Bahama Breeze is officially closing all of its locations.
As CNN reported, Darden Restaurants, the entity that also owns Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, says that it will close the 28 locations that are still open. The closings will happen over the next few months.
Half of these 28 locations will just close down altogether. The other half will be converted into other Darden Restaurants chains.
The news comes aftersome locations closed abruptly last year
Last year, the chain was announced to be on sale after 15 locations closed.
As The U.S. Sun said, Bahama Breeze struggled to keep up with its competition and faced similar challenges as many other restaurants that are struggling to survive due to rising wages and inflation
What Bahama Breeze says about the closings
The company said in a press release, “The company believes the conversion locations are great sites that will benefit several of the brands in its portfolio. Going forward, the primary focus will continue to be on supporting team members, including placing as many as possible in roles within the Darden portfolio.”
List of Bahama Breeze’s remaining locations
Here’s a full list of the impacted restaurants
| Locations that will close altogether | Locations that will be converted |
| 500 Center Blvd., Newark, DE | 499 E Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, FL |
| 3590 Breckenridge Blvd., Duluth, GA | 805 Brandon Town Center Drive, Brandon, FL |
| 12395 SW 88th St., Miami, FL | 14701 S Tamiami Trail, Ft. Myers, FL |
| 10205 Rivercoast Drive, Jacksonville, FL | 8160 Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy., Kissimmee, FL |
| 1251 West Osceola Pkwy., Kissimmee, FL | 25830 Sierra Center Blvd., Lutz, FL |
| 11000 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL | 5620 W. Oak Ridge Road, Orlando, FL |
| 1540 Rinehart Road, Sanford, FL | 8849 International Drive, Orlando, FL |
| 19600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI | 8735 Vineland Ave., Orlando, FL |
| 2000 Route 38, Cherry Hill, NJ | 1200 N Alafaya Drive, Orlando, FL |
| 3309 Wake Forest Drive, Raleigh, NC | 3045 N Rocky Point Drive East, Tampa, FL |
| 320 Goddard Blvd., King of Prussia, PA | 755 Earnest W Barrett Pkwy NW, Kennesaw, GA |
| 6100 Robinson Center Drive, Pittsburgh, PA | 570 Cross Creek Mall, Fayetteville, NC |
| 2714 Potomac Mills Circle, Woodbridge, VA | 7811 Rivers Ave., Charleston, SC |
| 15700 Southcenter Pkwy., Tukwila, WA | 4554 Virginia Beach, Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA |
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