Bye bye, Smokey Bones.

[hardcorestitch]

Smokey Bones is now another casualty in the American dining landscape. All locations were shut down. No warning. No goodbye. Just GONE.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/busin...s-us-restaurants-after-filing-for-bankruptcy/

 

[C&Jx2]

Smokey Bones is now another casualty in the American dining landscape. All locations were shut down. No warning. No goodbye. Just GONE.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/busin...s-us-restaurants-after-filing-for-bankruptcy/

This is near me. There have been some employees coming out and saying they showed up for work and then discovered it shut down. One man walks from Albany almost everyday… Another woman, with kids, obviously depended on that job. I hope they do something for them.

 

[MIChessGuy]

In a bankruptcy situation, I would be surprised if anything is done for the now-former staff unless there is some specific obligation in that regard. And this is always the way restaurant staff find out about this: they show up for work, and management put up the sign overnight and locked the place up.