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Walgreens plans to close 200 U.S. stores, according to new SEC filing

  Walgreens plans to close approximately 200 U.S. stores, the company announced Tuesday in an SEC filing.   According to the document posted Tuesday on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, the move to close stores follows “a review of the real estate footprint in the United States.”   The closing stores represent less than 3% of

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Walgreens plans to close 200 U.S. stores, according to new SEC filing

Walgreens plans to close approximately 200 U.S. stores, the company announced Tuesday in an SEC filing. According to the document posted Tuesday on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, the move to close stores follows “a review of the real estate footprint in the United States.” The closing stores represent less than 3% of Walgreens

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Steak n Shake Closures: Burger Chain Closes 106 Restaurants

Indianapolis burger chain, Steak n Shake, has announced that it has closed 106 restaurant locations since the beginning of 2019 with 67 of these closures occurring in the second quarter. The announcement was made during Biglari Holdings Inc.’s (BH), the parent company of Steak n Shake, Q2 earnings call.   The decision to close the restaurant was

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Bristol's Brasserie Blanc restaurant to close permanently after 10 years

While there’s no denying the quality of Bristol’s food scene, the city has still suffered a wealth of closures this year.   In recent months we have said goodbye to the likes of Ceres on Stokes Croft, Pigsty on Gloucester Roadand the city’s three Spudulike branches, after the UK-wide chain entered administration.   And later this year a

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Bristol’s Brasserie Blanc restaurant to close permanently after 10 years

While there’s no denying the quality of Bristol’s food scene, the city has still suffered a wealth of closures this year. In recent months we have said goodbye to the likes of Ceres on Stokes Croft, Pigsty on Gloucester Roadand the city’s three Spudulike branches, after the UK-wide chain entered administration. And later this year

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Portland Southern Dining Staple the Country Cat Is Closing

One of Portland’s best spots for Southern-inspired cooking is shutting its doors. The Country Cat, the Montavilla neighborhood restaurant famed for its skillet fried chicken and nose-to-tail butchery, announced on social media today that it will close following brunch service on Aug. 4. “We’ve seen babies born, proposals happen, weddings planned, birthdays celebrated, kids go

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Portland Southern Dining Staple the Country Cat Is Closing

One of Portland’s best spots for Southern-inspired cooking is shutting its doors.   The Country Cat, the Montavilla neighborhood restaurant famed for its skillet fried chicken and nose-to-tail butchery, announced on social media today that it will close following brunch service on Aug. 4.   “We’ve seen babies born, proposals happen, weddings planned, birthdays celebrated, kids go off to college,

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Poe’s Sandwich Joint in Fishtown has closed after only eight months in business

Despite its growing popularity, Poe’s Sandwich Joint in Fishtown has closed after only eight months in business, the owner, Richard Tamaccio Jr., announced on Sunday. The popular sandwich spot at Frankford Ave. and Marlborough St. is closed, effective immediately. The sandwich spot opened in December of last year by Tamaccio, also known as N.A. Poe.

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Poe's Sandwich Joint in Fishtown has closed after only eight months in business

Despite its growing popularity, Poe’s Sandwich Joint in Fishtown has closed after only eight months in business, the owner, Richard Tamaccio Jr., announced on Sunday.    The popular sandwich spot at Frankford Ave. and Marlborough St. is closed, effective immediately. The sandwich spot opened in December of last year by Tamaccio, also known as N.A. Poe. He

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Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, bastion of Seattle jazz, is closing after 26 years

Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club is approaching the end of its run. A bastion of Seattle’s vibrant jazz scene for more than 20 years, the Belltown club is scheduled to close at the end of September.   That’s when its liquor and business licenses expire and insurance comes up for renewal — costs that would

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Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, bastion of Seattle jazz, is closing after 26 years

Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club is approaching the end of its run. A bastion of Seattle’s vibrant jazz scene for more than 20 years, the Belltown club is scheduled to close at the end of September. That’s when its liquor and business licenses expire and insurance comes up for renewal — costs that would run

