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It's been said many times but bears repeating — 2020 has been a hard year for restaurants.  According to OneSpartanburg, Inc. Chief Business Affairs Officer John Kimbrell, the pandemic has been hardest on independent restaurants and other small businesses, whose owners have had to make adjustments to accommodate for increasing costs and shifting customer bases. "Even without the challenges that COVID-19 presented, the restaurant industry is really one of the tougher industries to succeed in," Kimbrell said. "We just encourage people to continue to do business when they can with our loca...

Since early March, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a number of temporary business closures, caused layoffs, and canceled events and tourism plans for many nationwide. Spartanburg County has seen some restaurants and other stores close permanently because of the pandemic. Meanwhile, others are struggling to survive. Eight months ago, Gov. Henry McMaster issued executive orders closing restaurants and many stores to stop the spread of the virus. No stay-at-home orders or mask mandates were issued but residents were encouraged to stay at home and health officials continued to urge residen...

A restaurant located in the heart of downtown Spartanburg is closing its doors. The Crepe Factory which opened in 2016 on W. Main Street in Morgan Square, is the latest business to fall amid the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s also yet another restaurant owner to cite the rising cost of rent as a reason for abandoning downtown.  But The Crepe Factory owner Denise Mehl intends to reopen at another location with a new business model, as she explained on the restaurant’s Facebook page Sunday. “Due to increasing rent and overhead costs that are difficult to balance with depressed revenue as a re...