Harvest dinner, bistro lunch and a new choice for Italian

Historic Happy Hour tour of Five Points: Make multiple stops throughout the district on this walking tour with a Historic Columbia tour guide. Tickets are $20 for Historic Columbia members, $25 for the general public and include beverages and appetizers along the way. Must be 21 or older for adult beverages. 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Meet at Five Points Fountain, corner of Greene and Harden streets. historiccolumbia.org; (803) 252-1770, ext. 23; or reservations@historiccolumbia.org

Farm To Table Event Co. anniversary celebration harvest dinner: A collection of past guest chefs create a five-course meal on the farm, including appetizers and wine pairings. 6:30-10:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at City Roots, 1005 Airport Blvd. Dinner and cocktails, $100 (excludes gratuity); cocktail reception only (6:30-7:30 p.m.), $35. www.farmtotableeventco.com.

A Knight of Honor: Heroes in Blue, a nonprofit committed to promoting community and police relations, honors law enforcement and citizen heroes from across the Midlands with a medieval-themed feast provided by Rosso Trattoria with beer from Craft and Draft. One officer will receive the Officer Gregory Alia Award for compassionate, selfless acts of service, and one citizen will receive the Citizen Hero Award to be presented by Marcus Lattimore. Dress is medieval-themed or cocktail attire. Entertainment by Syr, a local Celtic band, and court jester Emile DeFelice. Proceeds support Heroes in Blue. 7-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 at Rockbridge Club, 4135 Rockbridge Road. $75, includes beer, wine, food and dessert; available at eventbrite.com.

Bistro lunches: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. weekdays at McCutchen House. The University of South Carolina’s historic McCutchen House on the Horseshoe is open for lunch during fall and spring semesters (except breaks and holidays). Students of the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management prepare and serve a four-course lunch throughout the semester. $10, includes plated entree, tomato pie, soup or salad, beverage and dessert bar. 902 Sumter St. http://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/hrsm/for_the_community/mccutchen_house_dining/bistro_lunch_dining/index.php

New & noteworthy

Alodia’s Cucina Italiana: The owners will be bringing one of the first new restaurants to the town of Lexington as a byproduct of the town’s new vision plan and completion of Project Icehouse Amphitheater.

Alodia’s will open its new location at on the first floor of the Shirey’s Building at 101 W. Main St. No opening date has been set.

El Jimador Mexican Restaurant: This new eatery will open at 5343 Sunset Blvd. in the space recently home to Compton’s Kitchen. Compton’s Kitchen opened in the space in 2013 and closed this summer. The original Compton’s Kitchen on B Avenue in West Columbia is still in operation.

The Sunset Boulevard address will be the second in Lexington for El Jimador, which opened earlier this year in the Scarborough Plaza Shopping Center on Augusta Highway near Lexington High School. No opening date has been set yet for the Sunset Boulevard location.

Laser tag arena: This fall, Plex HiWire Family Fun and Sports Center at Village at Sandhill, Two Notch and Clemson roads in Northeast Richland, will open a two-story Plex Extreme Laser Tag Arena. It will have 4,000 feet of 3-D murals, black lights and industrial props that will create an interactive maze leading patrons through the futuristic-themed space on a mission to an 18-foot tower that is home to “the Evil Guardian of the Universe.”

Susan Ardis, sardis@thestate.com; Janet Jones Kendall, jjkendall@thestate.com