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Ovation itself was bought in August 2015 by Food Management Partners, a San Antonio-based restaurant company. When it came out of the second bankruptcy in 2012, Old Country was rechristened Ovation Brands and moved from Eagan to Greer, S.C. Chapter 11 lets a company keep operating while reorganizing its finances under court supervision.īuffets filed Chapter 11 in 2008 and again in 2012. The company in March said it had lined up a multimillion-dollar recapitalization loan ahead of its Chapter 11 filing, its third trip to bankruptcy court. The chain, which has been in a long decline, had closed more than 400 stores in the past eight years even before this year's shutdowns. Old Country Buffet was founded in Eagan, Minn., in 1983. Those closures came a month after seven other Minnesota Old Country Buffets were among 74 restaurants across several brands closed by Ovation, or 30 percent of its then-243 restaurants nationally. The March closures included locations in Maple Grove, Coon Rapids, Rochester and St. At least one other Wisconsin location, in Onalaska, also closed Tuesday.īuffets LLC - also known as Ovation Brands, and the current corporate entity overseeing the Old Country Buffet brand - closed 92 locations in March as it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Eleven other Minnesota locations have closed this year amid a national restructuring by the chain's parent company.Īn Old Country Buffet also remains in operation in Eau Claire, Wis. The closures of those two locations leave just one Old Country Buffet operating in Minnesota, in Burnsville, according to the chain's website.

#Old country buffet free#

The Old Country Buffet location in Mankato also closed Tuesday, the Mankato Free Press reported.

'We are anticipating that this location will not be vacant for long given its prominent location at Miller Hill,' mall general manager Katie Kaz said. Old Country Buffet occupied a highly visible spot at Miller Hill Mall, facing Miller Trunk Highway. 'Thank you for your business and we hope to serve you at another location very soon,' the sign read, while also instructing employees to collect their final paycheck during specified hours Tuesday afternoon. Taking only a few items to other locations, all remaining assets of the Dartmouth Old Country Buffet along with many of the other stores will be auctioned off in an online auction through the website Old Country Buffet restaurant at Duluth's Miller Hill Mall closed Tuesday along with another in Minnesota, the latest in dozens of closures in the struggling chain in recent months.Ĭlosure signs were posted at the all-you-can-eat restaurant in Duluth, which had been open for more than 25 years. Buffets LLC is set to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy so that it can restructure its debts and liabilities, strengthen its operations by closing certain weaker restaurants and recapitalize its business, the company said. The Dartmouth closing is part of more than 90 store closures nationwide by Buffets LLC which is comprised of Old Country Buffet, Ryan’s Buffet, Country Buffet, Fire Mountain Buffet, and HomeTown Buffet. Then, in July 2006, Old Country Buffet made headlines again when it was the site of a murder a dishwasher fatally beat and stabbed a manager in the restaurant. In February 1994, the restaurant had to temporarily close after an accumulation of heavy snow collapsed part of its roof. Over the years, the Dartmouth Old Country Buffet made news not related to its moderately-priced menu.