Hickory Ridge Village Center — Local services in Columbia

Convenient little village center that has been around for decades. Anchored by the reliable and decent Giant Food grocery, there are some vacancies in the storefronts that haven't been replaced, and apparently the shopping center has been slated for remodeling for a while, likely keeping those vacant shops infilled until the redesign. Still, along with the Giant, there's the really good Peking Chef Chinese restaurant, Domino's Pizza, a barber shop and nail salon (it wouldn't be a neighborhood shopping center without those), a new Gritty Goblin game store, plus two hidden gems, the Meadows ice cream shop and Grille Chick'n Pollo Peruvian chicken restaurant, both with lots of tasty menu items. A Japanese steakhouse and few other shops round out...

I go here for the LA Mart and for Caesars Pizza but overall The village center is nice. I love La Mart because they sell things there that you can't find other supermarkets. The produce is very inexpensive and plentiful. This store has a lot of exotic items that you don't find elsewhere. The store is organized in the way where everything is easy to find. I wouldn't suggest buying your everyday items in there it's a little pricey. I would save that for , Aldi's, Safeway, or Walmart. If you wanted to get a giant bag of rice and onions and potatoes and pretty much your produce and your fish and meats this is a good place for that. Plus they have household items that are not found everywhere. I go...

Overall it's just OK. Alot of businesses have closed. Meadows ice cream is a must go-to! Giant is here. We go here for convenience only. Hate the checkout area. My kids love Gritty Goblin Game store. Outside is not kept up like it use to be, the fountain hasn't worked in years. During school months kids use this shopping area to hang out, often smoking pot outside in the open. Told Giant employee that it's not good for business to have all the elderly and small children have to walk through that just to shop. He didn't really care because "police dont do...