Olivia DeSmit

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Ozark Mountain Biscuit Company

Most popular item: Fried Chicken Sandwich Favorite events: Roots N Blues N BBQ and the Pedaler’s Jamboree Bryan  Maness,  owner  of  Ozark  Mountain  Biscuit  Co.,  was  drawn  to  food  truck  culture  and  felt  it  would  benefit  the  community.    “It’s  so  nice  to  interact  with  every  person  and  see  them  enjoy  the  food  while  you’re  […]

VooDoo Sno

Most popular item: Witch Doctor Favorite event: Anything at Veterans United A southside food trailer, Voodoo Sno is a break off from Chris Bailey’s other business, Parkside Skate Shop on Columbia’s north side. The sno-balls he sells bring a little bit of New Orleans to Columbia. Bailey’s skate shop business partner’s brother lives in Louisiana […]

A Magic Number

Twenty seems to be Mark Brown’s lucky number: 20 years on the road touring with famous rock stars like AC/DC and Fleetwood Mac, and now 20 years of success in owning Buckingham Smokehouse Bar-B-Q in Columbia. The founding of Buckingham is an unusual story. Brown lived on the road, setting up stages and driving tour […]

Man of Steel

Emmett Russell pulls on his worn gloves and slides clear plastic safety glasses over his eyes before picking out a sheet of metal and plugging in the welder. His gray “Russellbilt” sweatshirt keeps him warm as he works in the coolness of his garage. A process of flying sparks, measuring, and trial and error begins […]

“The Bad Break”

The path to literary success rarely follows a straight line. That was the case for mystery novelist Jill Orr. After getting her bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri, Orr worked in advertising. Eventually she went back to school and got her masters in social work, but after the birth of her son, […]

Strength In Numbers

Founded in 2015, ForColumbia has a simple mission: Bring Columbia Christians together to share God’s love by serving their community. “As Christians, we’re called to love and serve our neighbors,” Shelly Mayer, director of ForColumbia, says. “We’re just trying to get together for the good of the city. There’s no agenda other than that.” ForColumbia […]

Dinner and Dessert

Poke bowls and rolled ice cream are the focus of a new restaurant on Broadway called A Little More, a new Asian cuisine restaurant nestled between Slackers and U.S. Bank. “It’s very DIY-style for a sushi restaurant,” says owner Jay Zheng. Japanese food is becoming increasingly popular in the U.S., Zheng says. “People are looking […]