Friendly’s restaurant chain files for bankruptcy  

The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic upended several businesses, prompting a number of restaurant chains to file for bankruptcy. The list includes:

FoodFirst Global Restaurants on April 10 : Owns Bravo! Cucina Italiana, Brio Tuscan Grill

CRT Food & Beverage on April 28: Owns Whiskey’s Smoke House

TooJay’s Management on April 29: Owns TooJay’s Deli – Bakery – Restaurant

CFRA Holdings on May 6: Owns IHOP franchises

Sustainable Restaurant Group on May 12: Owns Bamboo Sushi, Quickfish

Garden Fresh Restaurants on May 14: Owns Souplantation, Sweet Tomatoes

Schreiner’s Fine Sausages on May 26: Owns Schreiner’s Fine Sausages

Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery on May 27: Owns Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery

U.S. portion of Le Pain Quotidien on May 27: Under Le Pain Quotidien

BarFly Ventures on May 27: Owns HopCat, Stella’s Lounge, Grand Rapids Brewing Co.

Twisted Root Burger on June 8: Owns Twisted Root Burger Co.

RM Bakery on June 15: Owns Leaven & Co.

RWDT Foods on June 24: Owns Denny’s franchises

CEC Entertainment on June 24: Owns Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza

Declaration Brewing on June 26: Owns Declaration Brewing

Tea Station Investments on July 1: Owns Tea Station

NPC International on July 1: Owns Pizza Hut and Wendy’s franchises

Bulls Head Diner on July 2: Owns Bull’s Head Diner

The Pub McKinney on July 3: Owns The Pub McKinney

Luxury Dining Group on July: Owns Fig & Olive

Place Pigalle Restaurant on July 10: Owns Place Pigalle

A La Turka Restaurant on July 15: Owns A La Turka

Featherstone Foods on July 20: Owns Featherstone

Moustache Brewing on July 21: Owns Moustache Brewing Co.

Sugar Factory Ocean Drive on July 22: Owns Sugar Factory

Il Mulino New York on July 28: Owns Il Mulino

California Pizza Kitchen on July 29: Owns California Pizza Kitchen

Matchbox Food Group on August 3: Owns Matchbox

Galiciapoke on August 3: Owns LemonShark Poke 

Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill LLC on August 12: owns Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh

Orange Blossom Catering on August 14: Owns Orange Blossom Catering

Blue Star Donuts on August 26: Owns Blue Star Donuts + Coffee

Haute Coffee on August 30: Owns Haute Coffee

Jason’s Deli of Colorado on August 30: Under Jason’s Deli

K&W Cafeterias on September 2: Owns K&W Cafeteria

Maison Kayser USA on September 10: Owns Maison Kayser

Taco Crush on September 14: Owns Taco Crush

New Moon Orlando on September 17: Under New Moon Market

Sizzler USA on September 21: Owns Sizzler

It’Sugaron September 22: Owns IT’SUGAR

NRD on October 2: Owns Ruby Tuesday

FIC Restaurant on November 1: Owns Friendly’s

Source: Yahoo News