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As a child, I had a mini
servers uniform that I wore.
- Sara Krisnow on growing up “in the thicket.”
“At
all of our locations
given weeknight, you can also see families
combined, we might
filling the restaurant. We know there’s not
serve thousands of
much time between getting off of work and
diners a day, but
putting children to bed, so we get food to the
we care about each and every customer
because this is our family business,” said
Back row: Jimmy Williams, Matthew Williams, Robert Williams, John Williams
and Sara Krisnow
Front row: Mark Williams and Bobby Williams
Sara Krisnow. “As a child I had a mini server’s
uniform that I wore. I’ve always spent a lot
of time in our restaurants and I’m proud of
my family’s business. I’m fortunate that part
of my job today is training employees when
they start working with us to ensure that
they reflect our family’s values when they’re
interacting with our customers. And outside
of the food, the fast, kind service diners find
at Lizard’s Thicket is one thing everyone
loves about our restaurant.”
When Lizard’s Thicket opened in 1977, Bob
and Anna Williams not only wanted to offer
comforting meals, they also wanted to help
busy families. As more and more women,
especially, began to work outside of
the home, the Williamses wanted their
restaurant to be a place where families
gathered around the dinner table, even when
there was little time for parents to make din-
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table quickly.”
Lizard’s Thicket offers a kids’ menu for
breakfast, lunch and supper for busy
families. And if you’re feeding a crowd for
game day or the holidays, Lizard’s Thicket
also offers family-style pans of food and even
its delicious iced tea in gallon jugs to go.
“In recent years, we had so many people
planning parties and corporate events or
weddings, even, that our catering business
has grown exponentially,” said Sara Krisnow.
“We can do anything, really, from a breakfast
buffet for 40 people to a wing bar or a more
traditional Lizard’s Thicket meal with meat
and sides for 4,000. We handle set up and
serving. We make serving large amounts of
food as easy and as affordable as possible for
our customers.”
If your mouth is watering thinking about
Lizard’s Thicket’s macaroni and cheese,
a hot stack of pancakes, fried chick-
ner at home. Creating a place for family and
en or even fresh collard greens cooked
friends to connect over good food is still
in traditional Southern-style, the good
something that Lizard’s Thicket values.
news is that your Lizard’s Thicket is
Since opening the first restaurant in 1977, family has remained the cornerstone of the
business. Established in their hometown of Columbia, SC, Lizard Thicket opened the
“Our location in Florence and several of our
open seven days a week for breakfast,
Columbia-area restaurants have drive-thrus
lunch and supper. Make sure to follow
Florence location in 2013 at 1712 W. Palmetto Street.
and families can stop by on their way home
Lizard’s Thicket on Facebook, Twitter and In-
from work and pick up a fresh, hot meal that’s
stagram for delicious updates and informa-
ready fast,” said Bobby Williams. “On any
tion on daily specials.
NOVEMBER 2015
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