Pimento cheese on burgers, biscuits, and pizza
While the origins of pimento cheese started farther north than most expect, Columbia, South Carolina, claims to be the home of the first printed recipe of the piquant spread. According to Esoteric Columbia, the combination of mayonnaise, grated cheese, and chopped pimentos first appeared in a 1912 version of A Friend in Need printed by the Ladies of the Free Kindergarten Association of Columbia. Since then, the capital city has remained obsessed with the “pate of the South.” Restaurants and bars will put it on nearly anything on the menu. From burgers to biscuits, here are our top picks for pimento cheese in Columbia.