LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill in Liverpool has closed its doors for good, as the restaurant chain has announced every one of its locations will be permanently closing.
The Liverpool location is one of more than two-dozen nationwide shutting down. The restaurant’s parent company, Fat Brands, announced in September it would close 15 “underperforming” restaurants. Then in January, Fat Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing a “challenging restaurant operating environment.”
It’s unclear if the restaurant gave a warning to workers prior to closing, which is something that could go against New York state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or “WARN Act.”…