The Nashville-based national chain O’Charley’s has closed its restaurants Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
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The company is closing all corporate-owned O’Charley’s locations, according to NRN, a restaurant industry news outlet, and The Tennessean.
The closures appear to include the three locations remaining in Georgia, including two in metro Atlanta.
A Channel 2 photographer interviewed people coming out of Stockbridge location on its last day, who were expressing regrets about the closure.
Rita Tyler, whose church group has been to the restaurant a couple of times, said she was “so disappointed” by the restaurant’s closure because “we like O’Charley’s and we love the food. And we’re going to have to find another location to meet.”
A sign was posted on the door of the Stockbridge restaurant, informing customers of the closure.
Channel 2 Action News made calls to the two metro Atlanta locations listed on the company website, in Canton and Stockbridge, but the calls failed to connect.
The third Georgia location, in Fort Oglethorpe, also was unreachable by phone.
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The company’s Instagram and Facebook pages have been taken down.
Visitors to the O’Charley’s company website were greeted by a “Site not found” message by 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Attempts to reach the O’Charley’s corporate office were unsuccessful.
A separate Facebook page for O’Charley’s -- Atlanta Area Restaurants hasn’t had a new post on it since 2023. Channel 2 Action News reached out to an email listed on the Facebook page for comment.
WKRN spoke to managers at Nashville locations who said the restaurants will close there at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
An employee at a Harrison, Ohio, location reported that their location would close at 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to The 812.
The Owensboro, Kentucky, location is also closing permanently, the Owensboro Times said.
NRN quoted a franchise employee in Ohio, who said their restaurant will stay open as long as possible.
O’Charley’s restaurants are located mostly in the South, with some locations in the Midwest. The company had been in business since 1971.
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