Busby’s Guidebook to Chapin/ Lake Murray

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Busby’s Guidebook to Chapin/ Lake Murray

Food scene

Family owned and casual. Creative, good burgers and beers and it’s where the locals eat
14 locals recommend
Higher Ground - Char House
211 Chapin Rd
14 locals recommend
Family owned and casual. Creative, good burgers and beers and it’s where the locals eat
We love to get it to go
12 locals recommend
Farm Boy's Barbecue
525 Columbia Ave
12 locals recommend
We love to get it to go
Local restaurant favorite with bar
18 locals recommend
J.R. Cash's Grill and Bar
502 Old Lexington Hwy
18 locals recommend
Local restaurant favorite with bar
Trendy place to hang out and eat with a bar. Accessible by boat.
61 locals recommend
Liberty Tap Room
1602 Marina Rd
61 locals recommend
Trendy place to hang out and eat with a bar. Accessible by boat.
Open Tues- Sat 11-3. Food truck. Love the chicken salad
Hot Dog Express
2104 Wessinger Road
Open Tues- Sat 11-3. Food truck. Love the chicken salad
A beautiful, lazy day to boat over to this tasty burger joint. We get it to go and eat on the boat.
11 locals recommend
Big Mans Marina
125 Big Mans Rd
11 locals recommend
A beautiful, lazy day to boat over to this tasty burger joint. We get it to go and eat on the boat.
Good beers, and tacos of all things! Boat ride away. Eat on the boat or at picnic tables there
FishWater Beer Garden
Good beers, and tacos of all things! Boat ride away. Eat on the boat or at picnic tables there
It’s really a beer hangout place with food trucks or BYO- food.
7 locals recommend
Lazy Creek Taphouse
306 St Peters Church Rd
7 locals recommend
It’s really a beer hangout place with food trucks or BYO- food.
Brewery, music and food - all good fun. During the people bring dogs and kids too.
34 locals recommend
Steel Hands Brewing
2350 Foreman St
34 locals recommend
Brewery, music and food - all good fun. During the people bring dogs and kids too.
11 locals recommend
La Fogata Mexican Restaurant
2805 Sunset Blvd
11 locals recommend
13 locals recommend
El Poblano Mexican Restaurant
2371 Dutch Fork Rd
13 locals recommend
Boat or drive to this local favorite
DW's Lakeside
222 Timberlake Drive
Boat or drive to this local favorite
Brand new nice restaurant in Chapin.
7 locals recommend
Chophouse of Chapin
105 A Ellett Road
7 locals recommend
Brand new nice restaurant in Chapin.
Cool vibe, local coffee house
12 locals recommend
Loveland Coffee
7001 St Andrews Rd
12 locals recommend
Cool vibe, local coffee house
6 locals recommend
Chickenbutt Donuts
2130B Dutch Fork Rd
6 locals recommend
Our fav is to get a soft served ice cream
Zestos
1250 Chapin Rd
Our fav is to get a soft served ice cream
New coffee house:)
Bart’s Crazy Good Coffee Shop of Chapin SC
230 Columbia Ave
New coffee house:)
Local favorite for “gas station chicken”. There is a boiled peanut cart outside too.
Exxon
2090 Dutch Fork Rd
Local favorite for “gas station chicken”. There is a boiled peanut cart outside too.
Tribal Coffee Co.
7949 Broad River Rd
7 locals recommend
San Jose Mexican Restaurant
10618 Broad River Rd
7 locals recommend

Hiking

10 locals recommend
Palmetto Trail (Peak, South Carolina)
State Road S-20-35
10 locals recommend

Outdoor Activities

Great disc golf course and wooded trails for walk/ running
11 locals recommend
Crooked Creek Park
1098 Old Lexington Hwy
11 locals recommend
Splash pad for kids, tennis courts (if repaired from storm), ball fields
Melvin Park
370 A Eptings Camp Rd
Splash pad for kids, tennis courts (if repaired from storm), ball fields
24 locals recommend
Columbia City Fireflies Baseball
1640 Freed Dr
24 locals recommend
Pick strawberrries or whatever is in season. Recommend calling first to see about crops.
Lever Farms
5057 SC-34
Pick strawberrries or whatever is in season. Recommend calling first to see about crops.
38 locals recommend
Harbison State Forest
5600 Broad River Rd
38 locals recommend
Ballentine Park
1035 Bird Rd

Sightseeing

139 locals recommend
Columbia Museum of Art
1515 Main St
139 locals recommend
Awesome locals at this little hardware store
Boland's Ace
745 Chapin Rd
Awesome locals at this little hardware store

Shopping

Groceries
10 locals recommend
Publix Super Market at Chapin Crossing
1235 Chapin Rd
10 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
Dollar General
1720 Taylor St
7 locals recommend
Palmetto Roads
2721 Wessinger Rd
Local produce - right beside the Exxon quikway
Farmers Daughter Fresh Produce
2100 Dutch Fork Rd
Local produce - right beside the Exxon quikway