{"id":2188020,"date":"2025-12-05T12:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2188020"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:39:24","slug":"gather-cola-opens-friday-with-food-music-and-holiday-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gather-cola-opens-friday-with-food-music-and-holiday-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Gather COLA opens Friday with food, music and holiday events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH)  \u2014 <\/span>Columbia\u2019s first open-air food hall, Gather COLA, will celebrate its grand opening in the BullStreet District at 10 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature live music, 10 restaurants, three retail shops, two bars and a Christmas tree lighting at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Gather COLA is part of a major transformation of the BullStreet District, highlighted by the recent announcement of a Publix grocery store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED |<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wach.com\/news\/local\/bullstreet-district-sees-rapid-growth-with-new-food-hall-and-publix-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">Bull Street District sees exponential growth with new food hall and Publix announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the restaurants is Big Easy Seafood, whose staff recently shared crawfish mac and cheese with WACH FOX.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I got an email from Gather, they were showing the construction, it looked like a scam at first not even going to lie,&#8221; said owner, Cedric Cole. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After a successful tasting, Cole signed a five-year lease. \u201cWe\u2019ll have more people, more people can try the food, and it will be consistent every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes Development Corporation aims to make BullStreet a place where people can live, work, eat, shop and stay. The company is focused on attracting restaurants, retailers and businesses not yet in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED |<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wach.com\/news\/local\/bullstreet-district-welcomes-publix-boosting-redevelopment-and-community-accesshttps:\/\/wach.com\/news\/local\/bullstreet-district-welcomes-publix-boosting-redevelopment-and-community-access\" target=\"_blank\"> BullStreet District welcomes Publix, boosting redevelopment and community access<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublix is another example that growth here is not linear; every project builds on the next,\u201d a company spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Groundbreaking for Publix is expected next summer, with the store opening shortly afterward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wach.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) \u2014 Columbia\u2019s first open-air food hall, Gather COLA, will celebrate its grand opening in the BullStreet District at 10 a.m. Friday. 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