Restaurants and bars are closing across the state at an alarming rate, with about 10 shutting down in Charleston alone in the last month. Owners and experts have cited rent, labor, food costs and ...

Blair noted the liquor liability law stipulates that everyone serving alcohol in restaurants and bars in South Carolina will have to get certified alcohol server training. While having certified ...

When Joe Clarke opened Forte Jazz Lounge in 2019, a liquor liability insurance policy cost $6,000 for him to sell wine and beer. It doubled the following year. The policy jumped to $32,000 when Forte ...

Bars and restaurants across South Carolina are facing a key deadline that could impact business.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local bar owners in South Carolina are facing skyrocketing insurance rates due to a liquor liability law passed in 2017, with some ...

ISABEL. THANK YOU. AND LAWRENCE, ANOTHER BREWERY IS CLOSING DUE TO LIQUOR LIABILITY INSURANCE COSTS. PALMETTO BROTHERS DISPENSARY DISPENSARY POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT THE BUSINESS WILL CLOSE ON JUNE ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As the cost of insurance required to serve alcohol continues to soar, South Carolina lawmakers are actively seeking solutions to alleviate the burden on bar and restaurant owners ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina state lawmakers are debating ways to address rising liquor liability insurance rates, which bars and restaurants say are becoming unaffordable. Liquor liability ...

As South Carolina bars and restaurants say rising costs of liability insurance makes it difficult to stay in business, the state House on Thursday took aim to reduce those expenses through a liquor ...

For the last couple years, bar and restaurant owners have been sounding the alarm on an escalating liquor liability insurance crisis in South Carolina, an issue that has led a number of establishments ...

SOUTH CAROLINA — Local bar owners in South Carolina are facing skyrocketing insurance rates due to a liquor liability law passed in 2017, with some stating it could force them to close their doors.