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  • 3 Charlotte-area restaurants closed this week + what’s next for Gastonia brewery

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    The Charlotte metro’s food scene lost two restaurants this week.

    This week, my colleague Catherine Muccigrosso and I reported three restaurant closings — including Sycamore Brewing’s name change and what’s to come for Cavendish Brewing Company after the owner’s sudden retirement.

    Here’s what you may have missed:

    Sycamore Brewing

    On Monday, Jan. 5, Sycamore Brewing’s taproom in South End closed indefinitely.

    The closure comes after former co-owner Justin Tawse Brigham, 44, was charged Dec. 11 with statutory rape of a child under 15, first-degree burglary and indecent liberties with a child. Following his arrest, co-founder Sarah Louise Taylor, who’s married to Brigham, announced Brigham was removed from the business and that she began divorce proceedings.

    Sycamore Brewing also changed the name of it’s limited liability company this week, according to a state business registration filing. The new name is Club West Brewing.

    Sycamore Brewing at 2151 Hawkins St. in Charlotte, NC.
    Sycamore Brewing at 2151 Hawkins St. in Charlotte, NC. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver.com

    Athens Pizza & Kabob

    After nearly 19 years, Athens Pizza & Kabob has closed in Matthews.

    The restaurant, known for its gourmet pies and authentic Middle Eastern fare, held its final service on Sunday, Jan. 4, according to a message shared on Facebook.

    A top-down view of a large, sliced meat lover’s pizza inside a cardboard delivery box. The pizza is heavily topped with pepperoni, ham, sausage medallions, and bacon bits over melted mozzarella cheese. The crust is golden-brown, and the pizza sits on a white square of parchment paper.
    The Meatlover’s Delight pizza at Athens Pizza & Kabobs includes pepperoni, sausage, meatball slices, ham and bacon. Heidi Finley CharlotteFive

    Owner Ameneh Pirhayali said eminent domain forced her to shutter.

    “They want to widen the road, and they told me I had to leave,” Pirhayali told CharlotteFive in a phone interview. “I really loved my restaurant. It was like my baby.”

    Cavendish Brewing Company

    Cavendish Brewing, known for its old world beers, abruptly closed this week after being sold to the Charlotte-based Sugar Creek Brewing Company.

    Will Warren, left, and Scott Cavendish of Cavendish Brewing Company.
    Will Warren, left, and Scott Cavendish of Cavendish Brewing Company.

    The Gastonia brewer held a final farewell for owner Scott Cavendish on Wednesday, Jan. 7 after he shared news of his retirement online.

    “There had been rumors going around for months that he (Cavendish) was selling, but we didn’t know to whom or what that would look like,” Prunet told CharlotteFive in a phone interview.

    The shuttered brewery will undergo repairs and renovations before eventually reopening as Sugar Creek Brewing.

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    Tanasia Kenney

    Sun Herald

    Tanasia is a service journalism reporter at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide explainers for the NC Service Journalism team. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.

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