Red Lobster Closes 23 More Restaurants: Complete List of 129 Closed Locations
Over three months after entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Red Lobster is permanently closing 23 additional restaurants across the United States.
This most recent closure brings the total number of shut-down locations to 129 nationwide. The latest closures include three restaurants in Florida, Illinois, and Virginia, two in Minnesota and New York, and one in each of Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
In a court filing submitted on August 22 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, the company based in Orlando indicated it would be ending leases for these 23 additional stores by Saturday, August 31.
Red Lobster announced its bankruptcy on May 19, after already shutting down several locations and planning to enhance operations by streamlining their business model. Further court documents indicated that the reasons for bankruptcy included heavy debt, frequent changes in leadership, a poorly received all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion, and a 30% decline in customer visits since 2019.
Here’s what to know about the newly announced closures by Red Lobster:
List of Newly Closed Red Lobster Locations
Below are the newly closed locations categorized by state:
- Arizona: Yuma (1521 S. Yuma Palms Parkway)
- Arkansas: Little Rock (8407 W. Markham Street)
- California: La Mesa (8703 Murray Drive)
- Colorado: Colorado Springs (4925 N. Academy Boulevard)
- Florida: Fort Walton Beach (326 Miracle Strip Parkway S.W.), Pensacola (5110 N. 9th Avenue), Port Richey (8909 US Highway 19)
- Georgia: Jonesboro (6550 Tara Boulevard)
- Illinois: Bourbonnais (1604 N. State Road Route 50), Geneva (902 Commons Drive), Peoria (4625 N. Sterling Avenue)
- Indiana: Michigan City (4353 Franklin Street)
- Minnesota: Golden Valley (8900 Golden Valley Road), Maple Grove (12515 Elm Creek Boulevard N.)
- Missouri: Maplewood (2381 Maplewood Commons Drive)
- New York: Bronx (925 Hunts Point Avenue), Queensbury (750 Upper Glen Street)
- North Carolina: Jacksonville (304 A Western Boulevard)
- Ohio: Strongsville (17227 Southpark Center)
- South Carolina: Cayce (1270 Knox Abbott Drive)
- Virginia: Alexandria (555 S. Van Dorn Street), Richmond (4415 S. Laburnum Avenue), Virginia Beach (709 Independence Boulevard)
Previously Closed Red Lobster Locations
In June, the company disclosed in bankruptcy filings that it would disregard the leases of 228 restaurants that were no longer profitable to operate. Some of the restaurants on this list had already closed, suggesting they were in danger of shuttering an additional 129 establishments.
The estimated total has now been verified with the new announcement regarding 23 locations on top of the earlier closure of 106 spots earlier this summer.
Here’s a compilation of the 106 other Red Lobster locations that have closed, as reported by YSL News.
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