LEXINGTON — Voodoo Brewing Co., a Pennsylvania-based brewpub chain, will open its first location in the Midlands, and its third in South Carolina, on Main Street in Lexington.Â
The national brewing chain with a handful of locations across the country is set to take up nearly 5,000 square feet at 102 W. Main St., according to a press release from real estate group Trinity Partners.Â
In the same building, Asian fusion chain TakoSushi and Molto Vino, a wine bar with another location in Forest Acres, are also set to open.Â
The building, which is set to be completely occupied by the three businesses by the end of 2024, is in the heart of Lexington's downtown. The area has grown immensely in recent years, with a bustling food and drink scene that includes local spots like O'Hara's Public House and unique night-out opportunities like Craft Axe Throwing.Â
The brewery is set to open by the end of the year, according to the release. It joins two other South Carolina locations — one in Murrells Inlet, which opened in October of last year, and one in Fountain Inn. Another location is planned for this year in Myrtle Beach.Â
Voodoo, which is known for new age IPAs and eccentrically designed cans, joins other chain breweries to locate in the state as smaller brewpubs struggle with rising costs of business. Iron Hill Brewing, a Delaware-based brewery and restaurant, opened in the growing BullStreet District in the summer of last year.
Many of Columbia's longtime breweries from the city's initial beer boom, in the mid-2010s, have closed their doors — Swamp Cabbage in December 2022 and River Rat, a year later.Â
