COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hibachi House on Main Street in downtown Columbia will shut down along with its longtime neighbor Immaculate Consumption, and the university-tied foundation that owns their building plans to bring in a new business, its leader confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Jason Caskey, president and CEO of the USC Development Foundation, said the foundation intends to move another business into the space the two restaurants share and is still working out the details. The building is not slated to be torn down. No new tenant has been named.
Immaculate Consumption, the coffee and sandwich shop at 933 Main St., announced in October through a handwritten note at its counter that its last day would be Nov. 20. The shop gave no reason for closing. It had served Statehouse staff, downtown workers and University of South Carolina students since 2001.
A Hibachi House worker said the Japanese restaurant is expected to close sometime before Thanksgiving, which falls on Nov. 26, though no exact date has been set. Staff learned of the closing roughly two months ago, the worker said.
The foundation, a nonprofit that buys real estate on behalf of the university and operates at arm’s length from it, purchased the property at 933-937 Main St. in April. The two-story corner building at Main and Pendleton streets dates to 1945 and also holds several apartments, Richland County tax records show.
The sale is part of a broader push by the university along Main Street and toward the Congaree River, where it is expected to help develop a planned riverfront park of nearly 100 acres. Enrollment at the university passed 41,000 students this fall.
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