Columbia boasts a variety of shopping possibilities,
including the Columbia Mall in Town Center, which features more than 200 stores – including
L.L.Bean, J Crew, Eddie Bauer and department stores
Hecht’s, Lord & Taylor, Nordstrom, Sears
and JC Penney. The Mall is home to food court
eateries, great restaurants and cheery cafes,
including The Cheesecake Factory, PF Chang’s, Champps,
Panera Bread, Nordstrom Café and Starbucks.
Other restaurants in Town Center include Clyde’s,
Copelands, That’s Amore and the Riverside
Roastery and Espresso.
Other Columbia shopping centers include
Columbia Crossing – on Route 175—where
you’ll find Target, Borders and Dick’s
Sporting Goods, and Macaroni Grill, Don Pablo’s
and other restaurants. A Wal-Mart is located
across the road from Columbia Crossing at Dobbin
Center. Restaurants in the Dobbin area include
Mango Grove, McDonald’s, Baja Fresh and
Fuddruckers.
Snowden Square on Snowden River Parkway offers
shoppers a Best Buy, Home Depot and BJ’s
Wholesale Club. There are more restaurants here
and nearby at a restaurant park at the intersection
of routes 175 and 108.
Columbia’s nine Village Centers offer localized
shopping options. Many of the Village Centers
feature grocery stores, banks, dry cleaners, video
stores, liquor stores and smaller restaurants
such as local pubs, pizzerias, delis and carryouts.
On Columbia’s main roads, you'll find a variety of ethnic restaurants
– Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese and
Mexican.
For complete information on shopping and restaurants
choices, visit the website
for our Village Centers, or visit DiscoverourTown.com.
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United Artists runs a multiplex cinema in Columbia
at Snowden Square. In addition, several local
film societies offer film series for residents.
In downtown Columbia, Toby’s Dinner Theater
offers live theater throughout the year. Howard
Community College and community theater groups
host theater productions year round. Theater and
musical performances are also offered at The Jim
Rouse Theater at Wilde Lake High School.
Columbia is also home to the African Art Museum
of Maryland, located at Historic Oakland in Town
Center. For information about the museum, call
(410) 730-7105.
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In the summer, the Columbia Association offers
live entertainment and/or movies daily at dusk
at the Columbia lakefront. For live, popular music
concerts, Merriweather Post Pavilion located in
Symphony Woods in Town Center operates through
the summer. Symphony Woods is home to Columbia’s
annual Wine in the Woods celebration, sponsored
by Howard County Recreation and Parks. The Columbia
Festival of the Arts electrifies Columbia for
two weeks each June in celebration of the arts
with featured music performers. Past Festival
of the Arts performers include Emmylou Harris,
Pilobolus and Marcel Marceau.
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