Shuckin' Shack Announces New Location in Columbia, SC

Shuckin' Shack Announces New Location in Columbia, SC

Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar will open its first Midlands South Carolina location in Columbia's BullStreet District.

The new Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar location at 2151 Boyce St. will join 18 otherlocations across six states, including Charleston, Greenville and Summerville.

Franchisees Ellis Farr and Jake Wells picked the spot in the 181-acre BullStreetredevelopment due to its proximity to the new retail, office and apartment space in thesurrounding district built on the former State Mental Hospital site, which Wells called "thepremier real estate development that's happening in Columbia right now."

"We want to be the kind of place that those folks who live and work around BullStreet cancome have great food, share some drinks, and, frankly, just share life with one another,"Farr said.

The Columbia Fireflies' Segra Park and the University of South Carolina's plannedmedical university campus also drew them in, he said.

The chain was founded in 2007 in Carolina Beach, North Carolina and began franchisingin 2014, according to a press release.

The restaurant will have a decidedly casual, beachy atmosphere.

"The casual nature can't be overstated," Farr said.

Both Farr and Wells are Columbia residents who want to emphasize that to futurecustomers.

"It is locally owned, it's locally operated and we want to be a part of this community in abig, big way," Wells said.

An opening date has not been set.

Story Credit: Caleb Bozard from The Post & Courier – Columbia