For local businesses specializing in food and drink, 2024 was a year of openings, closings and changes. Greenville-based restaurant group Larkins Restaurants changed hands this year. Mark and Larkin Hammond started the group in the late 1990s with Larkin’s on the Lake. Since then, the business has spawned Larkin’s, Limoncello and Grill Marks, and a catering company, Larkin’s Catering & Events.