The life of Bahama Breeze in Tennessee has come to an end.
On May 15 Bahama Breeze shuttered the doors of locations across multiple states, including Tennessee. Several locations greeted customers with signs on the door saying the businesses were permanently closed.
Bahama Breeze now joins a long list of national restaurant and store chains that are closing multiple locations simultaneously to try to continue business.
Here is what to know about the situation.
Why is Bahama Breeze closing?
Like many other restaurant and business chains, Bahama Breeze decided to close the doors of stores that were not performing well.
"We continually evaluate the performance of all our restaurants," Darden Restaurants spokesperson Kiara Buckner said. "Closing a restaurant is a difficult choice because it impacts our team members and guests. However, we believe this is the right decision because it will allow Bahama Breeze to focus on its highest performing restaurants and strengthen the brand’s overall performance."
How many Bahama Breeze locations are in Tennessee?
The Memphis location at 2830 N Germantown Pkwy in the Wolfchase Galleria was the only operating Bahama Breeze in Tennessee. Yesterday afternoon, customers were met with a permanently closed sign, but the Bahama Breeze website still lists the location as open for operation.
Which Bahama Breeze locations have closed?
The chain also closed the following locations, as confirmed by a Darden Restaurants spokesperson to USA TODAY:
3989 Plaza Blvd, Gainesville, Florida 326082088 9th St N, Naples, Florida 341021786 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, Florida 321142750 Sawgrass Mills Cir, Sunrise, Florida 333233339 N Federal Hwy, Oakland Park, Florida 33306406 E Golf Rd, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173413 Middlesex Rd, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts 01879539 E Big Beaver Rd, Troy, Michigan 48083375 Hughes Center Dr, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169520 Woodbridge Center Dr, Woodbridge, New Jersey 070951201 Hooper Ave, Toms River, New Jersey 08753101 NJ-23, Wayne, New Jersey 074701600 Bergen Town Center, Paramus, New Jersey 07652612 Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove, New York 117552830 N Germantown Pkwy, Memphis, Tennessee 38133
— USA TODAY contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Bahama Breeze closes only Tennessee location. What to know
