After months of dozens of restaurant closings and headlines about “endless shrimp” woes, Red Lobster is poised to soon exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A US bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved the casual seafood chain’s reorganization plan and sale to a lender group led by asset manager Fortress. The green light arrives under just … Read more
Hollywood stars have their pick of the trendiest restaurants and priciest delicacies, but what they really want is Red Lobster and Panda Express — with a gourmet twist. In 2018, “The Office” star B.J. Novak teamed up with former French Laundry chef de cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth to launch Chain — a series of pop-ups in … Read more
Let’s hope “Endless Shrimp” won’t be the end of Red Lobster Times Square. The once-thriving national seafood chain closed at least fifty of its roughly 650 US locations this week. Among them were fourteen outposts in New York State and New Jersey — and more might follow. The chain, whose majority owner is seafood supplier … Read more
Timbaland claims he still has a bullet in his neck after being shot nearly four decades ago. The 51-year-old hitmaker reminisced on Andy Coulson’s “Crisis What Crisis?” podcast about being accidentally shot by a Red Lobster co-worker in 1986, which temporarily paralyzed his arm. “This guy was going to fight one of my friends, and … Read more