All things end. Even in business.
The retail and restaurant scene in the Midlands area always ebbs and flows, with new businesses coming along and others exiting the stage. Things were no different in 2024 in that regard.
What follows is a look at many of the restaurants, bars, stores and other retail businesses that closed in the Midlands in 2024. To be sure, this is not an exhaustive, comprehensive list of every single business that closed. Rather, it is a sampling of the closings that The State wrote about in the last 12 months.
The year began with a seismic closing on the Columbia dining scene, when Rockaway Athletic Club on Rosewood Drive closed in January. The bar and grill l, which famously had no sign out front, had been open since 1982. It was famed for its pimento cheeseburgers.
Sorry, salad lovers. Verde , which specializes in salads and wraps, closed its doors on Dec. 15. It was located in Trenholm Plaza in Forest Acres.
After 29 years at 900 Main St. in downtown Columbia, Hunter-Gatherer Brewery & Ale House was scheduled to close Dec. 28. The Hunter-Gatherer Hangar location remains open.