Archive for the ‘Laurens Street’ tag
Aiken Brewing Company, 140 Laurens Street Southwest (Aiken): 17 March 2023 3 comments
Well, it's the summer doldrums, so posting has been light, and will continue so for a while, but here's a bit from out of town.
When I lived in Aiken, I worked in Augusta, so I ended up eating supper over there more often than not, but I certainly did eat at the Aiken Brewing Company a number of times over the years. They had a decent burger, and while I'm no beer connoisseur, I thought the porter or stout was pretty good. I guess I last ate there sometime in the fall of 2022, when it was still pleasant to sit outside on the sidewalk. When I went back recently, I found that the place was closed, and this story indicates that the owner was retiring. More recently, this story says a new restaurant will be locating there at the end of summer, but I did not see any indication of ongoing work, which seems a bit odd.
Greyhound Station, 2015 Gervais Street: April 2015 (moved) 1 comment
The Greyhound Station on Gervais Street moved earlier this month, and now the buildings on the lot (which included the Chapman Dodge building) have been razed. Unlike the old art deco station downtown on Sumter Street, this one was nothing special, and I'm not sorry to see it gone.
I had a chat with the project manager for the site, and he said the whole block that the station sat on will become apartments.
The new station is at 710 Buckner Road, which is the I-20 frontage road between Monticello Road & US-321.
