Beloved chain famed for rotisserie chicken with 100s of locations suddenly closes store doors after
A BELOVED restaurant chain has closed the doors of one of its outlets after being evicted over unpaid rent, court papers show.
The Boston Market restaurant in Danbury, Connecticut, has shut up shop.
Court documents seen by The U.S. Sun revealed that Boston Market failed to pay more than $62,000 in rent and other charges as of June 29.
An eviction notice was issued and the company was ordered to leave the premises in the Plumtree Plaza shopping center on or before May 18.
“We took the keys back [because] they weren’t paying us,” David Hawley, president at The Hawley Companies, which owns Plumtree Plaza, told The Middletown Press.
The chain was evicted from the location after a judge ruled in favor of the landlord.
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Hawley said he expects a new tenant to move into the space.
The U.S. Sun has approached Boston Market for comment.
The closure comes after the chain, renowned for its rotisserie chicken, was forced to temporarily close dozens of restaurants in New Jersey.
Officials had issued a stop-work order at 27 sites over allegations relating to unpaid wages.
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The restaurants temporarily closed in August, but have since reopened after workers received their wages, Restaurant Business reported.
The U.S. Sun reported that the Boston Market restaurant in Toledo, Ohio has closed.
There were around 1,200 Boston Market locations across the US during the 1990s, but this number has been whittled down to around 300.
In 1998, the chain filed for bankruptcy after racking up large debts before being bought by McDonalds in 2000.
The fast-food giant sold the chain in 2007 and the new owners of Boston Market closed a raft of restaurants, per Nation’s Restaurant News.
Chiefs at Sun Capital Partners, which owned Boston Market between 2007 and 2020, didn’t open a new eatery until 2013, according to the outlet.
Boston Market was bought by Engage Brands in 2020 but has been embroiled in several lawsuits in recent years.
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