Salute to the mother ship of fine dining in SC

Le Petit Chateau, the restaurant credited with introducing French cuisine to Columbia, South Carolina, was as physically small — and as metaphysically majestic – as its name promised. It didn’t take more than half a dozen couples celebrating milestone birthdays, a few legislators entertaining their extramarital companions, and a gaggle of businessmen toasting a deal to fill the shotgun dining room, which sat only 48 people.

Which is to say everyone noticed when a naked man bounded from the front door to the kitchen around 6:30 p.m. on a Friday.