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.
This is what to know concerning the newest Crimson Lobster closures:
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Newly introduced Crimson Lobster areas closing
This is which areas are set to close down as a part of the latest wave of closures, sorted by state:
- Arizona: Yuma (1521 S. Yuma Palms Parkway)
- Arkansas: Little Rock (8407 W. Markham Road)
- California: La Mesa (8703 Murray Drive)
- Colorado: Colorado Springs (4925 N. Academy Boulevard)
- Florida: Fort Walton Seashore (326 Miracle Strip Parkway S.W.), Pensacola (5110 N. ninth Avenue), and Port Richey (8909 US Freeway 19)
- Georgia: Jonesboro (6550 Tara Boulevard)
- Illinois: Bourbonnais (1604 N. State Highway Route 50), Geneva (902 Commons Drive), and Peoria (4625 N. Sterling Avenue)
- Indiana: Michigan Metropolis (4353 Franklin Road)
- Minnesota: Golden Valley (8900 Golden Valley Highway) and Maple Grove (12515 Elm Creek Boulevard N.)
- Missouri: Maplewood (2381 Maplewood Commons Drive)
- New York: Bronx (925 Hunts Level Avenue), Queensbury (750 Higher Glen Road)
- North Carolina: Jacksonville (304 A Western Boulevard)
- Ohio: Strongsville (17227 Southpark Middle)
- South Carolina: Cayce (1270 Knox Abbott Drive)
- Virginia: Alexandria (555 S. Van Dorn Road), Richmond (4415 S. Laburnum Avenue), Virginia Seashore (709 Independence Boulevard)
Earlier Crimson Lobster closures
In June, the corporate revealed in chapter filings a listing of 228 rejected leases it mentioned would maintain shedding cash in the event that they proceed working as they have been. That listing included no less than a few of the eating places it had already closed, in response to Restaurant Enterprise, that means the corporate was prone to closing a further 129 eating places.
That complete rely seems to have come to fruition, because the 23 areas listed in final week’s court docket submitting comes after 106 eating places closed earlier this summer season.
This is a listing of the 106 different Crimson Lobster areas that closed, as beforehand reported by USA TODAY. Click on on the state to see areas in that space or scroll by means of the listing:
Alabama | Arizona | California | Colorado | Florida | Georgia | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Louisiana | Maryland | Michigan | Mississippi | Missouri | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Oklahoma | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
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Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Attain her at nalund@usatoday.com and comply with her on X @nataliealund.