After a wave of Columbia seafood restaurant openings, one already has closed
A seafood restaurant that opened in Columbia last summer after getting its start in a Charlotte parking lot has closed.
The Seafood Connection on Lake Murray Boulevard closed earlier this month, according to a manager at the restaurant’s Charlotte location. It was open for about five months.
The Seafood Connection was one of at least half a dozen seafood restaurants that opened in the Columbia and Lexington County areas last year. A trio of crab-themed restaurants opened within just two and a half miles of The Seafood Connection in the Harbison area.
The restaurant got its start when owner Jamie Walker began serving crabs and shrimp at a pop-up in a Charlotte church parking lot in 2016, later opening a brick-and-mortar space. The Lake Murray Boulevard location was the restaurant’s second.
This story was originally published January 15, 2020 at 2:26 PM.
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