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Originally Posted by Gogar

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/07/28/daily17.html

11 Bennigan's in the Denver area closed yesterday; at many locations even unknowing employees showed up for work only to find locked doors with notices hastily taped on them; no notice at all. Very interesting! So, while thousands of Bennigans employees rush to find new jobs, a few Bennigan's execs move their office down the hall to Ponderosa. Yay, America.

http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=96673


The news came Tuesday morning when a Denver-area general manager explained to 9NEWS that he was called by the Colorado state manager and told to lock the doors.

Bob Stroh, general manger of the Bennigan's at Hampden and South Wadsworth, says he was informed of the nationwide closure at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, then had to turn around an inform 55 employees they no longer had jobs.

"It's a little tough. Some of the employees have been with me for more than 10 years," said Stroh. "I have some that have been at other stores with me before I was at this location and they're very kind and they immediately thought of myself and my family before themselves, which is even more emotional."

Stroh's location now has a hand-written sign posted on its front door indicating the restaurant is closed, and several customers were turned away. Stroh says his location is the second busiest location in Colorado, serving about 500 people daily.

Even the restaurant's vendors were unaware of the closure as a Sam Adams beer truck arrived with a delivery, only to be turned away as well.

The public relations firm for Bennigan's, BizCom Associates, released the following statement hours after initial reports surfaced:

"S & A Restaurant Corp. and certain affiliates have filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code.

See, now THIS should be illegal. THIS is something the gov't should get involved in. These company's should be compelled by law to GIVE FAIR AND DUE NOTICE when they are about to close.

It's total Edited - language removed, Z-man