Seafood chain restaurant Red Lobster’s official website showed on Tuesday (May 14) that it will temporarily close 87 restaurants in the United States, spread across 27 states.
Reports indicate that Red Lobster had considered filing for bankruptcy in April.
The website of the chain restaurant displayed that kitchen equipment from some of the stores had been auctioned off at a liquidation firm.
Liquidation firm TAGeX Brands announced on Monday (13th) that it will auction off equipment from 48 closed Red Lobster restaurants this week. The website mentioned that the auction was ongoing and scheduled to end on Thursday, with each winner receiving “all items from the Red Lobster location they bid on.”
Here is the list of Red Lobster stores temporarily closed across the United States as of Tuesday:
– Decatur
– Huntsville
– Mobile
– Oro Valley
– Fremont
– Montclair
– Rohnert Park
– Sacramento
– San Diego
– Torrance
– Denver
– Lakewood
– Lone Tree
– Wheat Ridge
– Altamonte Springs
– Daytona Beach Shores
– Gainesville
– Hialeah
– Jacksonville (Commerce Center Drive)
– Jacksonville (Baymeadows Road)
– Jacksonville (City Station Drive)
– Kissimmee
– Largo
– Leesburg
– Orlando (E. Colonial Dr.)
– Orlando (W. Colonial Dr.)
– Orlando (Golden Sky Lane)
– Sanford
– Tampa (East Busch Blvd.)
– Tampa (Palm Pointe Dr.)
– Athens
– Dublin
– Roswell
– Lewiston
– Bloomingdale
– Danville
– Elkhart
– Indianapolis (N. Shadeland Ave.)
– Waterloo
– Kansas City
– Olathe
– Bossier City
– Columbia
– Gaithersburg
– Laurel
– Silver Spring
– Jackson
– Jefferson City
– Bridgewater
– East Brunswick
– Ledgewood
– Lawrenceville
– Amherst
– Buffalo
– Kingston
– Lakewood
– Nanuet
– Rochester
– Poughkeepsie
– Scarsdale
– Stony Brook
– Williamsville
– Burlington
– Cary
– Durham
– Rocky Mount
– Grand Forks
– Lawton
– Oklahoma City
– Stillwater
– Erie
– Myrtle Beach
– Memphis
– Dallas (E. Technology Blvd.)
– Dallas (Vantage Point Dr.)
– Houston
– Lake Jackson
– Longview
– Lufkin
– Pasadena
– Tyler
– Colonial Heights
– Newport News
– Williamsburg
– Silverdale
– La Crosse
– Wauwatosa
These temporary closures of Red Lobster restaurants across the country reflect the challenges faced by the food service industry in the current economic climate, with many businesses making difficult decisions in order to navigate through uncertain times.