{"id":24902,"date":"2025-11-03T22:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=24902"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:48:33","slug":"columbia-craft-brewing-company-taproom-520-greene-street-6-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=24902","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Craft Brewing Company Taproom, 520 Greene Street: 6 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070483.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070483_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2070483_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2070483_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070484.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070484_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2070484_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2070484_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070485.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070485_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2070485_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2070485_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070486.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070486_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2070486_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2070486_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070487.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070487_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2070487_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2070487_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070488.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/25\/11\/p2070488_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2070488_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2070488_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put this one down to the changing craft beer landscape and South Carolina's new bar regulations.  As I understand it, the saturation of the craft niche made operating a retail outlet iffy in the first place, while the difficulty of putting a kitchen in this building made transforming into a full restaurant problematic as well.  Of at least that's my takeaway from the numerous articles about the closing.<\/p>\n<p>I was not really aware of this place, despite it having been open for eight years, and admit I probably would not have visited knowing it was not a full restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiacraft.com\/\">Columbia Craft Brewing<\/a> continues to operate as a brewery, and we will have to see what's next for this space.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about in in <i>The Post & Courier<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/free-times\/food\/why-columbia-craft-taproom-close-sc\/article_8065d5f1-57d2-4a24-acbd-c7e53a09bccc.html\">here<\/a> & <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/free-times\/food\/columbia-craft-brewery-closing-taproom\/article_eba0ec01-86c0-47be-9102-edc97147d4bd.html\">here<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/article312402452.html\">The State<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2025\/10\/06\/columbia-craft-brewing-company-announces-closure-taproom\/\">WIS<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/money\/business\/small-business\/another-midlands-taproom-announces-closure-columbia-craft-brewing-company\/101-c20ef573-2cff-405b-9c4e-c3ce1971cbad\">WLTX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/520+Greene+St,+Columbia,+SC+29201\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put this one down to the changing craft beer landscape and South Carolina's new bar regulations. As I understand it, the saturation of the craft niche made operating a retail outlet iffy in the first place, while the difficulty of putting a kitchen in this building made transforming into a full restaurant problematic as well. 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