Red Lobster to close restaurants after bankruptcy filing: Map

Red Lobster has closed dozens of seafood restaurants from sea to shining sea ahead of its announcement Sunday night that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida.

Red Lobster’s website lists 99 locations in 28 states as “temporarily closed.” For some restaurants, the closure may not be so temporary: Some of the restaurant’s kitchen equipment is being auctioned off on a restaurant liquidation company’s website.

What’s striking about the closures is how spread across the country the restaurants are. The seafood chain, founded in 1968, is the largest in the United States, with 551 locations in 44 states, according to court documents. Red Lobster says on its website that it has more than 700 locations worldwide.

As store closures continue, regulars ask:Will our beloved chain sleep with the fishes?

Which Red Lobster locations are temporarily closed?

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