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Greenville Business Magazine honored High Spirits Hospitality with two SC Best in Business Awards this week.
High Spirits Hospitality was named the runner up in the Best Hospitality Business category as well as the Best Woman Owned Business category. High Spirits Hospitality is the parent company to companies including Liquid Catering, The Old Cigar Warehouse, Events at Judson Mill, Bravo1 Protection, and High Spirits Events.

Liquid Catering was established in 2011, and was met with success and the opportunity to expand rapidly. In 2013, Old Cigar Warehouse was restored and opened as an event venue, and in 2014, security company Bravo1 Protection was formed. High Spirits Events was launched in 2017, and has produced events such as Tacos ‘n Tequila Fiesta and Hog & Barrel: A Bourbon, BBQ & Bacon Festival. That same year, High Spirits Hospitality was behind the opening of Topside Pool Club, a rooftop social club overlooking Falls Park. Events at Judson Mill was announced in 2021 as the High Spirits team’s latest venture.

Earlier this year, High Spirits Hospitality was named Greenville Chamber’s Small Business of the Year. Last year, High Spirits Hospitality was named to the SC Biz News Roaring Twenties list, which recognizes the fastest growing companies in South Carolina. In addition, Tammy Johnson, the company’s CEO and President, has also been named one of the 50 Most Influential by Greenville Business Magazine.
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“The last two years have been especially difficult on the hospitality industry, and I couldn’t be prouder of the work done by our team to meet those challenges,” Johnson said.​

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High Spirits Hospitality recently opened its newest, multi-use venue, Events at Judson Mill.
The multimillion-renovated space features two venues and outdoor courtyards in the historic textile mill. High Spirits Hospitality president and CEO Tammy Johnson said they have already held two weddings at the venue and are feeling great. 
“We are excited to be here and excited to be open,” Johnson said. 
The larger of the two event spaces, the Annex, sits at 5,600 square feet and can fit up to 500 guests. 

The Annex venue can be used for weddings, corporate events and more. Photo by High Spirits Hospitality.Keeping many of the original historic elements, the space includes high ceilings, timber beams, mill windows, original hardwood floors and 100-year-old brick masonry. 
Additional features of the Annex include:

• Full catering kitchen
• Dressing room
• Flexible vendor policy agreements
• Remote-controlled doors
• Ivory curtains to divide ceremony and reception spaces

The Smokestack – the second venue at the mill – offers 3,200 square feet of space, suitable for events of up to 200 guests. 

The Smokestack venue is the second space guests can reserve for events. Photo provided by High Spirits Hospitality.The venue features exposed brick architecture, finished concrete floors and ironwork details. Custom double doors lead to an additional social area outside filled with string-lights called South Courtyard. 
Johnson said they have plenty of dates open in 2023 for people to schedule weddings, corporate events, socials, festivals and more.
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For more information, visit https://www.eventsatjudsonmill.com/.

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An Upstate event and hospitality company is expanding its brand with an 11,500-square-foot indoor venue in downtown Greenville.

High Spirits Hospitality’s new indoor venue, which has been rebranded as “The 405,” will also feature an attached 3,000-square-foot covered patio along the banks of the Reedy River. High Spirits has been temporarily using the space at 405 Westfield since October, which is a single-story building with a porch and white brick walls along the Swamp Rabbit Trail, but now it will become a permanent part of the company’s array of hospitality choices, according to a news release.

“This will be the largest independent event space in Greenville,” said Tammy Johnson, CEO of High Spirits Hospitality. “It’s ideal for weddings, corporate events, and fundraisers. In many ways, it’s a blank canvas to create from.”

The event space along the Swamp Rabbit Trail will have room for up to 800 attendees.
The 405 is characterized largely by its open floor plan and flexible structure with white walls framed by black metal windows and concrete flooring. Both the indoor and covered outdoor spaces are accompanied by scenic views, the release said.

The event space will offer flexible catering options and can host up to 800 attendees.
“This is an exciting opportunity for everyone involved with High Spirits Hospitality,” Johnson said. “We can’t wait to show off this amazing location.”

