On the morning of July 29, 2008, thousands of restaurant workers across America arrived at their shifts to discover locked doors and hastily posted notices. Steak and Ale and Bennigan's had filed for ...

After being founded way back in February 1966, Steak and Ale witnessed its peak in the 1970s and ’80s, only to permanently shut its doors in 2008 due to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Now, 59 years later, ...

Steakhouse chains that once defined American casual dining are shrinking at a pace that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. More than 600 locations have vanished from a single brand, and ...