(WJW) — Red Lobster plans to close eight Ohio locations, including three in Northeast Ohio, amid its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, court filings show.
The seafood restaurant chain in a news release last month announced it would sell off “substantially all of its assets” as it looks to streamline following financial losses.
In all, nearly 100 locations across the country may shut down if the company can’t renegotiate their leases.
According to bankruptcy court filings in Florida, Red Lobster has rejected unexpired leases at eight of its Ohio locations:
- Columbus: 1691 Dublin-Granville Road
- Dayton: 6500 Miller Lane
- Findlay: 2340 Tiffin Ave.
- Maumee: 1422 Reynolds Road
- New Philadelphia: 255 Graff Road SE
- Parma: 7607 Day Drive
- Strongsville: 17227 Southpark Center
- Toledo: 4990 Monroe St.
Filings show the restaurant chain has also rejected the lease for its former Orange Village location at 3655 Orange Place, which closed in 2022 after 45 years, according to reports.
The company closed dozens of locations last month before filing for bankruptcy, and planned to auction off those eateries’ kitchen equipment and furniture, Nexstar reported.
The company endured an executive shakeup between 2021 and 2022. Though the addition of the company’s “Ultimate Endless Shrimp” limited special to its regular menu drove business in 2023, it ultimately backfired, leading to an $11 million operating loss in one quarter, Nexstar reported.
Several other Northeast Ohio locations are still open, according to its website, including:
- Akron: 3901 Medina Road
- Ashtabula: 3013 N. Ridge Road E
- Canton: 4600 Belden Village St. NW
- Cuyahoga Falls: 1090 Graham Road
- Elyria: 6935 Midway Mall Blvd.
- Mansfield: 2322 W. 4th St.
- Mentor: 7744 Reynolds Road
- North Olmsted: 25615 Brookpark Road
- Sandusky: 4016 Milan Road
- Wooster: 3805 Burbank Road
- Youngstown: 1410 Boardman-Poland Road
