The building is gone, now all that remains is the red-and-white highway sign that once beckoned families and book clubs and life-long friends into the Garners Ferry Shoney’s restaurant.
For decades, the family-style chain that originated in Nashville served residents across the Midlands, with the Garners Ferry Road location beloved by many in the Lower Richland community and beyond. The Garner’s Ferry location, which closed in August, was the last Shoney’s in the Columbia area.
What could fill the now nearly vacant site? The owner of local taco chain Tacos Nayarit has purchased the former Shoney’s site at 7335 Garners Ferry Road under the LLC Nayarit Investments. Juan Rivera, who owns Tacos Nayarit, is the registered agent for that LLC…