COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new Mexican restaurant is about to call the Rosewood area home.
Masa Mexican Street food is coming to the 5th and Sloan development that is the apartments and retail space that was the former Rosewood Church on Rosewood Drive.
The restaurant, which will offer counter service for lunch and full service for dinner, will have a full bar, and will also feature an outdoor patio. The restaurant looks to accommodate about 100 diners.
The restaurant hopes to open by July 1, 2023.
This will be the second location for the restaurant, which is owned by Columbia restaurateur Alfonso Bravo.
Bravo said he was drawn to the walkability of the Rosewood and Shandon neighborhoods. “We’re in a great neighborhood. You see everybody walking and taking their golf carts.” Plus you have the whole city of Columbia, he said. “This is an area that I’ve always felt gives you that city feel where you are downtown, but you’re not downtown.”
Bravo also owns COA Agaveria Y Cocina, an upscale Mexican restaurant on Lady Street in Columbia’s Vista.
The original MASA is located in Camden, where Bravo also operates Salud Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar; in addition, the restaurateur has a San Jose restaurant in Elgin.