ANOTHER restaurant has been added to the list of failed restaurants in the South including TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, and Hooters.
Over the weekend, O'Charley's shut its doors in Dothan, Alabama after previously closing dozens of locations in the last couple of years, local ABC affiliate WTVY reported.
The Nashville-based restaurant chain has also specifically closed down locations in Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Alabaster, and Oxford.
The reason for the closures is decreased casual restaurant traffic, increased competition, and labor issues, according to experts WTVY interviewed.
This is the fourth restaurant in Dothan that has had to shut its doors after Hooters and more recently Ruby Tuesday and TGI Fridays.
O'Charley's is a restaurant and bar primarily located in the Southeast, with its northmost location in Pennsylvania.
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Although the location in Dothan is closed, there are still six more Alabama locations.
In addition to the Alabama O'Charley's, the last branch in Lexington, Kentucky also closed down this week, the Lexington Herald Leader reported.
A dumpster was sitting in front of the location on Monday, but it is not clear when exactly O'Charley's last day of operating was.
Signs were posted across the restaurants doors and customers were notified of the closing via email.
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The sign promised that any gift cards for that restaurant's location would be accepted at other O'Charley's.
It was unclear why this location also lost the restaurant chain, but previous locations in Kentucky were demolished to make room for a coffee drive-thru and chicken restaurant, the Herald reported.
The O'Charley's website currently lists 13 other locations in Kentucky.
The chain originally started in 1971 and was named O'Charley's Family Restaurant and Bar before making the name change to just O'Charley's in the 1990s.
There were previously over 200 locations across 17 states.
It's known for its rolls, chicken tenders, and free slices of pie on Wednesdays.
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