Five Points in

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is a shopping, restaurant, and nightlife area that attracts customers from the nearby

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and the Columbia metropolitan area. It is the center for the city's annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival. It was Columbia's first neighborhood shopping district, named for the intersection of Harden Street, Devine Street, and Santee Avenue. It was home to Columbia's first

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(an A & P), first

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(Kester’s Bamboo House), and the first bar in South Carolina to serve a

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(the Stage Door, which claimed to sell the state's first legal mixed drink after the

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approved the use of minibottles in 1973). When

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s were prevalent, Five Points was a hub (rotating circle) for moving between downtown Columbia and the residential area of Shandon. In 2019, Five Points was added to the

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References

External links

Five Points Mall : Local area business and community guide
celebrating the 5 Points business community
Five Points Association
of Columbia {{Shopping Malls in South Carolina , state=collapsed Geography of Columbia, South Carolina Shopping districts and streets in the United States Tourist attractions in Columbia, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina