The Melting Pot fondue restaurant in Foothills Mall, shown in 2013, closed on Monday because of poor sales, said company officials in a written news release.

Just shy of two years after new owners took over and gave it a major remodel, The Melting Pot restaurant in Foothills Mall closed .

The fondue restaurant, a popular date-night location and special occasion family spot, served its final meals last weekend. It closed on Monday because of poor sales, company officials said in a written release.

Devin Gilbert, an operating partner with the group that owned the Tucson restaurant and three Phoenix area Melting Pot locations, also said the Foothills Mall was not willing to accommodate what the restaurant needed. He wouldn’t elaborate on what that meant except to say that the mall was “going away from what they used to be” which “didn’t allow for any natural growth.”

The Phoenix locations are not affected.

Mall officials on Tuesday said the restaurant’s closing came as a complete shock.

“We had no knowledge they were closing,” said Foothills Mall General Manager Regina Harmon. “It was quite a surprise to us.”