Simply Savory, 2901 C Devine Street: 20 Aug 2010 1 comment
I noticed in The Free Times this week that Simply Savory on Devine Street had closed.
At this point, their web site is still up, and it's a bit melancholy to see that their contact page lists them as being "next to Ben & Jerry’s and Birds on a Wire", both of which have been gone for a while themselves.
Also according to that page, they opened on 10 September 2007, so they had an almost three year run, which is not bad for that area and this economy.
I only went in to Savory once. I was actually looking for Ben & Jerry's which was already gone at that point, but decided that as long as I was there anyway, I might as well check it out. I believe this was before they added their cafe area, and as I'm not a wine person, my impression of the store was that they sold mainly jars of condiments and spreads along with esoteric kitchen items. Given that I was ignoring the wine, I'm not sure how accurate that impression is, but I found it a bit like The Island Gourmet at the Hammock Shops, or Plum Pudding on Laurens Street in Aiken. I believe they had a couple of jars of something open for dipping and sampling, and that it was pretty good but not something I ended up buying.
(Hat tip to Eva at The Free Times)
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there was a note in the State about this too saying that they were trying to sell the business. But looks like there were no takers.
I think this spot will fill faster than some of the other nearby empties on Devine. Having that parking lot is going to be an appetizing leasing lure to a lot of retailers.