//Looking Back on the Saddest Restaurant Closures Across the Carolinas for 2020

Looking Back on the Saddest Restaurant Closures Across the Carolinas for 2020

Martha Lou’s | Mike Ledford

Insiders name the biggest bummers of the year

8In keeping with Eater tradition, our closeout of the year is a survey of friends, industry types, and bloggers. To kick it off in the Carolinas, Eater asked the group eight questions, ranging from the restaurants they frequented for takeout to the saddest surprises of the year. Responses are in no particular order, and readers are encouraged to leave answers in the comments.

Q. What was 2020’s saddest restaurant closure?

D.R.E. James, Eater Carolinas contributor, covering SC
Without a doubt, Martha Lou’s. Damn. That broke my heart.

Kenneth Andrews, Eater Carolinas contributor, covering SC
There are certainly a lot of options to choose from this year but the most devastating to me was also pretty recent. One of my routinely most stopped at spots in Charleston for years was Tapio. Obviously the bubble tea was top notch but the