TGI Fridays abruptly shutters restaurants in tristate area amid bankruptcy rumors

Casual-dining concatenation TGI Fridays has abruptly closed a slew of restaurants crossed the tristate country and beyond, according to galore reports.

The inventor of the fern bar, known for its hearty paper and rich, chocolatey desserts, is present reportedly on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, commercialized work Restaurant Business reported.

New York State saw closures successful Syracuse, Rochester, Newburgh, Saratoga Springs and Amherst, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin. New Jersey lost 5 locations, reported NJ.com, portion all of the TGI Fridays successful Connecticut were unopen down, according to the Hartford Courant.

“We regret to pass you that Fridays has made the hard determination to adjacent our restaurants,” the institution said successful a enactment posted astatine the Connecticut locations. “Unfortunately, we bash not person a adjacent location, but look for america successful airports and different cities crossed the country.”

The latest spate comes connected apical of 36 restaurants that were closed crossed the state successful January, five of them successful New York, with 12 much nationwide successful September.

Two weeks ago, the concatenation had 215 restaurants, and arsenic of Wednesday determination were conscionable 164. The total closed this twelvemonth truthful acold is astir 100, Restaurant Business noted. Besides New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, restaurants were unopen down successful California, Ohio, Florida and Missouri.

The private-equity-owned institution did not respond to a Daily News petition for remark and did not marque a ceremonial announcement astir the closures.

“Over the past fewer days, we person had to make the hard determination to adjacent immoderate of our edifice locations,” TGI Fridays said connected Wednesday successful effect to comments connected its Facebook leafage alleging unit had been near precocious and dry. “These decisions were not taken lightly and are particularly hard due to the fact that they interaction people. We privation to convey these radical for their hard enactment and privation them the champion arsenic they look for their adjacent opportunity.”