The tavern<\/a>, also called WOB and known for its extensive selection of craft beers including many from across the world, thanked and apologized to customers.<\/p>\n “It is with a very heavy heart we regret to inform you that our World of Beer location has shut down. After just over a year of service, we unfortunately could not keep our doors open anymore,” World of Beer posted. “We thank everyone who supported us on this journey. It was a pleasure serving everyone.”<\/p>\n The post didn’t specify the factors prompting the decision. Customers speculated on social media that the gastropub’s location contributed to the closure.<\/p>\n “I enjoyed every visit there and always loved the vibe. Something about that location just unfortunately doesn\u2019t work,” one customer posted on the restaurant’s website.<\/p>\n The closure comes roughly 13 months after the Tampa-based chain<\/a> reopened the Southpoint gastropub in July 2024 with a new franchisee and new management at the helm.<\/p>\n The Build Your Own Burger offerings at World of Beer Bar & Kitchen.<\/p>\n At that time, the 5,625-square-foot tavern had been shuttered for almost a year after initially closing in May 2023.<\/p>\n World of Beer officials couldn’t be reached immediately for comment.<\/p>\n Tapped out: <\/strong>After 26 years, another Jacksonville craft brewery and restaurant calls it quits<\/a><\/p>\n The restaurant’s food service license is listed as “delinquent, active” with a June 1, 2025, expiration date. However, its retail alcohol license was classified as “current, active” with a Sept. 30 expiration date, according to Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation online records Aug.15.<\/p>\n The Jacksonville listing was gone from the World of Beer website. Calls to the restaurant were answered with a recording stating the “lines were temporarily busy.”<\/p>\n World of Beer restructures amid past bankruptcy protection World of Beer Bar & Kitchen plans to reopen on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 5106 Butler Blvd. of Interstate 95 in Jacksonville’s Southpoint area. The restaurant closed abruptly in May 2023 after almost a year.<\/p>\n World of Beer first opened the Southpoint gastropub in May 2022 after the concept’s\u00a0six-year absence<\/a>\u00a0from Jacksonville. At that time, it was intended to be the first of two locations in Duval County. A second featuring a rooftop patio had been planned in Jacksonville Beach but never opened.<\/p>\n In August 2024, World of Beer \u2014 with plans to restructure \u2014 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection<\/a> in the Tampa division of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.<\/p>\n The company said the situation resulted from “growing market pressures, including rising interest rates, inflation, increased operating costs and a slow return to pre-pandemic dining habits by consumers.”<\/p>\n The Jacksonville gastropub remained open. And a World of Beer representative told the Times-Union the chain didn’t anticipate the restructuring would affect that restaurant.<\/p>\n World of Beer emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2024 \u2014 \u00a0less than five months\u00a0after it filed to restructure, reported Nation’s Restaurant News<\/a>, an independent trade publication.<\/p>\n Founded in 2007 in Tampa, World of Beer says its restaurants feature more than 250 beers from 40 different countries, according to franchising information on its website.<\/p>\n World of Beer lists 26 locations from Connecticut south to Florida \u2014 which has nine \u2014 and west to Texas on its website.<\/p>\n Sorry, we\u2019re closed: <\/strong>Restaurants we’ve lost in Jacksonville in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Tough times for Jacksonville-area craft breweries and gastropubs<\/p>\n Several Jacksonville-area craft breweries and gastropubs have called it quits in the past couple of years. Among them:<\/p>\n Jekyll Brewing<\/a>, 131 First Ave. N. in Jax Beach Town Center, closed May 10 after almost two years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n Ragtime Tavern<\/a>, 207 Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach, closed Jan. 27 after 42 years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n A1A Ale Works<\/a>, 1 King St. in St. Augustine, closed in May 2024 after 29 years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Hyperion Brewing Co.<\/a>, At 1744 N Main St. in historic Springfield, closed in March 2024 after more than six years<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Brewer’s Pizza<\/a>, the home of Pinglehead Brewing Co,, 14B Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park, closed in November 2023 after 14 years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Lemonstreet Brewing Co.<\/a>, 2100 Dennis St. in Jacksonville’s Rail Yard District, closed in December 2023 after four years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Tabula Rasa Brewery<\/a>, 2385 Corbett St., also in the Rail Yard District, closed in August 2023 after five years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Teresa Stepzinski is the dining reporter for the Times-Union. 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