Retail | Rubio’s files for bankruptcy days after…
Rubio’s Coastal Grill, which began in San Diego more than 40 years ago and once boasted close to 200 restaurants, announced Wednesday it is filing for bankruptcy protection with the goal of selling the business.
In a news release issued by the company’s public relations firm, Rubio’s said its existing 86 restaurants will remain operating while the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process proceeds.
This latest filing marks the second one in a span of less than four years, and comes just days after Rubio’s abruptly closed 48 of its restaurants in Southern California.
The company, which hired the Los Angeles-based crisis management public relations firm Sitrick and Co., declined to provide specifics on which restaurants closed. But former employees provided a list of the most recent Southern California closures on Reddit:
Adelanto, Anaheim Hills, Brea, Cerritos, Eastvale, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Huntington Beach (Beach Boulevard), La Habra, Lake Forest, Lakewood, Long Beach, Marina Del Rey, Ontario, Orange (N. Tustin St.), Oxnard, Pasadena, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, Santa Ana (at the 55 Freeway along 17th Street), Santa Clarita, Seal Beach, Tustin, Ventura and Whittier. Another 13 closed in San Diego County.
