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Bay Area restaurant chain Pasta Pomodoro has closed all 15 of its locations, according to reports.

Former employees of the Italian restaurants told KTVU that the closures happened suddenly and that they were notified on the day after Christmas via text message to not come into work.

“I understand there are financial difficulties with companies,” an employee told KTVU. “I understand they have to go down. But my main thing is just we obviously want to get paid, and it’s just not right the way it was gone about.”

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Sizzler restaurants pin survival hopes on Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization The restaurant chain was started in San Francisco by restaurateur Adriano Paganini in 1994. He sold the chain when it reached 30 restaurants across the state, but it had since decreased to the 15 restaurants that were open until Monday.

The chain had locations in San Jose, Sunnyvale, Mill Valley, El Cerrito, San Ramon, Oakland, Emeryville, San Mateo, Novato, Redwood City and Vallejo.

The restaurant group did not respond to requests for comment by this news organization.