The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the restaurant industry. As of mid-April, an estimated 30,000 American restaurants had closed for good and more than 110,000 were expected to close down by the end of the month, according to estimates from the National Restaurant Association. And chain restaurants are not immune from these closures. Some of the classic chain restaurants had already been facing tough times amid stiff competition from newer fast-casual restaurants, shuttering underperforming locations every year to cut their losses — and the coronavirus pandemic has only made their financial future less certain. For some chains, it could just be a matter of time before there are no locations left.

GOBankingRates rounded up 33 restaurant chains that have closed locations in recent years — from 2017 through today — and that now have fewer than 1,000 locations remaining in the U.S. Find out if your favorite chain is on the verge of extinction.

Last updated: June 22, 2020

Benihana

2020 closures: 1

Benihana closed its only Sacramento location in February, Good Day Sacramento reported. There are now 76 locations remaining throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Central and South America.

Tad's Steaks

2020 closures: 1

Tad’s Steaks closed its last New York City location in January. According to a government filing, the affordable steak chain cited economic troubles as the reason for the closing, the New York Post reported. At its peak, Tad’s had eight New York locations and 28 nationwide; it now has one location remaining in San Francisco.

Joe's Crab Shack

2020 closures: 2

A Portland, Oregon-area Joe’s Crab Shack location has closed permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic, Eater Portland reported. According to the site, the COO of Landry’s, the restaurant’s parent company, said the inability to serve dine-in customers made it difficult to remain open. An additional location in Bellevue, Ohio, also closed permanently due to the pandemic, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported.

The coronavirus-related closures are the latest hit to the already struggling restaurant chain. Ignite Restaurant Group, the former parent company of Joe’s Crab Shack and Brick House Tavern, filed for bankruptcy protection in early June 2017. Two months later, the company had closed 41 Joe’s Crab Shack locations, including all of its locations in Indiana and Michigan, FSR reported. At the time the company filed for bankruptcy there were 112 Joe’s Crab Shack locations — there are now 45.

Hard Rock Cafe

2020 closures: 3

Hard Rock Cafe permanently closed its downtown Houston location at the end of May, the Houston Business Journal reported. Although it was unclear if the closure was the direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, the announcement came on the heels of the temporary closures in March of several Hard Rock International restaurants, hotels and casinos in the U.S. and abroad due to the pandemic.

Earlier in the year, Hard Rock Cafe locations in Phoenix and at Universal CityWalk in California had closed. There are currently 262 Hard Rock locations throughout the world.

PizzaRev

2019 closures: 4

PizzaRev closed all three of its Memphis, Tennessee, locations in 2019, Commerical Appeal reported, as well as one location in Boulder, Colorado, Eater Denver reported. The make-your-own pizza chain now has just 27 locations remaining in the U.S.

Tim Hortons

2019 closures: 4

A combination of bad customer reviews, poor health inspections and nosediving revenue led to the closure of four Michigan Tim Hortons in 2019, The Michigan Journal reported. The Canadian coffee chain still has 592 locations in the U.S., including 206 remaining locations in Michigan, according to ScrapeHero data.

Eat'n Park

2019 closures: 6

Eat ‘n Park closed five locations in Ohio and one in Pennsylvania in February 2019, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The closures left the restaurant chain — known for its Smiley cookies and Superburgers — with 61 remaining locations.

McCormick & Schmick's

2019 closures: 6

McCormick & Schmick’s was purchased in 2012 by Landry’s, the parent company of Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Rainforest Cafe, Morton’s The Steakhouse and others, and since then the chain has been on a steady decline. The upscale seafood and steak chain closed at least six locations in 2019, according to MoneyWise. There are now 28 remaining McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steak locations listed on the company’s website.

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