FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla — The Amelia Island Brewing Company plans to close its bar and restaurant in November, nine years after finding a home on Centre Street.

"Amelia Island Brewing Company would like to thank our guests and team for nearly a decade of wonderful memories and shared experiences," wrote the company in a Facebook post Thursday. "We are proud of our charitable service in the community with our spaghetti dinners and donations to local chapters over the years, and through that have built amazing relationships."

AIBC began its business in 2016 as the Amelia Tavern Restaurant & Brewpub, describing itself as the "first wholly operational craft brewery in Fernandina Beach."

In 2020, it expanded into two side-by-side operations: The Tavern by AIBC, and its sister taproom, The

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