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Gordon Biersch brewery closes another Valley location, report says

Gordon Biersch Brewery has closed its Tempe location, according to the Arizona Republic. The brewery restaurant, which has been a staple of Mill Avenue for more than 20 years, shut its doors July 7. The restaurant’s parent company told the Republic the closure was “purely a business decision.” Josh Kern, chief experience officer of the

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Gordon Biersch brewery closes another Valley location, report says

Gordon Biersch Brewery has closed its Tempe location, according to the Arizona Republic.   The brewery restaurant, which has been a staple of Mill Avenue for more than 20 years, shut its doors July 7. The restaurant’s parent company told the Republic the closure was “purely a business decision.”     Josh Kern, chief experience

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Restaurant Closures: 8 Vancouver restaurants to say goodbye to

The restaurant industry in Vancouver can be fickle and – once again – the city’s dining scene has suffered some casualties. Alas, this is the way of the foodie world.   Here is your update on restaurants in and around Vancouver that have recently shuttered or will do so imminently.   Closed   The Dark Manor Inn This concept first

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SF Eats: Eureka Restaurant shutters after 12 years in the Castro, Sauce Belden to close

Here’s the latest in San Francisco food news. In this edition, a longtime Castro eatery closes its doors, Sauce shutters its remaining location and North Beach gets new Thai and Italian restaurants.   Closing   Castro Eureka Restaurant and Lounge (4063 18th St.)   Multiple tipsters alerted Hoodline to the sudden closure of the Castro’s

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SF Eats: Eureka Restaurant shutters after 12 years in the Castro, Sauce Belden to close

Here’s the latest in San Francisco food news. In this edition, a longtime Castro eatery closes its doors, Sauce shutters its remaining location and North Beach gets new Thai and Italian restaurants. Closing Castro Eureka Restaurant and Lounge (4063 18th St.) Multiple tipsters alerted Hoodline to the sudden closure of the Castro’s 12-year-old Eureka Restaurant

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The Flying Biscuit Cafe joins list of Richardson Restaurant Park closures

The Flying Biscuit Cafe permanently closed in mid-July, according to former Regional Manager Kevin Ochoa. A notice on the door says the business defaulted on its lease by vacating or abandoning the space. The company, which has locations across the southeastern United States, has also closed its downtown Dallas location, Ochoa said. Flying Biscuit is

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The Flying Biscuit Cafe joins list of Richardson Restaurant Park closures

    The Flying Biscuit Cafe permanently closed in mid-July, according to former Regional Manager Kevin Ochoa. A notice on the door says the business defaulted on its lease by vacating or abandoning the space. The company, which has locations across the southeastern United States, has also closed its downtown Dallas location, Ochoa said.  

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Indiana-based restaurant chain has closed down at every location

Scotty’s Brewhouse in Mishawaka closed its doors for good on Friday. It is the end of an era for the restaurant chain that was founded in Muncie, Indiana. Several months prior to closing down the restaurant chain had filed for bankruptcy. According to WPTA21, the restaurant chain had locations in Fort Wayne, Bloomington, Indianapolis, Noblesville,

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Portland City Grill parent company files for bankruptcy, partly due to rising minimum wage

    The company that operates Portland City Grill, Henry’s Tavern, and several other restaurants around Oregon and the West Coast has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.   The Seattle-based group, Restaurants Unlimited Inc., filed bankruptcy paperwork in Delaware on Sunday.   According to court documents, rising minimum wages, two unsuccessful expansions, and a general

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Portland City Grill parent company files for bankruptcy, partly due to rising minimum wage

The company that operates Portland City Grill, Henry’s Tavern, and several other restaurants around Oregon and the West Coast has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Seattle-based group, Restaurants Unlimited Inc., filed bankruptcy paperwork in Delaware on Sunday. According to court documents, rising minimum wages, two unsuccessful expansions, and a general national trend away from

