Jordan Lawrence
@jorlaw.bsky.social
Post and Courier Columbia editor. Tar Heel. Past lives: The State newspaper, Lexington County Chronicle.
West Columbia lost a legend, but the institution he built lives on, long may Gus' cone reign over Triangle City. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/f...
‘Food and conversation in Heaven just got a lot better’: West Columbia lowers flag for Zesto owner
Gus Manos bought Zesto in West Columbia in 1960. Under his ownership, the restaurant has grown into one of the Midlands’ most iconic restaurants.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
West Columbia lost a legend, but the institution he built lives on, long may Gus' cone reign over Triangle City. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/f...
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Ear to the Ground: What do locals think about how the BullStreet District is shaping up?
In this week's Ear to the Ground, Free Times readers sound off on what they think is good about BullStreet thus far, what they'd like to see, and improvements.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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For me, they earn it with the Rauchbier alone. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/f...
Prost, y’all: A Columbia brewery has been named as one of the 30 best in the U.S.
Bierkeller, which brews German lagers in Columbia, SC, along the Congaree River, has been named one of the 30 best breweries in the US.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For me, they earn it with the Rauchbier alone. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/f...
If something other than a kickass local brewery moves into the vacant Iron Hill, I’ll … complain about it on social media.
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If something other than a kickass local brewery moves into the vacant Iron Hill, I’ll … complain about it on social media.
It's wear-your-hoodie-with-the-hood-up-inside cold this morning.
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's wear-your-hoodie-with-the-hood-up-inside cold this morning.
2025’s best album (to set the vibe while sipping good whiskey).
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
2025’s best album (to set the vibe while sipping good whiskey).
I just genuinely don't understand how, regardless of whether you understand what he's saying, you could not have an absolute blast listening to Bad Bunny.
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I just genuinely don't understand how, regardless of whether you understand what he's saying, you could not have an absolute blast listening to Bad Bunny.
Year-end listening thought: Why were we tepid on Lucy Dacus' Forever Is a Feeling again? lucydacus.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...
Forever Is A Feeling: The Archives, by Lucy Dacus
21 track album
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December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Year-end listening thought: Why were we tepid on Lucy Dacus' Forever Is a Feeling again? lucydacus.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...
If anybody's curious, this was No. 1 on my Best of SC Music ballot. comacinema.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...
Grand Delusion, by Coma Cinema
12 track album
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December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If anybody's curious, this was No. 1 on my Best of SC Music ballot. comacinema.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...
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Good on Notre Dame for declining bowl invitations, I also refuse to show up to pointless meetings
December 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Good on Notre Dame for declining bowl invitations, I also refuse to show up to pointless meetings
The Bojangles bologna biscuit hits.
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Bojangles bologna biscuit hits.
Catching up to Greenville.
Sydney Dunlap has Free Times' inside look.
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Sydney Dunlap has Free Times' inside look.
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The Free Times guide to Columbia’s newly opened food hall. Come hungry, there’s a lot to try.
Gather COLA off of Columbia’s Bull Street is now open, serving up everything from sandwiches to barbecue to Asian fusion cuisine.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Catching up to Greenville.
Sydney Dunlap has Free Times' inside look.
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Sydney Dunlap has Free Times' inside look.
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Big Thief’s Double Infinity is the best Kurt Vile album.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Big Thief’s Double Infinity is the best Kurt Vile album.
Extremely proud of the work the team at Post and Courier Columbia has put out in my first month here. All of it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Extremely proud of the work the team at Post and Courier Columbia has put out in my first month here. All of it.
Your soup can be 10% less satisfying than I'm counting on if you load me down with oyster crackers.
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Your soup can be 10% less satisfying than I'm counting on if you load me down with oyster crackers.
Album of the year? bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygia...
Stygian Bough: Volume II, by BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN
4 track album
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December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Album of the year? bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygia...
A team needs a leader, Bill.
And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
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And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A team needs a leader, Bill.
And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
apnews.com/article/nort...
And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
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The Tar Heel vibe tonight.
a man in a suit and tie is saying " please god just let this end "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying " please god just let this end "
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November 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Tar Heel vibe tonight.
Happy leftovers day from this banging lentil Wellington
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy leftovers day from this banging lentil Wellington
Increasingly convinced Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album since The Life of the World to Come (2009). themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, by the Mountain Goats
12 track album
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November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Increasingly convinced Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album since The Life of the World to Come (2009). themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
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Columbia nonprofit Homeless No More has dozens of housing units under construction or in development across the Midlands, a decade after endeavoring to build affordable housing to meet the region’s shortage.
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Columbia hopes 100 new housing units will help battle homelessness, revive struggling neighborhood
Homeless No More, a Columbia, SC, nonprofit operating an emergency shelter for homeless families, is a decade in to a pursuit to build affordable housing.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Columbia nonprofit Homeless No More has dozens of housing units under construction or in development across the Midlands, a decade after endeavoring to build affordable housing to meet the region’s shortage.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
My first Free Times live review in a long time reflects on a weekend when Columbia felt like it took a step forward. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/l...
Live Review: Finlay Park reopening, Jam Room Music Festival gave Columbia reason to be proud
Read a live review of the music festivals that took over Columbia, SC Finlay Park during its reopening weekend following $25 million renovation.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My first Free Times live review in a long time reflects on a weekend when Columbia felt like it took a step forward. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/l...
Legends never die.
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Legends never die.
So many variations of the same very correct sentiment here, all of them so good to read right now: Lisa Willis WAS Free Times.
She was the best, and I'll miss her.
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She was the best, and I'll miss her.
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‘The keeper of the vibe’: Remembering Lisa Willis, the heart and soul of Free Times for 31 years
A 30-year veteran of Free Times, Lisa Willis passed away Oct. 29, 2025. She’s remembered for her hard work, dedication and relentlessly funny and social spirit.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So many variations of the same very correct sentiment here, all of them so good to read right now: Lisa Willis WAS Free Times.
She was the best, and I'll miss her.
www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...
She was the best, and I'll miss her.
www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...