Grease Burger Bar, the craft beer and burger operation that opened on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach in 2009, will close on July 17, according to the restaurant's Instagram.
The shutdown ends a 17-year stretch on Clematis during which Grease built a following around its in-house dry-aged burger blend, a game-day atmosphere, and what the operator described as one of South Florida's largest craft beer selections. The combination kept the address occupied and recognizable for the better part of two decades — a tenure that outlasted most of its original neighbors on the strip.
The restaurant's most visible national moment came through the Grease Beast, a house burger that appeared on the Travel Channel's Food Paradise. That segment brought outside attention to the Clematis address and became a fixture of the restaurant's identity in the years that followed.
To mark its final week, Grease is offering 50 percent off all alcohol through July 17, per the operator's Instagram announcement.
The operator did not specify what prompted the closure or whether a successor tenant is in place for the Clematis Street space. At 17 years, Grease stands as one of the longer-running restaurant tenants on the corridor — what occupies the address next remains to be announced.
