The only O’Charley’s Restaurant in the East Cobb area has closed its doors.
An online message didn’t indicate the reason but the closing took place over the weekend at 3550 Sandy Plains Road, at the intersection of Shallowford Road.
It’s a freestanding building between a shopping center with a Target store and the Sandy Plains Marketplace.
East Cobb location information has been removed from the restaurant chain’s website.
The fast casual chain is located mostly in the South and has two remaining restaurants in Cobb County, in Acworth and in Austell.
Several other O’Charley’s restaurants have closed in other states in recent days, including Dothan, Ala., Lexington, Ky., and Evansville, Ind. An O’Charley’s in Augusta, Ga., closed last month.
East Cobb News contacted O’Charley’s seeking more information, and a company spokesman issued the following statement from CEO W. Craig Barber:
“It is always a difficult decision to close a store but based on a variety of industry challenges and the macro-economic environment over the last few years, we closed this O’Charley’s location as of June 11.
“We sincerely appreciate our loyal guests who have visited us at this location while also being deeply grateful for the outstanding work of our operating team.
We encourage our customers to visit us at any of our other restaurants across the Southeast, including several in Georgia.”
In March, restaurant site Mashed reported that the once-popular chain, based in Nashville, Tenn., has quietly closed more than 20 locations since 2016, and eight since 2019.
O’Charley’s followed the bar-and-grill concept popularized by Applebee’s and Ruby Tuesday, but recent trends show that “people are opting for either independent restaurants or more specialty dining concepts.”
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