Dale Rice has had a passion for food since his mother let him stand on a kitchen chair to stir the cake batter and then lick the bowl at the tender age of 5. Restaurant critic and wine writer for the Austin American-Statesman, he has been writing about the local food scene for the last 12 years. He lives in South Austin with 1,500 cookbooks and a 100-year-old wagon wheel for a pot rack.
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By Dale Rice
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 02:25 PM
Dozens of company-owned Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale restaurants were closed today after the owner of the national chain filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Plano-based MetroMedia Restaurant Group announced that its subsidiary, S&A Restaurant Corp., had filed for Chapter 7, the form of bankruptcy in which a company liquidates all of its assets. It said franchisee-owned outlets would not be affected by the move.
That means most area Bennigan’s locations — 12415 N. Interstate 35 and 13995 U.S. 183 N. in Austin, as well as restaurants in Round Rock and San Marcos — will be spared and remain open. The Bennigan’s at 301 Barton Springs Road closed several weeks ago, and no one answered the phone at the chain’s 7604 N. I-35 location.
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By wendy
July 29, 2008 11:48 PM | Link to this
The Barton Springs Road Bennigans has a haunted womens bathroom…I’m anxious to see who occupies this location next and wonder if the haunt will stay!!!!
By T-Rent
July 29, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe it. Are you telling me that crappy overpriced food with a recent price increase coupled with diminished selections..are you telling me that’s NOT a receipe for success????
By doug
July 29, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this
we use to really enjoy bennigans, but in the last couple of years, quality of food and service really went south. we ate at the round rock location several months ago and it was all but inedible. we will never eat at a bennigans again.
By Ian
July 29, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this
Finally, the downtown Bennigan’s is closed! Make way for a real restaurant!
By Texas Two Stepper
July 29, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this
this is not hard to understand…I had one of the worst meals of my life at the Bennigan’s on North 183 a couple of weeks ago…only 4 tables occupied, yet super slow service, and yet…the food was cold! Yikes!