Villa Tronco, the first Italian restaurant in Columbia, SC, has a fabulous Restaurant Week Columbia menu (along with more than 30 other participating restaurants) that you can enjoy through January 20. Featuring four courses for $30, the third-course options offer Villa Tronco favorites like Veal Piccata and Villa Tronco Chicken. Even better, you can choose one of Carmella's Homemade Cheesecakes for your fourth course.

Villa Tronco, started by Tony and Sadie Tronco, did not begin as a restaurant -- the couple first owned a fruit store, named Iodine Fruit Store. When World World II began, soldiers from across the United States were flooding into Columbia to be trained at Fort Jackson. Some Italian-American soldiers befriended the Tronco family and Sadie began cooking them spaghetti and meatballs to remind them of home. The restaurant got its start, and is now a Columbia, SC favorite.

Craving that four course menu now? Make your reservation at Villa Tronco before Restaurant Week ends this weekend: (803) 256-7677