If anything that's remained constant in Greenville's food scene, it's the changes. Restaurants, big and small, have come and gone. Some have stayed put and grown bigger. Others never found a toehold in the competitive restaurant business for a variety of reasons. Here are excerpts from our reports about the restaurants that closed this past year. They are listed chronologically by the date, when the stories published.
Feb. 5
Less than a year after opening, another downtown Greenville restaurant has closed its doors. Stewart Penick’s Terrace restaurant, which opened last May in the space at 654 S. Main St., has closed. The decision was effective after service on Sunday, Feb. 4, according to a statement released by the restaurant’s owner, Stewart Penick. Staff were notified Monday.
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“It is with sad hearts that we inform you that we closed the doors of our TERRACE GREENVILLE SC location effective Sunday, February 4th at 4pm,” the statement said. “After a year of hard work and investment, our goal was to bring a unique breakfast, brunch, and dinner concept to Greenville to enjoy, like customers in the Charlotte, North Carolina Restaurants do. We are currently searching for a replacement tenant or concept.”
The Charlotte-based restaurant was known for putting a unique twist on traditional Southern cuisine. Examples included fried chicken and red velvet waffles and lemon poppy seed French toast.
Full story: http://bit.ly/2EIQz45
March 1
One restaurant closes, another opens: That seems to be the story of Greenville these days, and so it is also the story of The Common Cure and Tipsy Taco. The former restaurant closed its doors Sunday, and the latter will be taking over the 4,500-square-foot space at 15 Conestee Ave. immediately, with plans to open for business there in April.
The changes come as The Common Cure has struggled to find its footing in a restaurant landscape populated with options and dwindling qualified staff, said owner John Ko. And it comes as Tipsy Taco is closing its Tipsy Music Pub and focusing on what the owners said they do best: restaurants, food and fun.
In addition to the Augusta Road restaurant, Tipsy owners Trish Balentine and Roger Carlton have plans to open a Tipsy Taco in Simpsonville. The 3,000-square-foot restaurant will be located at 702 Fairview Road, Suite 104.
Full story: http://bit.ly/2ENjW5s
March 7
The decision to close two Tijuana Flats locations in Greenville came after slipping sales, according to company officials.
"Despite the best efforts of our teams in Greenville, the restaurants had been underperforming and we made the difficult business decision to close both restaurants," said Rick Van Warner, president of the Parquet Group, a restaurant consultancy group, and a member of the board. "We provided advance notice to employees and offered as many transfer opportunities as possible."
Tijuana Flats announced its first restaurant in Greenville in September 2014, on Woodruff Road. A second location opened on Haywood Road. Company officials announced the closing of both restaurants on March 4.
Full story: http://bit.ly/2ENdZFB
April 10
After 10 years in business, the owners of two popular Greer restaurants are closing the doors to one of them.
Jason and Lori Clark, co-owners of BIN112 and The Strip Club, announced the sale of BIN112, at 112 Trade St., Monday evening. Jeff Gossett has purchased the property in Greer’s historic downtown district, according to a release about the sale from Greer Development Corp., and has plans to turn the space into another restaurant.
“We would like to thank all of our devoted customers, friends and family for your continuous support over the last 10 years,” Jason Clark said in a statement. “We are so proud of the strides our team has made during this time and of the awe-inspiring amount of blood, sweat and tears they have dedicated to the growth and success of BIN112. After our best year ever, we are closing and are excited that something new and fresh will take our place.”
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“BIN112 has been privileged to be a part of so many special life occasions, and to have nurtured so much culinary talent in the Upstate food community,” Lori Clark said. “BIN112 has received many honors and it has many fans. We are honored to have our footprint in the growth of historic downtown Greer.”
Full story: http://bit.ly/2EJhnkK
July 5
It took seven months to open Wu's Cajun Seafood, and it took seven months to close the downtown Greenville restaurant as well.
The Cajun-Asian fusion concept from The Bottle Cap Group served its last meal Sunday, confirmed Bottle Cap Group marketing director Morgan Conroy. The restaurant is now closed, she said.
Wu's opened in December of last year, with a menu that fused Asian and Cajun flavors. Dishes included Gumbo Ramen, Kung Pao cauliflower and seafood boils.
Conroy said the decision to close stemmed from the fact that Wu's just "wasn't the right fit for our mold."
"We're more of an alcohol-centric restaurant group," she said. "And the numbers just didn't measure up to what our current concepts do."
Full story: http://bit.ly/2EMBtud
July 13
The Greenville location of a bar and restaurant known for its chicken wings and burgers has permanently closed, according to owners.
Chief's Wings and Firewater, located at 723 Congaree Road, is now closed, said owner Dueanphen Gourley. The restaurant closed last week due to issues with obtaining a liquor license, Gourley said.
Owners applied two times and were both times denied, Gourley said.
Full story: http://bit.ly/2ENj94u
Nov. 21
The first thing you notice when you walk into the Café @ Williams Hardware will also be the first thing you notice missing when the 10-year-old café closes at the end of this year. The two sisters, owners Joyce and Nancy McCarrell, have been staples in the restaurant since day one, and they just couldn’t see a Café @ Williams Hardware without them.
Now, less you think the two McCarrells conceited, they are the furthest from it, they simply know the reality of the situation.
“It would unnecessarily burden whoever comes if we are anywhere around,” Joyce said, glancing at her sister, who returns the gaze with a knowing nod. “They would be saddled with the baggage of where are the two sisters?
“This way, they can develop their own brand and own persona.”
The decision to close the place that has become their life over the past decade, has been emotional in both a sad, but also a very joyful way. The two feel satisfied with what the café has been able to do for customers, but mostly for Travelers Rest, and they are ready to as they put it, “let some whipper snapper to come in here and take over the building and do something new.”
Full story: http://bit.ly/2ELLOa4
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/life/2018/12/25/here-some-greenville-restaurants-closed-their-doors-2018/2411457002/ 2018-12-25 18:42:00Z
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