US EditionSmokey Bones Abruptly Closes in Warwick
The chain’s website lists only 20 locations, and all are marked closed after months of cuts tied to a Chapter 11 filing.
- Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill closed all locations on Tuesday, with the chain's online business hours marked as "CLOSED" every day of the week across its remaining 20 sites.
- FAT Brands and its affiliate Twin Hospitality Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 26, 2026, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas, preceding the total shutdown.
- Employees at Western Pennsylvania locations in Hempfield Township, Cranberry Township, and The Village at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer Township were notified of closures on Tuesday with minimal advance warning.
- Twin Hospitality had previously announced closure of around 15 underperforming Smokey Bones locations in September 2025, part of a downsizing trend that accelerated under bankruptcy proceedings.
- Despite stating in January that restaurants would "remain open and operating as usual" during bankruptcy proceedings, Smokey Bones has now shuttered all locations, contradicting earlier company projections.
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