Ollie & Finn's Counter — Restaurant in Columbia

It's a cramped for space but other than that I really love this place. I ordered the Cumberland Spaceman with potato salad, and my wife ordered "his name is Robert Paulson" with seasoned cukes. The spaceman had a nice spice but not overpowering, and the sourdough was delicious. The sandwiches large and had a good portion of meat in them. I wasn't a big fan of the potato salad but I'm a real stickler about mine, I like it more sweet this reminded me more of a seasoned cheese dip. I still finished it so that tells you it wasn't bad, just not my favorite. My wife loved her Paulson on Multigrain. She actually said she could eat that sandwich everyday and she loved the seasoned cukes too. The staff was very friendly and polite. We will definitely be coming out here more often.

*UPDATE * It's now May and we have been to "finns" as we call it multiple times. I have a new favorite, its "the English magician" and it tastes amazing the best I could describe it to would be like if you took made a turkey melt and you added cranberry sauce and mayonnaise together. That's what the bacon jam and the cream cheese reminds me of and I absolutely love it in fact I ate it so fast I forgot to take a photo, but that one is my favorite at this moment. The next one I want to try is the I want to believe or the Molly Mayhem special but I want that one on sourdough because I don't like batard bread.

Anyways just wanted to update and say this is our favorite restaurant in Columbia now, and we are looking forward to the next...

Ollie and Finn's Counter is a dream come true. I am a HUGE fan of bologna sandwiches, and my mind was BLOWN by the Bloodhound.

Seriously, this sandwich is bout to turn me into a whoooole food connoisseur. The bologna was sliced at the PERFECT thickness, and was fresh and absolutely excellent in flavor. The bread was soft in the middle and ever-so-slightly toasty on the outside, (but not so thick and gooey that I choked on it), not to mention delicious. The cheese was so ooey-gooey and amazingly melty, but not so salty that it overpowered the bologna. The lettuce was so wonderfully light and added a great crunch/earthy/sweet flavor to balance the salt and lighten the heaviness of the meat and cheese. The tomato wasn't gross and mushy, it was sweet and crisp. AND THERE WERE CHIPS ON IT, which is the crunchy icing on the sammich cake. It's the kind of sammich that makes you want to cry when you bite into it. It's the kind of sammich you take home to meet your mother. The kind that ruins all other sammiches for you and makes you borderline aggressive. The kind that you want to spend the rest of your life with.

Plus, Ethan was amazing and the vibes in the shop (HELLO, THEY WERE PLAYING WEEZER) are immaculate. In short, do not hesitate one more second to get yo'self a Bloodhound and watch all of your dreams come true. P.S. I've attached a picture of the sandwich that I took once I recovered from my eating frenzy, as well as a photo that represents how I felt spiritually...

Oh. My. Mothman. I am amazed. I have been going to Ollie & Finn’s since they were located in the Columbia Arts Building. This place is a texture paradise. Ethan & Anna are super sweet and very cool, and I have always been blown away.

BUT! Tonight, I took myself on a date, and I ran into Anna randomly at Briarworks. When she told me when owned O&F, I was ecstatic to share my positive experiences. They have a Kolsch that is to die for too!

I found out so many things! Ollie & Finn’s is actually named after their dogs, and I’m a dog trainer so that also resonated a lot! They try their best to maintain a good work life balance and are a family owned restaurant.

They even work with other businesses in the area like McCrearys Pub and Bad Idea Brewing and probably many more that u don’t know about.

I went after this and bought me a sandwich that Anna described to be beautifully - “The Mothman” - a roast beef and cheddar on baguette with hickory caramelized onions, pickled jalapeños, horseradish, and honey mustard.

It was HUGE! It also came with a really good sized portion of their creamy Italian pasta which I could probably eat a gallon of. Overall I do give this amazing local spot a 10/10, and it doesn’t hurt that their owners are just really amazing and down to earth.

They know what’s good. And they do...