7 additional Red Lobster restaurants have closed, bringing total to at least 106: See list

Business Gabe Hauari 26/07/2024

At least seven additional Red Lobster restaurants have closed since the company filed for bankruptcy about two months ago, according to the company's website.

The seven locations are spread across six states, with two restaurants closing in Florida and one each in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas. The newly closed locations are the following:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Phoenix, Arizona (North 75th Ave.)
Monrovia, California
Greeley, Colorado
Clermont, Florida
The Villages, Florida
San Antonio, Texas (US 281 North)

Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy on May 19 after closing dozens of locations and announcing that it intended to "drive operational improvements" by simplifying the business. Documents later filed in federal court revealed that the bankruptcy was primarily due to significant debt, a carousel of CEOs, an all-you-can-eat shrimp fiasco and a 30% drop in guests since 2019.

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More than 100 Red Lobster locations now closed

On May 22, the company's website listed 99 locations closed across 28 states, with some of them having their kitchen equipment auctioned off on an online restaurant liquidator. With the seven newly closed locations, that brings the total number of shuttered locations to at least 106.

In early June, the company revealed in bankruptcy filings a list of 228 rejected leases it says will keep losing money if they continue operating as they were. That list included at least some of the restaurants it had already closed, according to Restaurant Business, meaning the company was at risk of closing an additional 129 restaurants.

On Monday, a stalking horse bidder listed as RL Purchaser LLC, a newly formed entity organized and controlled by Fortress Credit Corporation, filed court documents in the Middle District of Florida in Orlando to be Red Lobster's new owner.

RL Purchaser LLC, which consists of Red Lobster's lenders, bid $376 million to acquire the company's remaining assets, according to the Orlando Business Journal.

Red Lobster would mark Fortress' latest acquisition of a company in bankruptcy, following purchases of Vice Media and Alamo Drafthouse, which was later sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment, Reuters reported.

USA TODAY contacted Red Lobster and its attorneys on Tuesday for comment but have not received a response. Fortress declined to comment on Tuesday.

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Closed Red Lobster locations

Some of the locations listed have been removed from Red Lobster's website since USA TODAY's original reporting of their closures on May 22. Click on the state to see locations in that area or scroll through the list:

Alabama

Auburn
Decatur
Huntsville
Mobile
Tuscaloosa

Arizona

Oro Valley
Phoenix (North 75th Ave.)

California

Chico
Fremont
Monrovia
Montclair
Redding
Rohnert Park
Sacramento
San Diego (Mira Mesa Blvd.)
Torrance

Colorado

Denver
Greeley
Lakewood
Lone Tree
Wheat Ridge

Florida

Altamonte Springs
Clermont
Daytona Beach Shores
Gainesville
Hialeah
Jacksonville (Commerce Center Drive)
Jacksonville (Baymeadows Road)
Jacksonville (City Station Drive)
Jensen Beach
Kissimmee (West Vine St.)
Largo
Leesburg
Orlando (E. Colonial Dr.)
Orlando (W. Colonial Dr.)
Orlando (Golden Sky Lane)
Sanford
Tampa (East Busch Blvd.)
Tampa (Palm Pointe Dr.)
The Villages

Georgia

Athens
Dublin
Roswell

Idaho

Lewiston

Illinois

Bloomingdale
Danville

Indiana

Elkhart
Indianapolis (N. Shadeland Ave.)

Iowa

Council Bluffs
Waterloo

Kansas

Kansas City
Olathe
Salina

Louisiana

Bossier City

Maryland

Columbia
Gaithersburg
Laurel
Silver Spring

Michigan

Fort Gratiot

Mississippi

D'Iberville
Hattiesburg
Jackson

Missouri

Jefferson City

New Jersey

Bridgewater
East Brunswick
Ledgewood
Lawrenceville

New York

Amherst
Buffalo
Kingston
Lakewood
Nanuet
Rochester (Jefferson Rd.)
Poughkeepsie
Scarsdale
Stony Brook
Watertown
Williamsville

North Carolina

Burlington
Cary
Durham
Rocky Mount

North Dakota

Grand Forks

Oklahoma

Lawton
Oklahoma City (NW Expressway St.)
Stillwater

Pennsylvania

Erie

South Carolina

Myrtle Beach (Hwy. 17 N.)

Tennessee

Memphis (Winchester Rd.)

Texas

Dallas (E. Technology Blvd.)
Dallas (Vantage Point Dr.)
Houston (FM 1960 Rd W.)
Lake Jackson
Longview
Lufkin
Pasadena
San Antonio (Interstate 35 S.)
San Antonio (US 281 North)
Tyler
Victoria

Virginia

Colonial Heights
Newport News
Williamsburg

Washington

Silverdale

Wisconsin

La Crosse
Wauwatosa

Contributing: Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY

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