DINING
American
Clyde's of Columbia
10221 Wincopin Circle • Columbia, MD 21044
410-730-2829
Casual and friendly restaurant situated on a quiet lake with great views afforded to patrons. An American cuisine is served including burgers, ribs, seafood, chili, and homemade desserts. more... mapDonna's- Snowden
5850 Waterloo Road • Columbia, MD 21045
410-465-2399
Casual family atmosphere with a menu that includes American and Mediterranean cuisine including pastas, sandwiches, and delicious pastries. mapFive Guys Burgers and Fries
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway • Columbia, MD 21044
Five Guys offers diners 100% all beef burgers cooked to order, fresh-cut potatoes, and an unlimited variety of toppings. more... mapHard Times Cafe
8865 Stanford Boulevard • Columbia, MD 21045
410-312-0700
A fun and exciting restaurant featuring themes of the 1930's, 40's, and 50's. Their menu is dominated by an American cuisine of burgers, sandwiches, and their famous chili. The restaurant features a critically acclaimed collection of historic, classic country and western and western swing music, as well as contemporary practitioners of these styles. Catering services are available. more... mapKing's Contrivance
10150 Shaker Drive • Columbia, MD 21046
410-995-0500
American cuisine with European touches served in a historic mansion with private rooms available for groups from 10 to 175. map
Bar-B-Que
Famous Dave's
6201 Columbia Crossing Drive • Columbia, MD 21045
410-290-0091
Fun and upbeat atmosphere combined with great BBQ made with classic St. Louis style spareribs, hickkory smoked to perfection, and Dave's award winning rich and sassy sauce. Catering and a to go service is also available. more... mapRed River Barbeque & Grille
6201 Columbia Crossing Circle • Columbia, MD 21044
410-290-0091
Southwestern cuisine in a rustic, casual atmosphere. Enjoy ribs, beef brisket, and pulled pork. map
Brew Pubs
Rocky Run Tap & Grill
6480 Dobbin Center Way • Columbia, MD 21045
410-730-6581
Family fun in an exciting atmosphere with features including spunky servers, thousands of hot sauce bottles, humorous chalkboard drawings, Farside cartoons, and local high school yearbook pictures. The menu has something for everyone including burgers, sandwiches, chicken, seafood, pastas, and desserts. They also offer many different Canadian style microbrews brewed at the Columbia location. more... map
Chinese
P.F. Chang's
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway • Columbia, MD 21044
The Plaza at the Mall in Columbia
410-730-5344
The P.F. Chang's experience is a unique combination of Chinese cuisine, attentive service, wine, and tempting desserts all served in a stylish, high-energy bistro. more... map
Coffee Shops
Blue Cow Cafe
5134 Thunder Hill Road • Columbia, MD 21045
410-772-8999
A relaxing coffeehouse specializing in fresh sandwiches, coffee, tea, soup, and ice cream. map
French
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill
6435 Dobbin Road • Columbia, MD 21045
410-715-3933
Consistently flavorful and fresh Mexican food, for lunch and dinner, dine-in or take-out, served in a sparkling clean and upbeat environment. more... mapCafe de Paris
8808 Centre Park Drive • Columbia, MD 21043
410-997-3904
Excellent and charming French-Country style cuisine restaurant located conviently in the business park section of Columbia. They offer off site catering and wine tastings. mapLa Madeleine
6211 Columbia Crossing • Columbia, MD 21045
Dobbin & Route 175
410-872-4900
An equal parts French bakery, European cafe and cozy bistro. They serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, wine, and sweet pastries. more... map
Indian
Bombay Peacock Grill
10005 Old Columbia Road • Columbia, MD 21046
410-381-7111
Fine dining authentic and innovative Indian cuisine including a daily lunch buffet and extensive a la carte dinner menu. A banquet hall, meeting room and walkout garden patio are available. Live sitar music is featured on weekends. more... mapHouse Of India
9350-F2 Snowden River Parkway • Columbia, MD 21045
410-381-3844
Authentic Indian cuisine featuring a diversified menu that reflects the many breads, appetizers, and entrees indigenous to the Indian Continent with the perfect of spices. map
International
Noodles & Company
6191 Old Dobbin Lane • Columbia, MD 21045
410-872-3729
A quick and casual global noodle restaurant serving the very best freshly sautéed noodle dishes, soups, and salads from around the globe. All dishes may be customized with chicken breast, beef tenderloin, gulf shrimp, or organic tofu. more... map
Italian
AIDA Bistro
7185A Gateway Drive • Columbia, MD 21046
410-953-0500
The award winning AIDA Bistro is Howard County's newest culinary destination. Family owned & operated, this restaurant specializes in Italian food, homemade pastas, sauces, desserts, and creative Mediterranean entrees. Although it has an Italian core of entrees and freshly made pasta and desserts, the award winning Executive Chef, Michael Wagner, regularly add specials to the menu that are both contemporary and non-traditional Italian. The Bistro Wine-Bar serves over 65 wines by the glass and bottle and are hand picked to complement the menu. more... mapThat's Amore
10400 Little Patuxent Parkway • Columbia, MD 21044
410-772-5900
Authentic Italian restaurant with delicious food all made from scratch. Every dish can be prepared solo, in individual portions, or famiglia, family portions to pass around the table. There are full banquet menus and private rooms to hold any event and the full menu is available for carryout. more... map
Japanese
Nichi Bei Kai
9400 Snowden River Parkway South, Suite 120 • Columbia, MD 21045
410-381-5800
Offers a variety of Japanese cuisine cooked right at your table. There is also a full sushi bar available. more... map
Pizza
Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizzeria
9081 Snowden River • Columbia, MD 21046
410-312-4800
Here you can enjoy great appetizers, entrees, and of course...pizza. You can even create your own pizza with a combination of their fresh ingredients. more... mapJerry's Subs & Pizza
7190 A Cradlerock Way • Columbia, MD 21045
410-381-7802
Delicious made-to-order food served in an attractive environment since 1954 has helped make this eatery a local favorite. The menu features pizza with all the toppings you can expect and huge overstuffed sandwiches. more... mapLedo Pizza
6955 Oakland Mills Road, Suite H • Columbia, MD 21045
410-381-5550
A fun, family restaurant offering a combination of appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, and specialty pizzas. more... map
Spanish
Don Pablo's
6191 Columbia Crossing Circle • Columbia, MD 21045
410-290-1618, 800-372-2567
A casual family atmosphere with flair awaits you with their Mexican cuisine including made from scratch salsa, tortillas and sauces as well as an entire range of authentic Mexican specialties. more... map
Southern
Bassett's Original Turkey
10300 Little Patuxent • Columbia, MD 21044
410-992-6819
Good old home cooking including fresh roasted turkey, steaming-hot stuffing, fragrant with celery, onions and spices, tangy cranberry sauce, thick slices of freshly baked bread, garden fresh salads, and real mashed potatoes with rich brown gravy. map
Supper Clubs
Toby's Dinner Theatre
5900 Symphony Woods Road • Columbia, MD 21044
410-730-8311, 800-888-6297
Award-winning Broadway and original musicals with an exceptional buffet-style dinner including a full service bar, salad bar, buffet, desserts and make your own sundae bar. more... map
Steaks & Chops
LongHorn Steakhouse
8650 Snowden River Parkway • Columbia, MD 21045
410-953-8180
Visiting Longhorn is like paying a visit to the authentic West. The steaks are hand-cut, hand-seasoned and carefully prepared. The burgers are thick & juicy and salads are freshly prepared. They offer legendary Western fare to satisfy a range of cravings. more...
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