The parent company of Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and is closing nearly half of the restaurants in the chain, according to a statement.

The restaurant chain, founded in Long Beach and known for its pies and comfort foods, has been shrinking for years and gone through several ownership changes.

The current owner is Perkins & Marie Callender’s, LLC, based in Memphis, Tennessee. It announced Monday morning that it had closed 19 Marie Callender’s locations on Sunday.

Monday morning the website listed 46 restaurants in three states: California, Nevada, and Utah. By late afternoon, the numbers dropped to 24 in California and three in Nevada.

Ten restaurants have closed in Southern California:

Arcadia: 820 S. Baldwin Ave. Buena Park: 5960 Orangethorpe Ave. Corona: 160 E. Rincon St. Northridge: 19310 Business Center Drive Ontario: 2149 E. Convention Center Way Placentia: 126 E. Yorba Linda Blvd. Torrance: 21211 Hawthorne Blvd. Victorville: 12180 Mariposa Road Westminster: 16390 Beach Blvd. Whittier: 9829 La Serna Drive.

Recent closures that preceded Monday’s announcement include Anaheim, at 540 N. Euclid Ave., and Temecula, 29363 Rancho California Road.

The parent company has another chain, Perkins Restaurants, which does not have any locations in California. It closed 10 of 342 Perkins locations on Sunday.

Marie Callender’s may be better known in other parts of the United States for its frozen foods than its restaurants. ConAgra acquired the brand in 2011.

This story has been updated to reflect the closure of restaurants in Utah.