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Pimento Cheese Passport is a foodie's journey around Columbia

Experience Columbia SC is launching a program that features 15 restaurants serving up a South Carolina staple.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Experience Columbia SC is encouraging locals and visitors to eat their way through a tour of 15 Columbia restaurants that serve up pimento cheese dishes. The Pimento Cheese Passport is available at participating restaurants.

Restaurant goers can get stamps showing their progress as they try each of the 15 dishes. 

  • Di Prato’s Delicatessen - signature pimento cheese and seasoned pita chips
  • Bourbon - creole pimento cheese
  • Jake’s - pimento cheese ripper
  • Mr. Friendly’s New Southern Café - bacon wrapped filet mignon w/ "french quarter" pimento cheese. 
  • Solstice Kitchen - cornmeal fried green tomatoes w/smoked cheddar pimento cheese
  • Cellar on Greene - Papa Shine's pimento cheese
  • Rockaway Athletic Club - pimento cheeseburger with pimento cheese fries
  • The Whig - chipotle pimento cheese fries
  • Midwood Smokehouse - pimento cheese fries topped w/chopped pork
  • Terra - pimento cheeseburger pizza
  • The War Mouth - smashed and fried yukon golds
  • Spotted Salamander - pulled brisket sandwich
  • Good Life Café - smoky pimento-less cheese wrap
  • Café Strudel, West Columbia - horseradish pimento cheese
  • Café Strudel, Lexington - Lowcountry hashbrowns

Experience Columbia SC says it launched the program to encourage people to try new spots in the city. 

In a news release, Charlene Slaughter, director of communications for Experience Columbia SC says, “we’re thrilled to show people not only the creativity and delicious recipes hand-crafted by our chefs for this passport, but with stops all over the city it gives residents and visitors a reason to explore Columbia and discover our rich Southern history, booming arts scene, beautiful rivers in the heart of downtown and so much more.”

Once a person gets stamps from 10 different restaurants they can enter to win a $50 gift card. 

Participants must snap a photo of their Pimento Cheese Passport and email the photo to pimentocheese@experiencecolumbiasc.com for a chance to win. 

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