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Longtime Italian restaurant closes year after moving inside Houston’s 610 Loop

La Vista 101 has closed. Owner Greg Gordon announced the closing on his personal Facebook page July 8, Houstonia Magazine reported. Gordon made the decision to close the restaurant due to a lack of revenue, a representative told CultureMap July 9. Gordon had further financial woes — in May, Amur Equipment Finance Inc. sued Gordon

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Longtime Italian restaurant closes year after moving inside Houston's 610 Loop

  La Vista 101 has closed.    Owner Greg Gordon announced the closing on his personal Facebook page July 8, Houstonia Magazine reported. Gordon made the decision to close the restaurant due to a lack of revenue, a representative told CultureMap July 9. Gordon had further financial woes — in May, Amur Equipment Finance Inc.

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Tsugaru Joins Lengthening List of San Jose Japantown Business Closures

After nearly 50 years in business, the restaurant Tsugaru will shutter and join a small but growing list of decades-old businesses that have shut down in the small, quaint Japantown area of San Jose. “They watched our kids grow up,” said long-time customer Terri Carroll. “They’re like moms, kind of, the waitresses.” Carroll has been

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Tsugaru Joins Lengthening List of San Jose Japantown Business Closures

  After nearly 50 years in business, the restaurant Tsugaru will shutter and join a small but growing list of decades-old businesses that have shut down in the small, quaint Japantown area of San Jose.   “They watched our kids grow up,” said long-time customer Terri Carroll. “They’re like moms, kind of, the waitresses.”  

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W. Hartford’s The Cook and the Bear restaurant to close

West Hartford’s The Cook and the Bear restaurant, based in Blue Black Square, announced Tuesday it will permanently close later this month. The restaurant, a collaboration between Millwright’s chef-owner Tyler Anderson and Jamie McDonald of Bear’s Smokehouse, on social media Tuesday said it will close its doors on Sunday, July 14, after two years in

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W. Hartford’s The Cook and the Bear restaurant to close

  West Hartford’s The Cook and the Bear restaurant, based in Blue Black Square, announced Tuesday it will permanently close later this month.   The restaurant, a collaboration between Millwright’s chef-owner Tyler Anderson and Jamie McDonald of Bear’s Smokehouse, on social media Tuesday said it will close its doors on Sunday, July 14, after two

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Chicago-style pizza restaurant Giordano’s shutters downtown Detroit location

It appears that the phony pizza-mania has bitten the dust, to borrow a line from The Clash. Giordano’s, which set up shop downtown less than two years ago to sell its Chicago-style affront to pizzas everywhere, has closed. The windows at its 1224 Randolph location were covered in paper and a metal security door had

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Chicago-style pizza restaurant Giordano's shutters downtown Detroit location

It appears that the phony pizza-mania has bitten the dust, to borrow a line from The Clash.   Giordano’s, which set up shop downtown less than two years ago to sell its Chicago-style affront to pizzas everywhere, has closed.   The windows at its 1224 Randolph location were covered in paper and a metal security

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O’Charley’s shutters 8 restaurants in one day

    O’Charley’s has closed at least 20 restaurants since 2016 with the latest eight closing over the weekend, the Nashville, Tenn.-based casual-dining chain confirmed Monday.   Among the eight restaurants closed were units in Indianapolis and Tucker, Ga., near Atlanta, according to local media reports.   According to Nation’s Restaurant News’ Top 200 census,

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O’Charley’s shutters 8 restaurants in one day

O’Charley’s has closed at least 20 restaurants since 2016 with the latest eight closing over the weekend, the Nashville, Tenn.-based casual-dining chain confirmed Monday. Among the eight restaurants closed were units in Indianapolis and Tucker, Ga., near Atlanta, according to local media reports. According to Nation’s Restaurant News’ Top 200 census, the chain had previously

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