Date Spots in Columbia, SC

Dating in Columbia

In Columbia, a date can move easily from coffee to a walk. Start at Curiosity Coffee Bar, College Grounds Cafe, Azalea Coffee Bar, Piecewise Coffee Co., Sweet Cream Co., Indah Coffee, Hideout in WeCo, Cat Daddy Cafe, The Flying Biscuit Cafe, or Immaculate Consumption for coffee shop and ice cream options. Then take a stroll through The Horseshoe, Riverfront Park, Finlay Park, or Waverly Historic District. For dinner, you can choose from Spotted Salamander Cafe & Catering, Ambrosia Taverna, The Spur, Village Idiot, Terra Restaurant, Oceanview Seafood II, Casa Linda, George's Southside Restaurant, Tios Mexican Cantina, and Hampton Street Vineyard, with cuisines like Greek, Mexican, seafood, American, and regional in the mix. The variety makes it easy to shape a date around what you both like.

For an evening date, drinks spots like The Oyster Bar Columbia, Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint, The New Brookland Tavern, Capital Club, TLC Sports Bar & Grill, PT's 1109, Uncle Fester's, 116 Espresso & Wine Bar, and Red Door Tavern give you many options. You can pair them with culture at Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina State Museum, EdVenture, Cayce Historical Museum, Hampton-Preston House Museum, World War Memorial, Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens, Robert Mills House, McKissick Museum, or Mike Brown Contemporary. Entertainment ranges from Town Theatre, The Nickelodeon, Township Auditorium, Riverfront Park Amphitheater, BTM Dutch Square Cinema 14, Longstreet Theatre, and Columbia Marionette Theatre. The mix of coffee, dinner, drinks, outdoors, and culture gives you many ways to combine a Columbia date.

Neighborhoods in Columbia

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• The Horseshoe The Horseshoe is an outdoor spot on the list, making it an easy walk-and-talk stop.
• Waverly Historic District Listed under outdoors, this historic district gives a walking route for a date.
• Benedict College Historic District Listed under outdoors, this historic district is another walking option.
• Cayce Cayce Historical Museum and WMJ Cayce Memorial Park make this area a culture-and-outdoors pairing.
• WeCo Hideout in WeCo gives this area a coffee-shop anchor for a casual date.