{"id":22089,"date":"2023-07-20T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T02:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=22089"},"modified":"2023-07-20T22:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T02:09:10","slug":"aiken-brewing-company-140-laurens-street-southwest-aiken-17-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=22089","title":{"rendered":"Aiken Brewing Company, 140 Laurens Street Southwest (Aiken): 17 March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890002_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890002_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890002_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890003_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890003_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890003_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890004_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890004_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890004_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890005_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890005_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890005_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890006_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890006_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890006_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890007_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890007_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890007_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890008_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890008_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890008_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890009_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890009_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890009_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890010_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890010_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890010_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890011_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890011_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890011_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890012_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890012_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890012_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890013_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890013_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890013_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890014_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890014_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890014_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890015_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890015_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890015_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890016_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890016_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890016_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890017_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890017_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890017_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890018_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890018_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890018_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890019_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890019_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890019_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890020_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890020_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890020_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890021_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890021_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890021_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890022_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890022_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890022_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890023_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890023_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890023_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/07\/p1890024_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1890024_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1890024_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 <i>Aiken Brewing Company<\/i> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/aikenstandard\/news\/aiken-brewing-company-set-to-close-for-good-later-this-month\/article_20a68958-b878-11ed-8dbb-330acd29cd61.html\">this story<\/a> indicates that the owner was retiring.  More recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/csra-news\/new-restaurant-coming-to-where-aiken-brewing-company-used-to-be\/\">this story<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/140+Laurens+St+SW,+Aiken,+SC+29801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[3792,1372,2076,3795,1718,3793,16,3794,3],"class_list":["post-22089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-140-laurens-street-southwest","tag-aiken","tag-bars","tag-brewpubs","tag-laurens-street","tag-laurens-street-southwest","tag-out-of-area","tag-pubs","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}