High Spirits Hospitality, which is the parent company to five independent brand companies — Liquid Catering, Events at Judson Mill, Bravo1 Protection, The 405, and High Spirits Event s— also recently opened two new event venues at Events at Judson Mill.
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What started as a small bartending service, High Spirits Hospitality, a 100% woman-owned business, has evolved into a growing South Carolina-based company with 200 employees and more than 35,000 square feet of real estate.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. --A new event space that can accommodate up to 800 people is opening in Greenville, South Carolina.

High Spirits Hospitality has been temporarily using the space at 405 Westfield, which is the single-story building along the Swamp Rabbit Trail, since October, but now it will become the largest independent event space in Greenville, according to the hospitality group.

It is being rebranded as The 405 to show its new life.

High Spirits Hospitality The venue is an 11,500-square-foot indoor space with an attached 3,000-square-foot covered patio along the banks of the Reedy River.

The 405 will offer catering options and can host up to 800 attendees.

“This will be the largest independent event space in Greenville,” said Tammy Johnson, the CEO of High Spirits Hospitality. “It’s ideal for weddings, corporate events and fundraisers. In many ways, it’s a blank canvas to create from.”

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Tammy Johnson grew her business through hard work and by not backing down from a challenge – or from those who didn’t take her seriously. The result is High Spirits Hospitality, a parent company that is focused on being a trusted partner in creating special occasions.

In 2009, Johnson was working as a catering sales manager for a restaurant group.
“From there, I formed Liquid Catering, my first business, in 2011,” she says.
That initial endeavor focused on beverage catering, filling a hole that Johnson saw in the market at that time.
“There were a lot of food caterers out there who didn't want to mess with the bar and they didn't want the liability,” she says. “They didn't understand alcohol. They wanted to focus on the food, which is great. But unfortunately, when customers would hire those food caterers, they would have a gap in needing a bar service. We found a niche in the market.”

In addition to events, Johnson branched out into beverage service for festivals as well. She expanded to event venue operations in 2013, including two recent openings at Judson mill.
“And then we just opened a third venue, The 405, in downtown Greenville, in the old Westfield space along the Swamp Rabbit Trail,” she says. “I love venue operations because we get to actually host events, and we get to be involved in events a little bit more intimately than we do just strictly as a bartending company.”


Because security is an important component of event venues, Johnson also added a security company, Bravo1 Protection, to her portfolio. And since one project leads to another, Johnson’s company now offers full service planning and event management, plus Airbnb stays – High Spirits Overnight – and management of Topside Pool Club.

The growth of the business has come through cultivating relationships throughout Greenville and creating an atmosphere that honors employees and those they come in contact with.
“We've put a lot of intention and thought into our culture, and I think because we are so mindful of it, our staff responds really well to it and they get it –they understand our mission and our vision and our values,” Johnson says. “They live it and then they carry that vision forward to how they interact with our customers.”
Johnson says it took a long time for people to take her seriously, and she still faces that challenge occasionally, but it hasn’t stopped her from pursuing her dreams.
“You just have to be willing to put yourself out there and take a risk,” she says. “And it may or may not work out. But you’ve just got to give it a try.”

Learn more at highspiritshospitality.com.

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High Spirits Hospitality named Small Business of the Year
GREENVILLE, S.C.—High Spirits Hospitality has been named Greenville Chamber’s Small Business of the Year for 2021. 
 
High Spirits Hospitality is the parent company of three businesses: Liquid Catering, High Spirits Events, and Bravo1 Protection. The first of these businesses, bartending company Liquid Catering, was established in 2011. The company expanded in 2013 with the creation of the downtown events venue, the Old Cigar Warehouse. In 2015, Bravo1 Protection, a security company, was launched. In 2017, High Spirits Events was formed, and has since coordinated events and large-scale festivals such as the Tacos ‘n Tequila Fiesta as well as the upcoming Hog & Barrel: A Bourbon, BBQ & Bacon Festival. In addition to these three companies, High Spirits Hospitality also manages Topside Pool Club, a seven-story high pool overlooking Falls Park.
 
