{"id":9543,"date":"2026-02-19T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=9543"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:42:40","slug":"my-favorite-steak-restaurant-is-closing-all-261-of-its-locations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=9543","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Steak Restaurant Is Closing All 261 Of Its Locations.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to cut costs, Logan\u2019s Roadhouse laid off all employees and closed 261 locations instead of shifting to takeout and delivery during the economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The chain is owned by CraftWorks Holdings, which also owns Old Chicago. The company furloughed workers and ended healthcare benefits at a time many needed them most.<\/p>\n<p>Former CEO Hazem Ouf was fired after allegedly diverting $7 million in sales taxes without proper authorization. Shortly after, CraftWorks \u201cmothballed\u201d all 261 locations, claiming it lacked funds to continue operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In a move to cut costs, Logan\u2019s Roadhouse laid off all employees and closed 261 locations instead of shifting to takeout and delivery during the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=9543\" title=\"My Favorite Steak Restaurant Is Closing All 261 Of Its Locations..\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9544,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543\/revisions\/9544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}