The Social Pig

The Devine Street Piggly Wiggly in Columbia has long been known as “The Social Pig.” They even sell T-shirts with that moniker emblazoned on the back. For many years it has been situated at the intersection of Shandon and Heathwood—two of the most hoity-toity neighborhoods of Columbia. Back when upper- and middle-class women typically didn’t work, it was the gathering place for matrons when they weren’t at the bridge table, garden club, or Junior League. They would shop the aisles in their shirtwaist dresses, pumps, and pearls and catch up on all the neighborhood gossip.