See 23 additional locations shuttering

Greater than three months after submitting for Chapter 11 chapter, Crimson Lobster is shuttering doorways to 23 extra areas throughout the nation.

The newest anticipated restaurant closures deliver the whole to no less than 129 throughout the U.S. In the latest wave, three eating places are closing in Florida, Illinois and Virginia, two in Minnesota and New York, and one in every of the next states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.

In a 23-page court docket doc filed Aug. 22 in U.S. Chapter Courtroom for the Center District of Florida, the Orlando-based firm mentioned it’s rejecting the leases of a further 23 areas by Saturday, Aug. 31.

On Might 19, Crimson Lobster filed for chapter after closing dozens of areas and asserting plans to “drive operational enhancements” by simplifying the enterprise. Paperwork later filed in federal court docket revealed that the chapter was primarily as a result of vital debt, a carousel of CEOs, an all-you-can-eat shrimp fiasco and a 30% drop in visitors since 2019.