By Delayna Earley
The Island News
Johnson Creek Tavern, a restaurant and bar on Harbor Island that is known for the hundreds of dollar bills covering its walls, will be closed until further notice due to a small fire, according to a post made to the restaurant’s Facebook page on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
The post was not specific about the cause or extent of the damage caused by the fire, but the post does say that there were no injuries.
On Friday, March 1, owner Jay T. Lloyd told The Island News that the fire was a small grease fire that was confined to equipment in the kitchen.
He said that thankfully, there was no damage done to the rest of the building.
Because a fire extinguisher was used to put out the fire, special clean-up precautions and procedures need to be followed before the restaurant can re-open.
As of press time on Tuesday evening, Lloyd said that clean-up has begun and he is hopeful that the restaurant could open as early as Friday, March 8.
Delayna Earley formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
