Hillsborough Street landmark the Brewery is tentatively planned to be demolished Monday morning at 6 a.m. after 28 years of business.

The bar and concert venue, which has hosted acts ranging from Black Flag to Cheryl Crow, will have its last show Saturday. Outrage and loathing emanated from Brewery management and employees – they were given nine days to vacate the premises so that a large-scale building project could take its place.

Seven-year Brewery owner Tom Taylor said the situation was handled inappropriately. Taylor owns the Brewery, but not the land it sits on. As outlined in his lease, his landlord was required to give him 30 days notice. Taylor said his landlord gave him no monetary compensation for being displaced.

“This is all very sudden for us,” Taylor said.

Taylor, Brewery employees and friends were at the bar Wednesday preparing for the inevitable. Although they had been moving things such as coolers out of the building all day, at 4 p.m. they sat around the stage reminiscing about times past.

Paul Huffman, singer of Embracing Goodbye, will play with his band in their final show Friday – and it will be at the Brewery. Six years and three albums later, the band decided to end its career at the Hillsborough Street venue. Huffman was huddled around the stage Wednesday.

“The Brewery is home. We have been playing here since we started. We have known Tom for years, and he has always taken care of us,” Huffman said.

Land developer Val Valentine, who bought the lot, had nothing to do with evicting the Brewery owner without a thirty-day notice. It was the responsibility of previous owners to abide by the contract agreed upon by themselves and Taylor.

The Brewery has shows booked for the next four months. Organizers have been scrambling to inform bands that they no longer have a place to play.

While talking around the stage, Taylor brought up an ironic story. Two years before he bought the Brewery, his car was towed from ValPark – a lot owned by Valentine. He had driven two and a half hours from the coast to see the show. The band playing that night gave him the $100 they made to get his car out of the impound.

“I guess it was an omen,” Taylor said as he laughed.

Although Taylor was trying to make the best of what he said has been a “tough week,” he also said cheeks of patrons and staff alike have been wet.

“You go on Facebook and Twitter, and people have said they met their husbands and wives here. There were a couple of people on Facebook that said they met every friend they have here,” Taylor said. “It’s cool to know that this place has touched so many lives, but it’s tough to know that’s being taken away from