Bar Louie Restaurants

BLH Acquisition Co., LLC
Founded1990
HeadquartersAddison, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations
73[1][2]
Key people
Brian Wright, CEO
Websitebarlouie.com

Bar Louie is an American bar and restaurant chain founded in 1990.[3] Bar Louie serves food, beer, and cocktails, from locations predominantly located in urban and suburban markets. As of 2022 there are approximately 69 locations.[4] Bar Louie is headquartered in Addison, Texas, and Tom Fricke is the company's chief executive officer. Sun Capital Partners is a major investor in the company dating back to June 2010.[5]

On January 27, 2020, Bar Louie filed for bankruptcy and closed 38 locations.[6][1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bar Louie closed an additional 22 locations.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bar Louie files for bankruptcy and closes one-third of its restaurants". CNN. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Klein, Danny (October 2020). "Inside Bar Louie's Emergence from Bankruptcy and $82.5M Sale". FSR magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. ^ Meltzer, Matt (2021-12-28). "The Untold Truth Of Bar Louie - Mashed". Mashed.com. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  4. ^ "Locations". Bar Louie. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Sun Capital Partners, Inc. | Bar Louie Restaurants". www.suncappart.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  6. ^ Klein, January 2020 Danny (27 January 2020). "Bar Louie Shutters 38 Restaurants as it Files for Bankruptcy". FSR magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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