around 7:30
p.m. and play until 11:30 p.m. every Thursday night until early November
when the weather gets too cold. El Burrito offers beer specials for the night in
Bluegrass
Night at
El Burrito
PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK
Delany’s is Five Points’ Irish pub, and it
brings out the O’Malley in all of us on
Wednesday with Pint Night and the
various Celtic music sessions, but
intelligence is the key on Sunday
nights. Or maybe we’re just talking
random knowledge. Either way,
Trivia_Night is a great way to pool
your group’s collective gray matter
and win beer glasses and the
occasional bundle of cash. It works
like this: you come in with a group,
create a team (complete with name)
and answer rounds of questions on
various subjects. Whoever has the
highest score at the end of the night
wins pub glasses. Lots of teams come
back week after week and participate
in tournaments. The overall winner
of the tournament gets a cash prize,
thereby validating all that useless
knowledge that’s blocking out the
answers to that chemistry final.
Trivia
Night at
Delany’s
Non-Stop Hip-Hop Live
Every
Wednesday night
at New
Brookland
Tavern, the DJs
of the WUSC
radio show Non
Stop Hip-Hop
take their talents
across the river
to spin
underground
hip-hop. Non
Stop Hip-Hop
Live is the best
place to hear new
and underground
acts. Non-Stop
Hip-Hop Live has
brought in live
performers like uaayssey, Kon vega ana
Kweli. This past fall, it sponsored the
Battle of the MCs, and it is a constant outlet
for local hip-hop artists like Lyrikal
Buddah and Fat Rat.
PHOTO BY REGINA GOODWIN/THE GAMECOCK
What the
Nickelodeon
Theater is to
films in
Columbia,
Trustus
Theater is to
plays. Trustus
has produced
less-known
and
alternative
plays and
musicals for
over 15 years.
The theater
also offers
Trustus Late
Night, a series
that offers
concerts,
comedians, plays and The We’re Not Your
Mother Players, which is the house improv
troupe. Trustus Late Night will finish its
2001-2002 season Saturday, August 17 with an
improv performance by The We’re Not Your
Mother Players. The new season will start
September 13 through 27 with “The Hamlet
Project.” Showtimes are Tuesdays at 7:30
p.m. and Fridays at 11:15 p.m.
Trustus
Late Night
I PHOTO BY
ROBERT GRUEN/
THE GAMECOCK
For those late night study
munchies, you can follow
everyone else down to
IHOP for unhealthy, greasy
pancakes and omelets, or
you can try the fresh
creations from the Pita Pit.
The Pita Pit is a franchised
operation on Greene Street
in Five Points that has
locations all over the U.S.
and Canada, but it has the
look and feel of a
homegrown little hole-in
the-wall joint. They offer a
variety of meat and
toppings to create pitas and
salads, and they have a fine
soda selection as well. Try
the chicken caesar pita (the
croutons add just the right
amount of crunch) or the
souvlaki pita with the
special sauce (it makes you
feel so much better than the
boysenberry at IHOP). The
Pita Pit stays open and
delivers until 3 a.m.
Sunday through
Wednesday and until 4 a.m.
Thursday through
Saturday, making it perfect
for procrastinators.
PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK
Pita Pit
PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK