Cookout in Columbia, SC

Cookout Columbia, SC Menu

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About Cookout in Columbia

Cook Out runs six restaurants in Columbia, at 1101 Harden St, 10030 Two Notch Rd and four others. Columbia accounts for six of the 51 across South Carolina. The closest restaurant outside the city is in West Columbia, about 7 miles away, which matters on a night when the local one has a queue.

Food is cooked to order on a char grill rather than pulled from a warmer, which adds a minute or two at the window. The building follows the chain pattern, built around drive thru service with a walk up window and outside seating. Between them they average 3.9 out of 5 on Google. One menu runs the whole day, with no reduced overnight board.

Dining at Cookout in Columbia

A tray with a main, two sides and a large drink starts at $2.99, a Plain Hamburger is $1.19 and a hot dog $0.99. All 36 milkshake flavors begin at $2.79. Prices at Columbia restaurants are set locally rather than nationally, so expect small differences of a few cents from the figures here. The full menu carries every item with its price and calorie count.

The doors here open at 10:30 AM, with the kitchen running to 3:00 AM and to 4:00 AM on Friday and Saturday. Cook Out serves no breakfast, so the full board is available from open. Drive thru and walk up ordering both work, the app handles pickup, and the delivery platforms cover most of Columbia at a higher price than ordering in person.

Larger orders are simpler here than the format suggests. A tray is a finished meal on its own, so ordering in bulk needs no sides worked out separately. There is no catering department to book, so anything sizeable in Columbia goes through the restaurant on the phone, ideally with warning ahead of time.