This iconic Red Lobster location is closing forever

An iconic New York City tourer destination volition soon beryllium shutting its doors for good.

After 23 years successful business, Red Lobster confirmed to USA TODAY that it is closing its Times Square determination pursuing its last work connected Sunday, June 14.

"The determination follows extended and prolonged operation enactment astatine the gathering that has importantly impacted edifice access, visibility, and ft traffic, making continued operations astatine the determination economically unsustainable," Red Lobster said successful an emailed connection to USA TODAY.

The edifice concatenation besides told USA TODAY that the building's reported modulation into a residential operation factored into the decision, arsenic "future usage does not supply a viable semipermanent runway for a high-volume edifice astatine this location."

Times Square determination whitethorn beryllium portion of broader circular of Red Lobster edifice closures

Red Lobster declined to remark connected whether the Times Square edifice was portion of a larger circular of closures; however, the announcement comes arsenic respective locations crossed the state person ceased operations.

The chain's oldest continuously-operating edifice – located successful Tallahassee, Florida – had its last time of cognition connected May 24, according to reporting from the Tallahassee Democrat, portion of the USA TODAY Network. The store's manager and employees confirmed the closure to the quality outlet connected May 18.

Additionally, the Kansas City Star reported connected May 29 that 2 locations successful the Kansas City metro country had closed for good.

Another determination successful cardinal Pennsylvania ceased operations connected May 24, according to reporting from ABC 27 News, an ABC affiliate based successful Harrisburg.

CEO Damola Adamolekun told The Wall Street Journal successful February that the concatenation is assessing its existent roster of restaurants and the locations' leases with a imaginable for further closures.

"There’s a batch of affirmative signs, but we inherited a precise damaged brand, truthful there’s inactive enactment to bash to repair each of that," Adamolekun, who became the chain's CEO successful August 2024, said, per the Wall Street Journal.

Red Lobster would similar to driblet dozens of lower-performing restaurants, if possible, the Wall Street Journal reported successful February, citing radical acquainted with the company’s discussions.

Red Lobster closed 129 locations amid the months surrounding its May 2024 bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy arose from aggregate problems, including the chain's important debt, absorption changes, a diminution successful customers and a problematic all-you-can-eat shrimp offering, tribunal documents revealed. The "endless shrimp" promotion resulted successful $11 cardinal of the company's $76 cardinal nett nonaccomplishment successful 2023, Reuters reported.