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 local restaurants and merchants, especially during this holiday season.
While a number of restaurants have closed, Spartanburg s restauranteurs have shown great resilience and some of these goodbyes may not be permanent, Kimbrell said. Several restaurants, including The Crêpe Factory, Renato In Centro, and II Samuels, announced their intentions to find new locations as they closed their previous o