Liberty Tap Room is closing one of its SC locations after 14 years

One of Greenville’s iconic restaurants announced it was permanently closing after Friday’s happy hour.

Owned by Homegrown Hospitality Group, Liberty Tap Room has been a fixture in Greenville’s West End for 14 years. It opened the year after its neighbor, Fluor Field, home to Greenville’s minor league baseball team, which supplied a lot of the restaurant’s clientele.

The two Liberty restaurants in the Midlands — on in Columbia’s Vista and another on Lake Murray in Irmo — are not closing, company employees said Friday.

Liberty Tap Room Greenville announced the closing on Facebook, saying the company was grateful for employees and the community for their support.

A spokesperson for Homegrown Hospitality in Charleston did not immediately return a phone call Friday seeking more information.

Husk Barbeque restaurant, also in the West End, closed earlier this month. Charleston-based Husk expanded to Greenville in 2017, closed for six months due to COVID-19 and reopened in December after rebranding as a barbecue restaurant.

This story was originally published October 22, 2021 at 12:15 PM.