This is the latest of many honors for this company.  Last year, High Spirits Hospitality was named to the SC Biz NewsRoaring Twenties list, which recognizes the fastest growing companies in South Carolina. Tammy Johnson, the company’s CEO and President, is an active volunteer and community leader. She serves on the board of The University Center of Greenville, and is on the Advisory Committee for the Truist Culinary & Hospitality Innovation Center at Greenville Tech. Johnson has formerly served on the boards for the City of Greenville's Accommodations Tax Commission, Clemson Area SBDC, and the Board of Advisors for the Greenville Chamber. She was the 2012 Chair of PULSE, the chamber's young professional program, and is a graduate of Leadership Greenville Class 39. In 2017, Tammy graduated from the "Streetwise MBA" class as part of the Greenville Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator program, where she is now active as a mentor. She also has served on the board for euphoria, a food, wine, and music festival.

She has been recognized with many awards, including 2017 50 Most Influential by Greenville Business Magazine, 2018 Woman-Owned Business of the Year by Community Works, 2014 SC Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Administration, 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Black Box Magazine, and 2012 Greenville's Best & Brightest under 35. She was also a 2013 finalist for Greenville Chamber's Young Professional of the Year and a 2016 finalist for the Greenville News Emerging Leaders award.
 
“We’re honored to have been named Greenville Chamber’s Small Business of the Year,” Johnson said. “The pandemic has created a lot of challenges in the past 18 months, and we are honored to be recognized by our peers.”
 
 About High Spirits Hospitality
High Spirits Hospitality is the parent company to four independent brand companies – Liquid Catering, the Old Cigar Warehouse , Bravo1 Protection, and High Spirits Events – as well as the lead operation for Topside Pool Club in downtown Greenville. What started as a small bartending service has now grown into a company with 30 full-time employees, over 100 part-time employees, and a single vision of providing exceptional, hospitality-driven service to each and every guest. Learn more at www.highspiritshospitality.com.
 

High Spirits Hospitality has been named one of the 40 fastest-growing companies in South Carolina for 2020 by SC Biz News.
 
Twenty large companies and 20 small companies have been named to the statewide list presented annually by SC Biz News. This honor recognizes the state’s fastest-growing companies based on both dollar and percentage increases in revenue from 2018-2019.
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In order to qualify for the Roaring Twenties designation, companies must have a physical presence in South Carolina and be a for-profit entity or a nonprofit organization. 

As a small company, High Spirits Hospitality was qualified for the award for small businesses due to revenue size ($10 million and under annually).
 
Profiles of the winning companies will be published in the winter issue of SCBIZ magazine. The winners will be honored with a virtual event on October 15th - be sure to check back for our company video that will be featured during the award ceremony! 

GREENVILLE, S.C. -Sponsored by Duke Brands, The Eugenia Duke Woman Owned Business of the Year was presented to Tammy Johnson as the CEO of High Spirit's Hospitality. Both the Greenville Chamber and Community Works found Ms. Johnson to embody the legacy of female entrepreneurship that Eugenia demonstrated.

​The award is named after Eugenia Duke who was the founder of Duke's Mayonnaise. She was South Carolina's earliest businesswomen, in a time when women were not even allowed to vote. Eugenia is truly an inspiration for women and one of the first pioneers of women-owned businesses. 

In the interview with Tammy conducted by CommunityWorks and the Greenville Chamber, Tammy said, "I am incredibly honored to be receiving the Eugenia Duke Women Owned Business of the Year Award. I love that CommunityWorks and the Greenville Chamber recognize this award because it's incredibly hard for women to own businesses even in today's world." Tammy also goes on to mention how difficult it can be to manage the immense amount of pressure and expectations for women nowadays to "do it all." Tammy also mentioned how an award such as Eugenia Duke's is extremely validating and rewarding for all of the hard work she has put into her businesses. 

GREENVILLE, S.C. –WeddingWire has named Liquid Catering as a 2017 Couple’s Choice Award Winner for Catering in South Carolina for the fifth year in a row.
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The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, professionalism, value and flexibility.

“We truly appreciate the positive feedback from all of our brides and grooms that made this award possible,” said Liquid Catering owner and founder Tammy Johnson. “We look forward to continuing to provide a high level of service to all of our guests in the years to come.”

Liquid Catering’s selection as a Couple’s Choice Award 2017 winner was based on the positive experiences expressed by past clients on WeddingWire, the world’s largest wedding review site with more than one million reviews. While many industry awards are given by the host organization, the WeddingWire Couple’s Choice Awards winners are determined solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with Liquid Catering.