A downtown Fort Mill restaurant is closing; owners working on ‘new concept’ for site
Emmet’s Social Table in Fort Mill will close, and reopen with a new restaurant concept.
The downtown restaurant posted on social media Thursday that after almost three years open on Main Street, the current restaurant space and small plate setup aren’t a good fit.
“As time has gone on, we have come to the tough realization that our concept is not built for the size space we have forced it into,” reads the online post.
Emmet’s will remain open through July 9.
Workers were given two weeks notice so they had time to find new employment, the post reads. Emmet’s owners plan to come up with a more sustainable concept for the downtown space and “have a speedy turn around” to open something new in Fort Mill.
“We truly feel it just needs the right place to compliment what the town needs,” the post reads. “Our leadership team has already begun reimagining the space. We are excited to bring something fresh and new and have narrowed it down to a few options.”
The post doesn’t list what those new options are. It does note Emmet’s worked for a couple years prior to opening to bring something to the Fort Mill market. The Waxhaw restaurant — which is not impacted by the coming Fort Mill changes — opened the second site on Main Street as part of a restaurant wave of revitalization in Fort Mill. Emmet’s went into the Center Theatre property that showed movies decades ago.
Other Main Street additions around the same time or since include Hobo’s, Amor Artis Brewing, The Improper Pig, Whitaker’s and Local Dish space that transitioned to Fortes Mill Eatery. Other spots just off Main street include Illumination Wines and the soon to open Bossy Beulah’s.
This story was originally published June 30, 2023 at 10:31 AM.
