Turnpike Tavern — Restaurant in Columbia

Nothing fancy. It is your typical local bar with tables in front to serve food. They have about a dozen beers on tap to choose from. Our server, Melissa was excellent and took good care of our table. The food served is typical bar fare of wings, sandwiches, and small bites. I ordered hot honey wings and my wife had a chicken sandwich. We had fried mushrooms on the side. The wings were meaty and messy. The chicken sandwich was OK. My wife said it was lacking seasoning. All in all, a good place to stop for a quick...

Waitress was nice and attentive. The food portion size was poor (fried mushrooms) and the fryer needs cleaned badly. My onion rings and fried mushrooms were DARK, damn near burnt. On the plus side, the burgers were on point and a good value. I realize this is a bar and focus isn’t on food, so I’ll...

My wife and I travel through that area 4 times a year, we first stopped by in October, because of the Hurricanes in Florida we have stopped by 3 times in 2 months, the food was excellent, beer prices were good and very friendly staff. The new owner is making this place even better...