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  • Charlotte ‘beerstro’ closing its doors after 8 years. ‘Not an easy decision’

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    The Casual Pint of Rivergate has announced that it will permanently close at the end of the week.

    The Charlotte “beerstro,” known for its lineup of local and regional craft beers, will serve its final pours Saturday, Dec. 27, owner Bruce Allen confirmed in a message shared to Facebook.

    “It wasn’t an easy decision,” Allen wrote, citing rising costs and tight margins.

    “The last three years have been tough,” he continued. “COVID changed a lot of things, and even though we kept the doors open and did our best to adapt, the business never quite made it back to where it was before.”

    An interior view of The Casual Pint, showing a lively taproom with patrons sitting at a wooden bar and high-top tables. Behind the bar, a large chalkboard menu lists a wide variety of beers in colorful chalk, situated above a long row of silver beer taps.
    A dining room shutdown would hurt Charlotte businesses like The Casual Pint in Rivergate shopping center in Steele Creek. But manager Nikki Frost said because of the pandemic, the store now is set up for online ordering for food, beer and gift cards. Observer file photo

    The Casual Pint opened in Steele Creek’s Rivergate Shopping Center in 2017, offering beer lovers 35 rotating taps and light bites that included wings, flatbreads and more, CharlotteFive previously reported.

    A few wines were also available alongside cider on tap.

    Allen invited customers to the beer bar for one last hurrah as he looks ahead to “enjoying the simple things in life I once took for granted.”

    “I leave with a heart full of gratitude, pride, and — yes — sorrow,” he wrote. “It’s hard to let go of something you gave everything to. But I also leave with hope. Hope that the people, the memories, and the spirit of this place will continue in ways I can’t yet imagine.”

    CharlotteFive reached out to The Casual Pint for more information Tuesday and was awaiting a response.

    Location: 14126 Rivergate Pkwy suite c-1-500, Charlotte, NC 28273 (closing Dec. 27)

    Cuisine: Gastropub, bar

    This story was originally published December 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM.

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    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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  • Charlotte TGI Fridays could face closure. It’s replacement isn’t another chain restaurant

    Charlotte TGI Fridays could face closure. It’s replacement isn’t another chain restaurant

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    Fifth Third Bank is exploring expanding again in the Charlotte area, this time with plans to replace a southwest Charlotte restaurant.

    The Cincinnati-based bank recently submitted a sketch plan to the city of Charlotte to demolish a restaurant at 12811 S. Tryon St. — T.G.I. Fridays.

    The 1.2-acre Steele Creek site property is an outparcel of RiverGate shopping center, owned by Kolb Tucson in Englewood, N.J, according to Mecklenburg County property records.

    Fifth Third’s project would include building a 1,900-square-foot bank branch with a two-lane remote drive-thru, according to the application filing. The plan also includes about 12 parking spaces.

    The sketch plans submitted by BDG Architects in Tampa, Florida, are for preliminary review, city records show.

    TGI Fridays did not respond to a request for comment by Wednesday morning. After this story posted, however, a TGI Fridays spokeswoman said there currently are no plans to close the restaurant.

    Fifth Third officials declined to comment Tuesday. Kolb Tucson officials did not respond to requests for comment by Wednesday.

    Fifth Third Bank has submitted a sketch plan to explore opening a branch at 12811 S. Tryon St., the site is T.G.I. Fridays.
    Fifth Third Bank has submitted a sketch plan to explore opening a branch at 12811 S. Tryon St., the site is T.G.I. Fridays. Catherine Muccigrosso cmuccigrosso@charlotteobserver.com

    Fifth Third Bank’s expansion in NC

    The proposed Steele Creek bank branch would be part of the regional bank’s rapid expansion across the Southeast.

    Fifth Third has more than doubled the number of branches since 2020 to 24 in Charlotte, according to the bank’s website. There are 46 Fifth Third branches in the Charlotte region.

    The bank plans to open eight more branches in the Charlotte market through 2028, including one in the second half of next year at Mills Crossing in Fort Mill and another at 2340 Beatties Ford Road in west Charlotte.

    Last year, Fifth Third Bancorp raised its minimum hourly pay to $20 affecting nearly 95% of employees in branches and operations support functions like call centers.

    North Carolina’s seventh largest by deposits. Fifth Third ranks fourth to the city’s three largest banks — Bank of America, Truist and Wells Fargo — in total deposits in the metro area.

    This story was originally published November 29, 2023, 11:38 AM.

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    Catherine Muccigrosso is the retail business reporter for The Charlotte Observer. An award-winning journalist, she has worked for multiple newspapers and McClatchy for more than a decade.

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