Aiken is a very unique and special place. This is apparent from a stroll ‘downtown’ amongst the charming shops and local cafés and restaurants that line Laurens Street, our town’s vibrant “main street” with its historic architecture and buildings dating back as far as the mid 1830’s. It is apparent as you drive along South Boundary, Aiken’s picturesque avenue lined with its overlapping, majestic 100-year old oak trees. It is apparent when you stop in for a morning coffee or juice at the New Moon Café, the Stoplight Deli, the Track Kitchen or the Polo Grounds coffee shop and strike up a conversation with one of the “locals” and leave knowing you’ve made a new friend in town.
With just a short drive around town, it is easy to see some of the places that make Aiken such a charming place to call home. The shady oasis that is Hitchcock Woods, right in the center of town; the exquisite, 14-acre Hopeland Gardens abundant with a rainbow of colorful seasonal flowers, surrounded by its brick serpentine wall and mature oaks and magnolias; the red clay streets of Aiken’s Horse District with its historic Winter Colony homes, horse stables and Aiken’s Training Track and Track Kitchen – the ‘in’ spot for breakfast to discuss all things horse! And, for those more interested in ‘tee time,’ the place to be is over on the Bermuda Grass greens at the Aiken Golf Club where you can end up at the Club’s “19th Hole” – for lunch at the Legends Grill, to replay the previous 18 holes…all over again!
In upcoming posts, this blog will feature articles about many of the people, places and events that combine to make Aiken a wonderful place to be. We hope you will visit Aiken Today again – and often. Thanks for reading the blog and we look forward to any comments you’d like to send in!
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